I can’t believe that I’m the first to ask this… but after 4 days of searching for an answer, and not finding ANYONE with the same question…

How do I alter the pagination range?

In my forum, the topics have several hundred pages, and it’s not uncommon to get ten new pages a day. However, the pagination ONLY displays the first three or four (which are absolutely useless) and the last three or four of them (which is completely inadequate).

So if a member visits the forum after two days of inactivity, they might have 20 pages to catch up on, and since only the last three are displayed, it requires them to click back, reload, click back, reload, click back, reload… 15 times!

If I could display the last 10 pages, instead of only the last 3 or 4, it would be so much easier.

[@robin-w Moderator 5 years, 5 months ago]

I can’t remember it ever being asked 🙂

However after a bit of digging, this will change it

add_filter( 'bbp_topic_pagination', 'rew_change_shown' ) ;

function rew_change_shown ($args) {
	$args['mid_size'] = 8 ;
return $args ;
}

8 shows ‘8 +previous and next’ – so 10 – amend the number to whatever you want

Put this in your child theme’s function file – or use

Code Snippets

[@armyadarkness Participant 5 years, 5 months ago]

Thanks a lot Robin, unfortunately, the code didn’t work at all. I copied and pasted it exactly, and even tried that plugin. It just gives errors.

[@armyadarkness Participant 5 years, 5 months ago]

I tried to upload a screen shot, but I see no means to do so.

[@robin-w Moderator 5 years, 5 months ago]

when you say it gives errors – can you say exactly what these are?

[@armyadarkness Participant 5 years, 5 months ago]

Yes, when I copy that code into the Additional CSS panel, all of those “Red X” appear “unexpected characters on line… ” etc.

[@armyadarkness Participant 5 years, 5 months ago]

Why can’t I upload screen shots here?

[@robin-w Moderator 5 years, 5 months ago]

Additional CSS panel

ah, this is not css, this is php code, it needs to go in the functions file of your child theme or the code snippets plugin. If it is the latter, that should also give you what then error is – I need to know what that say if it doesn’t work

[@armyadarkness Participant 5 years, 5 months ago]

Got it. thanks for clearing that up.

I saw no means to edit the child theme (nor do I know what that is), and the plugin had no “PHP” entry available. It allows CSS, Java, HTML, and Snippets by Name.

[@robin-w Moderator 5 years, 5 months ago]

you want ‘snippets’ that is the php code bit

[@armyadarkness Participant 5 years, 5 months ago]

I figured that, so I added it, but it made no difference in the pagination. I tried to edit it several ways and it made no visible difference.

What I’d like is for the forum topic pagination to display the last 10 pages. Right now, It display 1,2,3…722,723,724

[@robin-w Moderator 5 years, 5 months ago]

Right now, It display 1,2,3…722,723,724

so is this EXACTLY what it displayed without the code ?

[@armyadarkness Participant 5 years, 5 months ago]

Yes… and with it as well. Of course, the last three numbers change as new pages are added.

[@robin-w Moderator 5 years, 5 months ago]

hmmm….not sure I can help without visiting the site – is it private ?

[@armyadarkness Participant 5 years, 5 months ago]

The forum is private, but the site is not. I will happily register you so that you can view the forum if you like.

[@robin-w Moderator 5 years, 5 months ago]

ok, the code I gave you was topics in a forum, not replies in a topic.

try this instead

add_filter( 'bbp_replies_pagination', 'rew_change_shown' ) ;

function rew_change_shown ($args) {
	$args['mid_size'] = 8 ;
return $args ;
}

[@armyadarkness Participant 5 years, 5 months ago]

Yay! That worked awesome, and more importantly, I gained some more knowledge to help me build better! Thanks for all of your help.

I definitely see a difference between topics, replies, and other pages… So I guess I’ll have some experimenting to do. Thanks!

[@robin-w Moderator 5 years, 5 months ago]

great – glad you are fixed, I learnt some stuff as well about how wordpress does pagination, so win-win !!