Title: Problems with pagination using get_posts
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Problems with pagination using get_posts

 *  Resolved [nelsontubaina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nelsontubaina/)
 * (@nelsontubaina)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-pagination-using-get_posts/)
 * Hello my name is Lucas Gabriel and I’m a webdesigner from Brazil. I’m currently
   developing my first wordpress theme. In it I have a custom homepage set up.
 * The homepage can be seen in the link below:
    [http://www.limonadaweb.com.br/home.jpg](http://www.limonadaweb.com.br/home.jpg)
 * Well here is the deal: In the homepage I have a custom LOOP that goes through
   the posts in a particular category called “noticias” (news in portuguese). Ok
   so far so good. The loop runs perfectly using get_posts() method. Ok.
 * BUT…there’s allways a but otherwise I would not have posted this problem would
   I? lol. But when I try to use pagination the thing goes haywire. What happens,
   you may ask. Well to begin with I HAVE NO IDEA how to paginate. What I’ve done
   is to get the WHOLE loop AND pagination in a file named noticias_home.php and
   include that .php inside my home.php of my theme. And then, using jQuery ajax.
   load method I update the section of news withouth reloading the entire page.
 * Ill just post here the entire thing and try to explain later on.
 *     ```
       <div id="noticias_wrapper">
       	<h2 class="red title">NOTÍCIAS</h2>
       	<ul class="noticias_home">
       	<?php
       		// Posts Per Page option
       		$ppp			= 4;
       		$init_offset	= 4;
       		$custom_offset	= 0;
       		if ($paged == 0) {
       			$paged = 1;
       			$custom_offset = $init_offset;
       		} else {
       			/*$paged -= 1;//I have to do this otherwise when I go to page 2 the variable $paged = 0 goes to $paged = 2 and screws up the whole thing;*/
       			if($init_offset == 0){$paged -= 1;}
       			$custom_offset = $ppp*($paged);
       		}
       		//print_r('$PAGED '.$paged.' -- ');
       		//print_r('$INIT_OFFSET '.$init_offset.' -- ');
       		//print_r('$CUSTOM_OFFSET '.$custom_offset);
       		$args		= Array('category_name' => 'noticias', 'offset' => $custom_offset, 'posts_per_page' => 4);
       		$not_home = get_posts($args);
       		$i = 0;
       		foreach($not_home as $post) : setup_postdata($post);
       	?>
       		<?php if($i%2 == 0) : ?><li class="grid_4 alpha">
       		<?php else : ?><li class="grid_4 omega">
       		<?php endif ?>
       				<h6 class="grey_light"><?php echo get_the_date('d / m / Y'); ?></h5>
       				<h5 class="grey_dark">
       					<a href="<?php the_permalink()?>">
       						<?php the_title(); ?>
       					</a>
       				</h5>
       				<?php
       					$args = array( 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'numberposts' => -1, 'post_status' =>'any', 'post_parent' => $post->ID );
       					$attachments = get_posts($args);
       					if ($attachments) {
       							$attachment = $attachments[0];
       							$img_url = wp_get_attachment_image_src($attachment->ID , 'thumbnail'); ?>
       							<a href="<?php the_permalink()?>">
       								<img src="<?php echo $img_url[0] ?>" height="<?php echo $img_url[2] ?>" width="<?php echo $img_url[1] ?>" />
       							</a>
       						<?php }
       					else{
       						echo the_excerpt();
       					}
       				?>
       				<a href=" <?php get_permalink() ?> " class="leia_tudo">LEIA TUDO</a>
       			<?php if($i%2 == 0) : ?></li>
       			<?php else : ?></li><div style="clear:both"></div>
       			<?php endif ?>
       		<?php
       			$i++;
       			endforeach;
       	?>
       	</ul>
       	<div id="home_pagination">
       		<?php
       		$pages = '';
       		$number_posts = intval(get_category_by_slug('noticias')->count);
       		$max = ceil(($number_posts - $init_offset) / $ppp);
       		//print_r($paged);
       		if (!$current 		= get_query_var('paged')) $current = 1;
       		$args['base'] 		= str_replace(999999999, '%#%', get_pagenum_link(999999999));
       		$args['total']		= $max;
       		$args['current']	= $current;
       		$args['mid_size'] 	= 3;
       		$args['end_size'] 	= 2;
       		echo paginate_links($args);
       	?>
       	</div>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * Ok as you can see above I have the loop to display the news and the pagination
   function right below it. IT IS WORKING, I just don’t know why, lol. My question
   is: why use get_posts? I tried with query_posts and the whole thing dies off.
   I was also warned not to mess with the main loop. And what about the pagination?
   I don’t use query->max_num_pages because it gives me the wrong number of pages.
   Also because I keep reloading the entire thing I had to create the variable $
   init_offset otherwise the pagination would decrease the value of the variable
   $max. (if you run the code you would see that when it loads the first time #custom_offset
   would be 4 then the $max would be TOTAL – 4, then in the second paged $max = 
   TOTAL – 8 and so on and so on…
 * as you can see it is all very confusing…I’d like to keep things simple. I was
   trying before to use jQuery ajax .load method to not only load noticias_home.
   php but also to send it a variable that would let noticias_home.php know in wich
   page the navigation should be. I was unsucessfull at that.
 * take a look at my ajax function wich loads noticias_home.php
 *     ```
       jQuery('#home_pagination a').live('click', function(e){
         e.preventDefault();
         var link = jQuery(this).attr('href');
         jQuery('#noticias_home').html('Loading...');
         jQuery('#noticias_home').load(link+' #noticias_home');
       });
       ```
   
 * I’m sorry if it is all so confusing. I’m a newbie and trying real hard not to
   cry. I mean, I got the thing to work, but I think it could be better. can anyone
   help me?

