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Posted by Ryan Cunningham
Ryan Cunningham
2,996 Points

Portfolio Website Question

I recently finished the portfolio wordpress project and then decided to make my own portfolio site. On the actual project portfolio page, which shows all of the projects, I limited it to show only 9 posts per page. I then tried adding the function: <?php posts_nav_link(); ?> to the end of the page in order to look at older project (anything after the first 9 posts).

This function is not working on my site and I have read that it will not work if you have modified the loop such as we did the in portfolio project:

<?php $args = array(
        'posts_per_page' => '9',    
        'post_type' => 'portfolio'
    );  
    $the_query = new WP_Query ( $args ); 
    ?>  

<?php if ( have_posts()) : while ( $the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>

Rather than just:

<?php if ( have_posts()) : while( have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

Does anyone know how to add in "Previous Posts - Older Posts" links in the bottom of a page such as this?

4 Answers

John Locke
John Locke
15,479 Points
John Locke
John Locke
15,479 Points

It appears that you will have to add 'paged' = $paged to your $args .

Ryan Cunningham
Ryan Cunningham
2,996 Points
Ryan Cunningham
Ryan Cunningham
2,996 Points

The site: http://crazyhouseweb.com/web-development-portfolio/

Ryan Cunningham
Ryan Cunningham
2,996 Points
Ryan Cunningham
Ryan Cunningham
2,996 Points

Thanks John, I've read that whole page, but the process doesn't work for adding in page links to a portfolio style page like was built in the project. When I use the <?php previous_post(); ?> <?php next_post(); ?> those direct me to the next single-portfolio custom post rather than the portfolio page, which is currently set to show the first 9 posts. When I use the <?php posts_nav_link(); ?> I am not getting anything to appear on the site. I trying to get a page button to be able to show a page 2 and show the next 9 portfolio projects.

The current code for the page is: 

<?php

/*

    Template Name: Portfolio

*/

get_header(); ?>

<div class="portfolio grid_12">
    <div class="container">

        <!-- Getting custom post type listings and using that instead of posts -->
        <?php $args = array(
            'posts_per_page' => '9',    
            'post_type' => 'portfolio'
       );
        $the_query = new WP_Query ( $args ); 
        ?>  

        <?php $i = 0; ?>
        <?php if ( have_posts()) : while ( $the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>

        <?php $i = $i + 1; ?>
        <?php if ($i==4) {$i = 1;} ?>
        <?php if ($i == 1) { ?>

        <div class="row-holder">

            <div class="grid_4">
                <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
                    <h2><?php the_field('name') ?></h2>
                    <img src="<?php the_field('screen_shot') ?>">
               </a>
               <p><?php the_field('short_description') ?></p> 
            </div>

           <?php } ?>
           <?php if ($i == 2) { ?>

           <div class="grid_4">
               <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
                   <h2><?php the_field('name') ?></h2>
                   <img src="<?php the_field('screen_shot') ?>">
               </a>
               <p><?php the_field('short_description') ?></p>           
            </div>

           <?php } ?>
           <?php if ($i == 3) { ?>

            <div class="grid_4 omega">
                <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">   
                    <h2><?php the_field('name') ?></h2>
                    <img src="<?php the_field('screen_shot') ?>">
                </a>
                <p><?php the_field('short_description') ?></p>
            </div>
            </div>
           <?php } ?>

       <div style="text-align:center;">
           <?php posts_nav_link(' or ', 'Look at our newer projects, ', 'look at our older projects.'); ?>
       </div>

       <?php endwhile; endif; ?>    

    </div>
</div>



<?php get_footer(); ?>