Title: paged list with current position
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# paged list with current position

 *  Resolved [juri003](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juri003/)
 * (@juri003)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-list-with-current-position/)
 * Hi everyone.
 * I am struggling with a paged list of posts.
 * The problem is that whenever you click an item, the pagination resets to first
   page. I’ve been searching quite some time but I can’t find a working solution.
 * This is the query I used:
 *     ```
       <?php
       $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
       $args = array(
       'post_type' => page,
       	'post_parent'  => $post->post_parent,
       	'posts_per_page' => 12,
       	'orderby' => menu_order,
       	'paged'=>$paged,
       	'order' => ASC
       );
       query_posts($args);
       ```
   
 * You can see the output here: [http://2010.jurisverbeelding.nl/foto/portret](http://2010.jurisverbeelding.nl/foto/portret)
 * Thanks in advance!

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 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-list-with-current-position/#post-1511071)
 * If you are looking for a way to return to the previous page, like the browser‘
   Back’ button, maybe one of the ‘breadcrumb’ plugins will work. Do a google search
   on ‘wordpress breadcrumbs’.
 *  Thread Starter [juri003](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juri003/)
 * (@juri003)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-list-with-current-position/#post-1511230)
 * Hey vtxyzzy,
 * Thanks but that is not what I am looking for.
 * I have long a list of posts that is paginated (splitted over several pages) because
   else it would be to long.
 * Whenever you click on one of the posts, the list returns to the first page instead
   of keeping the current page position.
 * In the example you can see what I mean, the post-list consits of thumbs.
 * [http://2010.jurisverbeelding.nl/foto/portret](http://2010.jurisverbeelding.nl/foto/portret)
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-list-with-current-position/#post-1511264)
 * I understand now. I can’t be sure, but I think this will work.
 * I assume you have a loop to display the thumbnails and it uses the ‘paged’ variable
   like this:
 *     ```
       <?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
       $args = array(
          'paged' => $paged,
          ... more args ...
       );
       query_posts($args);
       ```
   
 * You need to do two things:
    1. Create a new currpage URL parameter and check for it before the query.
    2. Add the variable to the URL of each thumbnail.
 *     ```
       <?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
       $paged = (isset($_GET['currpage'])) ? $_GET['currpage'] : $paged;
       $args = array(
          'paged' => $paged,
          ... more args ...
       );
       query_posts($args);
       ```
   
 * Then, add to each thumbnail URL ‘?currpage=$paged’.
 *  Thread Starter [juri003](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juri003/)
 * (@juri003)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-list-with-current-position/#post-1511291)
 * Hey vtxyzzy,
 * Thanks again! This looks like the solution but I have no clue how to add the 
   variable to the url. I’ve Been searching for examples and trying some but no.
 * This is the whole output:
 * `<li <?php if (is_page($post->ID)) { echo'class="current_page_item"'; } ?> id
   ="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark">
   <?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a></li>`
 * Can you explain how to add the ‘?currpage=$paged’ variable?
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-list-with-current-position/#post-1511295)
 * You will need a function to add a parameter to a link. Add this to the end of
   your functions.php:
 *     ```
       <?php function add_parameter_to_link ($link,$key,$value) {
          // Adds the parameter $key=$value to $link, or replaces it if already there.
          if (strpos($link,'href')) {
            $hrefpat = '/(href *= *([\"\']?)([^\"\' ]+)\2)/';
          } else {
            $hrefpat = '/(([\"\']?)(http([^\"\' ]+))\2)/';
          }
          if (preg_match($hrefpat,$link,$matches)) {
             $url = $matches[3];
             $newurl = $url;
             // Now see if there are already parameters in the URL
             if (strpos($newurl,'/?')) {
                // If $key is already there, just update, otherwise, add it.
                if (preg_match("/$key=[^&]+/",$newurl)) {
                   $newurl = preg_replace("/$key=[^&]+/","$key=$value",$newurl);
                } else {
                   $newurl .= "&$key=$value";
                }
             } else {
                // No parameters, just add ?$key=$value
                $newurl = trailingslashit($newurl) . "?$key=$value";
             }
             // echo '<p>OLDURL:' . htmlspecialchars($url) . '</p>';
             // echo '<p>NEWURL:' . htmlspecialchars($newurl) . '</p>';
             $link = str_replace($url,$newurl,$link);
          }
   
