Title: ‘paged=’ parameter not working
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# ‘paged=’ parameter not working

 *  Resolved [nutsmuggler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nutsmuggler/)
 * (@nutsmuggler)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-parameter-not-working/)
 * The ‘paged=’ parameter does not work, neither in the previous/nex links, nor 
   whe directly typed in the url field of the browser.
    This is my code; this snippet
   is embedded into a ‘version’ of home.php that displays only if (empty($_REQUEST[‘
   isarticles’])). In other words, I load this home to exclude posts from category
   6.
 * `
    query_posts("cat=-6"); if (have_posts()) : ?> <?php while (have_posts()) :
   the_post(); ?> <div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="post"> <h2 class="post-
   title"><a>" title="Permalink to <?php the_title(); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title();?
   ></a></h2> <div class="post-entry"> <?php the_excerpt('<span class="more-link"
   >Continue Reading �</span>'); ?> <?php //link_pages('<p class="paged-link">Pages:','','
   number'); ?> </div><!-- END POST-ENTRY --> <!-- <?php trackback_rdf(); ?> -->
   </div><!-- END POST --> <?php endwhile; ?> prenav <div class="navigation"> <div
   class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('� Earlier Posts') ?></div> <div class
   ="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Later Posts �') ?></div> </div> postnav
   <?php else : ?> <div id="post-error" class="post"> <h2 class="post-title"><span
   class="pre-title">404</span> Page Not Found</h2> <div class="post-entry"> There's
   been a problem finding the page you're looking for. Apologies. Perhaps . . . 
   <ul> <li>the page your looking for was moved;</li> <li>your referring site gave
   you an incorrect address; or</li> <li>something went terribly wrong.</li> </ul
   > Use the search box and see if you can't find what you're looking for. </div
   ><!-- END POST-ENTRY --> </div><!-- END POST --> <?php endif; ?>
 * Is there anything in my code that prevents the ‘paged’ parameters from working?
   Or is it a wp bug?
    Thanks in advance, Davide

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-parameter-not-working/#post-451795)
 * I wouldn’t call it a bug… however I have never seen the next/prev to work with
   a modified Loop.
    I mean just adding a “query_posts” diasables the prev/next –
   at least that was my impression seeing n+1 posts like yours.
 *  Thread Starter [nutsmuggler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nutsmuggler/)
 * (@nutsmuggler)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-parameter-not-working/#post-451825)
 * Ah ah, I see the point.
    Is there a workaround or should use my own parameters?
   What would you suggest? Cheers, Davide
 *  Thread Starter [nutsmuggler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nutsmuggler/)
 * (@nutsmuggler)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-parameter-not-working/#post-451842)
 * I found the answer here:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/38210](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/38210)
   Kafkaesquy suggest modifying the query ` query_posts("cat=-6");  into  $page 
   = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; query_posts("cat=3&showposts
   =2&paged=$page");  I understand the problem was that the ‘paged’ value had to
   explicitly requested. BINGO 🙂 Cheers, Davide
 *  [mendezki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mendezki/)
 * (@mendezki)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-parameter-not-working/#post-452372)
 * Perfect! Exactly what I was looking for, thanks Kafkaesqui & Nutsmuggler, BINGO
   🙂

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/paged-parameter-not-working/#post-452372)
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