Title: Pagination problem
Last modified: February 28, 2020

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# Pagination problem

 *  Resolved [benraaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benraaa/)
 * (@benraaa)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagination-problem-100/)
 * I try to get a category depended pagination. But unfortunately from second page
   on the then listed posts are mixed up with all categories, although the url shows
   that the original category is still fired. Could anybody identify the failure
   in my code?
 *     ```
       <?php
       $currentCategory = single_cat_title("", false);
       				$paged = ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;
       $queryObject = new  Wp_Query( array(
           'showposts' => 7,
       	'category_name' => $currentCategory,
           'post_type' => array('post'),
           'orderby' => 1,
       	'posts_per_page' => 3,
         'paged'          => $paged
           )
       	);
   
       // The Loop
       if ( $queryObject->have_posts() ) :
           $i = 0;
           while ( $queryObject->have_posts() ) :
               $queryObject->the_post();
               if ( $i == 0 ) : ?>
   
       // Here comes a lot of loop related stuff
   
               <?php endif;
       				$i++;
           endwhile; ?>
   
       		<div class="nav-previous alignleft"><?php previous_posts_link('Zurück', $queryObject->max_num_pages); ?></div>
       <div class="nav-next alignright"><?php next_posts_link('Weiter', $queryObject->max_num_pages); ?></div>
   
       <?php 
       				 wp_reset_postdata();
       				endif;
       ?>
       ```
   
 * Thanks in advance,
    benraaa

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 *  Thread Starter [benraaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benraaa/)
 * (@benraaa)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagination-problem-100/#post-12491206)
 * I just detected that page/2/ switches to the index.php, although it started at
   category.php – where it of course should stay. Seems to be the real problem. 
   Does anybody see why it does switch?
 * benraaa
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagination-problem-100/#post-12492368)
 * You shouldn’t have to do your own query. In fact it’s better if you don’t since
   the pagination functions work off the main query.
    If you have to use `previous_post_link`
   and `next_post_link`, at least use all the parameters. The third parameter is
   for staying in the same term, and the last parameter is the taxonomy. [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/previous_post_link/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/previous_post_link/)
 * You can use `the_posts_pagination` or `the_posts_navigation` for archive pages,
   and `the_post_navigation` for single post pages.
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagination-problem-100/#post-12492416)
 * Like Joy suggests, avoid your own query if you can. Based on your code, you can.
   With your own query, pagination becomes more difficult to manage. Any variants
   from the default query can be set through the “pre_get_posts” action. Some of
   your WP_Query args are a bit off. You use both “showposts” and “posts_per_page”.
   These amount to the same thing, yet you supply two different values. “showposts”
   is actually deprecated, you should use “posts_per_page” to set a value different
   than the one established in settings/options.
 * You are passing `1` to “orderby”, but it only accepts a string or an array, not
   an integer. The default is “date”, other possible values are [listed in the docs](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#order-orderby-parameters).
 *  Thread Starter [benraaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benraaa/)
 * (@benraaa)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pagination-problem-100/#post-12492998)
 * Thanks a lot, Joy and bcworkz!
    I adapted the code and kicked out the own query
   and the unnecessary parameters. I have a complex loop and asumed that I need 
   a new query for this. But it indeed works with the main query. And now even the_posts_navigation
   works like a charm. For the future I try to keep my hands off an own query.
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [benraaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benraaa/).

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