          return $link;
       }
       ?>
       ```
   
 * Then, use this to create your links:
 * `<li <?php if (is_page($post->ID)) { echo'class="current_page_item"'; } ?> id
   ="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php echo add_parameter_to_link(get_the_permalink(),'
   currpage',$paged); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a></li>`
 *  Thread Starter [juri003](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juri003/)
 * (@juri003)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-list-with-current-position/#post-1511389)
 * Hey vtxyzzy,
 * Again, thanks for your help, I really appreciate it!
 * There is a bug somewhere that stops the script and pagebuild. The page ends after
   this:
 * `<li id="post-175"><a href="`
 * You can see it here live: [http://2010.jurisverbeelding.nl/foto/portret/siren-dreams](http://2010.jurisverbeelding.nl/foto/portret/siren-dreams)
 * I really try to gain knowledge on these things but it is not sufficient yet to
   fix it.
 * cheers
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-list-with-current-position/#post-1511395)
 * OK, forget the add_parameter_to_link function. I found a built-in function that
   does that job. Please try this to create your links:
 * `<li <?php if (is_page($post->ID)) { echo 'class="current_page_item"'; } ?> id
   ="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php echo add_query_arg('currpage',$paged,
   get_permalink()); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a></li>`
 *  Thread Starter [juri003](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juri003/)
 * (@juri003)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-list-with-current-position/#post-1511396)
 * Hey vtxyzzy,
 * You really rock!
 * It works now but another problem comes with the solution. The `previous_posts_link`&`
   next_posts_link` don’t work anymore after clicking on a item.
 * If it is possible to add for example `/page/2` to the link instead of `?page=
   2` The problem would be solved
 * I allready tried 2 other options without succes:
    1.  change the parameter into ‘page’ instead of ‘currpage’
    2.  put a remove_query_arg on the previous_post_link
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-list-with-current-position/#post-1511397)
 * Did you add this code at the top of the loop?
 *     ```
       <?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
       $paged = (isset($_GET['currpage'])) ? $_GET['currpage'] : $paged;
       $args = array(
          'paged' => $paged,
          ... more args ...
       );
       query_posts($args);
       ```
   
 * If so, what does previous/next_posts_link generate?
 *  Thread Starter [juri003](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juri003/)
 * (@juri003)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-list-with-current-position/#post-1511398)
 * SOLVED!
 * I replaced the argument ‘currpage’ into ‘paged’ and removed the parameter before
   the query: `$paged = (isset($_GET['currpage'])) ? $_GET['currpage'] : $paged;`
 * Another thanks to vtxyzzy!
 * Here’s the whole deal:
 *     ```
       <div class="postnavcont">
                  <ul>
          			<?php
       			 $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
                   $args = array(
                       'post_type' => page,
       				'post_parent' => $post->ID,
       				'posts_per_page' => 12,
       			 	'orderby' => menu_order,
       				'paged'=>$paged,
       				'order' => ASC
                  );
                   query_posts($args);
   
       if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
   
       	} else {
   
       }
                    while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
       <li <?php if (is_page($post->ID)) { echo 'class="current_page_item"'; } ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php echo add_query_arg('paged',$paged,get_permalink()); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a></li>
       		<?php endwhile; ?>
   
             		  <li class="butprev"><?php previous_posts_link('<img src="' . get_bloginfo(stylesheet_directory) . '/images/spacer_35.gif" width="35" height="35" alt="Volgende" />') ?></li>
                     <li class="butnext"><?php next_posts_link('<img src="' . get_bloginfo(stylesheet_directory) . '/images/spacer_35.gif" width="35" height="35" alt="Vorige" />') ?></li>
   
                       </ul>
                   </div>
               <?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-list-with-current-position/#post-1511398)
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