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 *  Thread Starter [nelsontubaina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nelsontubaina/)
 * (@nelsontubaina)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-pagination-using-get_posts/#post-3410100)
 * hey just edited the code of the loop, commented it a lil bit to help you all 
   understand it a lil bit better.
 *     ```
       <div id="noticias_wrapper">
       	<h2 class="red title">NOTÍCIAS</h2>
       	<ul class="noticias_home">
       	<?php
       		// Posts Per Page option
       		$ppp			= 4;//POSTS PER PAGE
       		$init_offset	= 4;// INITIAL OFFSET
       		$custom_offset	= 0;//OFFSET THAT IS CALCULATED ACCORDING PAGINATION
       		if ($paged == 0) {
       			$paged = 1;//RESOLVING PAGINATION BUG ISSUES
       			$custom_offset = $init_offset;
       		} else {
       			//$paged -= 1;//faço isso por que de alguma forma o link pula de $paged = 0 para $paged = 2;
       			if($init_offset == 0){$paged -= 1;}//RESOLVING PAGINATION BUG ISSUES
       			$custom_offset = $ppp*($paged);
       		}
       		//print_r('$PAGED '.$paged.' -- ');
       		//print_r('$INIT_OFFSET '.$init_offset.' -- ');
       		//print_r('$CUSTOM_OFFSET '.$custom_offset);
       		$args		= Array('category_name' => 'noticias', 'offset' => $custom_offset, 'posts_per_page' => 4);
       		$not_home = get_posts($args);
       		//GET ALL THE POSTS FROM THE CATEGORY NOTICIAS, SHOW ONLY 4 PER PAGE AND OFFSET THE
       		//NUMBER OF POSTS I NEED TO OFFSET IN THE CURRENT PAGE IN THE NAVIGATION
       		$i = 0;
       		//BEGINNING THE LOOP...
       		foreach($not_home as $post) : setup_postdata($post);
       	?>
       		<?php if($i%2 == 0) : ?><li class="grid_4 alpha">
       		<?php else : ?><li class="grid_4 omega">
       		<?php endif ?><!-- THE IF, ELSE IS TO DIFFER THE ODD COLUMN FROM THE EVEN COLUMN-->
       				<h6 class="grey_light"><?php echo get_the_date('d / m / Y'); ?></h5>
       				<h5 class="grey_dark">
       					<a href="<?php the_permalink()?>">
       						<?php the_title(); ?>
       					</a>
       				</h5>
       				<?php
       					//IN THIS LOOP SEARCH FOR THE ATTACHMENTS OF THE GIVEN POST...
       					$args = array( 'post_type' => 'attachment', 'numberposts' => -1, 'post_status' =>'any', 'post_parent' => $post->ID );
       					$attachments = get_posts($args);
       					if ($attachments) {
       							$attachment = $attachments[0];//GET ONLY THE FIRST ATTACHMENT...
       							$img_url = wp_get_attachment_image_src($attachment->ID , 'thumbnail'); ?>
       							<a href="<?php the_permalink()?>">
       								<img src="<?php echo $img_url[0] ?>" height="<?php echo $img_url[2] ?>" width="<?php echo $img_url[1] ?>" />
       							</a>
       						<?php }
       					else{
       						//IF THERE ARE NO ATTACHMENTS (IMAGES) DISPLAY THE EXCERPT;
       						echo the_excerpt();
       					}
       				?>
       				<!-- THE 'READ MORE' LINK -->
       				<a href=" <?php get_permalink() ?> " class="leia_tudo">LEIA TUDO</a>
       			<?php if($i%2 == 0) : ?></li>
       				<!--  THE DIV CLEAR IS TO MAKE SURE ALL LINES ALIGN PROPERLY-->
       			<?php else : ?></li><div style="clear:both"></div>
       			<?php endif ?>
       		<?php
       			$i++;
       			//END OF THE LOOP...
       			endforeach;
       	?>
       	</ul>
       	<div id="home_pagination">
       		<!-- THE PAGINATION DIV AND VARIABLES AND STUFF -->
       		<?php
       		$pages = '';// I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS DOING HERE, PRETTY SURE I CAN DELETE THIS VAR.
       		$number_posts = intval(get_category_by_slug('noticias')->count);//COUNTING THE NUMBER OF POSTS IN A GIVEN CATEGORY...
       		$max = ceil(($number_posts - $init_offset) / $ppp);//MAKING SURE THE $MAX NUMBER USED IN PAGINATION IS CORRECT...
       		//print_r($paged);
       		if (!$current 		= get_query_var('paged')) $current = 1;//I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS DOES...
       		$args['base'] 		= str_replace(999999999, '%#%', get_pagenum_link(999999999));//I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS DOES...
       		$args['total']		= $max;
       		$args['current']	= $current;//I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS DOES...
       		$args['mid_size'] 	= 3;//I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS DOES...
       		$args['end_size'] 	= 2;//I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS DOES...
       		echo paginate_links($args);//I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS DOES...
       	?>
       	</div>
       </div>
       ```
   
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-pagination-using-get_posts/#post-3410101)
 * Here is an article that shows code I have used to paginate an array: [http://wordpress.mcdspot.com/2010/05/24/pagination-of-array-custom-query/](http://wordpress.mcdspot.com/2010/05/24/pagination-of-array-custom-query/)
 * You can also use paginate_links() as shown in this article: [http://wordpress.mcdspot.com/2010/11/25/pagination-using-paginate_links/](http://wordpress.mcdspot.com/2010/11/25/pagination-using-paginate_links/)
 *  Thread Starter [nelsontubaina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nelsontubaina/)
 * (@nelsontubaina)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-pagination-using-get_posts/#post-3410104)
 * thx man, gonna go study your code, seems very helpfull and instructional. thx
   so much!

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