loop with the_query instead of query_posts – with pagination

  • mrspabs

    (@mrspabs)


    11 years, 4 months ago

    This code works for me, but I am trying to stop using query_posts because its supposed to be not good.

    <?php query_posts('posts_per_page=2'); ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();  ?>

<!-- stuff -->

<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class="nav-previous alignleft"><?php next_posts_link( 'Older posts' ); ?></div>
<div class="nav-next alignright"><?php previous_posts_link( 'Newer posts' ); ?></div>
<?php else : ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>

    so I rewrote it as this, but the pagination doesn’t work. 

    <?php $the_query = new WP_Query( array( 'posts_per_page' => 2, 'pagination' => true, ) ); ?>
<?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>

<!-- stuff -->

<?php endwhile; ?>

<div class="nav-previous alignleft"><?php next_posts_link( 'Older posts' ); ?></div>
<div class="nav-next alignright"><?php previous_posts_link( 'Newer posts' ); ?></div>
<?php else : ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>

    Help?

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  • Thread Starter mrspabs

    (@mrspabs)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    i think i figured it out. can someone confirm that I am right?

    <?php  $paged = ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;  ?>
<?php $the_query = new WP_Query( array( 'posts_per_page' => 2, 'pagination' => true, )); ?>
<?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>

<!-- stuff -->

<?php endwhile; ?>

<div class="nav-previous alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('Older posts', $the_query->max_num_pages ); ?></div>
<div class="nav-next alignright"><?php previous_posts_link( 'Newer posts' ); ?></div>
<?php else : ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>

    The code works, but I want to be sure that its all written correctly since I am trying to fix bad habits.

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