Title: [Plugin: Display Posts Shortcode] pagination Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # [Plugin: Display Posts Shortcode] pagination * Resolved [mrhayduke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrhayduke/) * (@mrhayduke) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/) * Hello. I’ve used this plugin on a site in development and works great and well documented. Thank you. * Wondering if you have any thoughts about if/how one could use pagination when there are a lot of results. I know we can use posts_per_page=-1 to list all posts but if there are a lot (20, 30, 40, etc.) it gets to be an unwieldy page. * Thanks. * Ted * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/) Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * Plugin Author [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/) * (@billerickson) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423620) * The problem with pagination is that it would interfere with the query of the current page. If you have a multi-page article and you use the display posts shortcode with pagination, clicking “Next” will show the next results AND change the page content. * If you need pagination, it’s really best to [customize the main WordPress query.](http://www.billerickson.net/customize-the-wordpress-query/) * Thread Starter [mrhayduke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrhayduke/) * (@mrhayduke) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423621) * Thanks, Bill. I realize pagination isn’t something the plugin (which is great, btw) is intended to tackle. Appreciate the reply! * [kjparish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjparish/) * (@kjparish) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423631) * I’ve gotten this plugin to work with pagination using WP-Page Navi, but you need to feel comfortable tweaking the plugin itself. I installed WP Page Navi and dropped in much of the code from this blog post: [ and it works!](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-pagenavi-with-custom-query-and-paged-variable?replies=2) * [wpforchurch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpforchurch/) * (@wpforchurch) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423653) * Would you be so kind as to post what changes you made to the plugin? Did you add code from WP Page Navi or just install the plugin? * Thanks! * [designblogg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/designblogg/) * (@designblogg) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423654) * Yea would like to know how you did it aswell * [kjparish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjparish/) * (@kjparish) * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423655) * So, it’s been a little while now since I set this up, but here’s what I did ( which worked): * You need to open the display-posts-shortcode.php file in the plugin folder. Find the // Set up initial query for post // section. This is where you’ll be adding to the existing code and inserting the query that allows for pagination (this is a copy of what I created before the “// If Post IDs” section). * _[Code moderated as per the [Forum Rules](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code). Please use the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/)]_ * Next – you need to add pagenavi. I inserted it after the ‘endwhile;’ like so: * ``` endwhile; wp_pagenavi( array( 'query' => $listing ) ); wp_reset_query(); ``` * I’m no expert at this stuff, but I was able to hack a bit to get this working. I hope this helps you. * [Leiif](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leiif/) * (@leiif) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423688) * Where’s the code? I see the part about pagenavi. * [Leiif](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leiif/) * (@leiif) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423689) * My question has been resolved. I found a work around with the Advanced Excerpts plugin. * [Bernie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fruitshakes/) * (@fruitshakes) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423692) * Haven’t seen any resolutions? How come it was resolved? Any workaround yet? Thanks. * [kjparish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjparish/) * (@kjparish) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423693) * Did not realize my code snippet above had been chopped off some time ago. Here it is again. Hope this helps. * ``` // Set up initial query for post $args = array( 'post_type' => $post_type, 'tag' => $tag, 'category_name' => $category, 'posts_per_page' => $posts_per_page, 'order' => $order, 'orderby' => $orderby, ); if( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) $my_page = get_query_var( 'paged' ); else { if( get_query_var( 'page' ) ) $my_page = get_query_var( 'page' ); else $my_page = 1; set_query_var( 'paged', $my_page ); $paged = $my_page; } // default loop here, if applicable, followed by wp_reset_query(); $args = array( // other query params here, 'paged' => $my_page ); ``` * [Leiif](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leiif/) * (@leiif) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423694) * In regard to “fruitshakes” and my post. “My question has been resolved. I found a work around with the Advanced Excerpts plugin.” * I am not using this plugin as I found a better solution with “Advanced Excerpts” * [Bernie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fruitshakes/) * (@fruitshakes) * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423695) * Leiif, * Will celebrate if you share your workaround on Advanced Exerpts for pagination. * [tennyy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tennyy/) * (@tennyy) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423713) * kjparish, * When I try this, it will show all categories in my list even I only set one category, how can I fix it? * meanwhile, can I move the pagination to the bottom? * Thanks! * [Leiif](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leiif/) * (@leiif) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-pagination/#post-2423714) * Hi fruitshakes, * Sorry I didn’t get notice of your post but just got one for the last post by tennyy. I wanted my category pages to show more than just the basic excerpt and using “Advanced Excerpts” was what worked for me. I use my categories as navigational aids to getting to specific types of posts. Not sure what you are after. 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