Wordpress- WordPress Post Pagination without plugin

STEP 1. Add the following function to your functions.php file:

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function pagination($pages = '', $range = 2) {       $showitems = ($range * 2)+1;         global $paged;      if(empty($paged)) $paged = 1;        if($pages == '')      {          global $wp_query;          $pages = $wp_query->max_num_pages;          if(!$pages)          {              $pages = 1;          }      }          if(1 != $pages)      {          echo "<div class="pagination">";          if($paged > 2 && $paged > $range+1 && $showitems < $pages) echo "<a href="".get_pagenum_link(1)."">«</a>";          if($paged > 1 && $showitems < $pages) echo "<a href="".get_pagenum_link($paged - 1)."">‹</a>";            for ($i=1; $i <= $pages; $i++)          {              if (1 != $pages &&( !($i >= $paged+$range+1 || $i <= $paged-$range-1) || $pages <= $showitems ))              {                  echo ($paged == $i)? "<span class="current">".$i."</span>":"<a href="".get_pagenum_link($i)."" class="inactive">".$i."</a>";              }          }            if ($paged < $pages && $showitems < $pages) echo "<a href="".get_pagenum_link($paged + 1)."">›</a>";           if ($paged < $pages-1 &&  $paged+$range-1 < $pages && $showitems < $pages) echo "<a href="".get_pagenum_link($pages)."">»</a>";          echo "</div>\n";      } }

STEP 2. To style it, add the following to your stylesheet (typically style.css).

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.pagination {  clear:both;  padding:20px 0;  position:relative;  font-size:11px;  line-height:13px; } .pagination span, .pagination a {  display:block;  float:left;  margin: 2px 2px 2px 0;  padding:6px 9px 5px 9px;  text-decoration:none;  width:auto;  color:#fff;  background: #555; } .pagination a:hover{  color:#fff;  background: #3279BB; } .pagination .current{  padding:6px 9px 5px 9px;  background: #3279BB;  color:#fff; }

STEP 3: Final step, Put in your template file:

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$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; $arg= array('post_type' => 'post-type',    'taxonomy' => 'texonomy-slug',    'term'=> 'term-slug',    'paged' => $paged,    'posts_per_page' => 5,    'orderby' => 'date',    'post_status'=>'publish'                                                                            ); $loop = new WP_Query($arg); ?> <?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>  <!-- Show loop content... --> <?php endwhile; ?>   <?php if (function_exists("pagination")) {     pagination($loop->max_num_pages); }