Pagination when using wp_query?

<!-- query -->
<?php
    $paged = ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;
    $query = new WP_Query( array(
        'category_name' => 'investor-news',
        'posts_per_page' => 2,
        'paged' => $paged
    ) );
?>

<?php if ( $query->have_posts() ) : ?>

<!-- begin loop -->
<?php while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>

    <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="Read"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
    <?php echo get_the_date(); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<!-- end loop -->


<!-- WHAT GOES HERE?????? -->


<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>

<?php else : ?>
    <p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>

I’ve tried everything to achieve pagination on this static page using the wp_query function but without any luck. There’s a comment in this script called WHAT GOES HERE?????… so what goes here?

This is on a static page that is not the front page or the posts page.

Answers:

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Method 1

Replace <!-- WHAT GOES HERE?????? --> with the pagination code below:

<div class="pagination">
    <?php 
        echo paginate_links( array(
            'base'         => str_replace( 999999999, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( 999999999 ) ) ),
            'total'        => $query->max_num_pages,
            'current'      => max( 1, get_query_var( 'paged' ) ),
            'format'       => '?paged=%#%',
            'show_all'     => false,
            'type'         => 'plain',
            'end_size'     => 2,
            'mid_size'     => 1,
            'prev_next'    => true,
            'prev_text'    => sprintf( '<i></i> %1$s', __( 'Newer Posts', 'text-domain' ) ),
            'next_text'    => sprintf( '%1$s <i></i>', __( 'Older Posts', 'text-domain' ) ),
            'add_args'     => false,
            'add_fragment' => '',
        ) );
    ?>
</div>

WordPress comes with a handy function called paginate_links() which does the heavy lifting. In the example above, the custom WP_Query object $query is used instead of the global $wp_query object.

Method 2

This code is for Custom Query Pagination. You can follow the steps to create your own pagination in WordPress.

 <?php
/**
* Template Name: Custom Page
*/
get_header(); ?>

<?php
$paged = ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;
$args = array(
  'posts_per_page' => 4,
  'paged' => $paged
);
$custom_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>
          <!----start-------->
<div class="wrap">
<div id="primary" class="content-area">
<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">

<?php
   while($custom_query->have_posts()) :
      $custom_query->the_post();
?>
       <div>
        <ul>
         <li>
           <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" ><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
        <div>
          <ul>
        <div><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener"><?php the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail'); ?></a></div>
          </ul>
          <ul>
        <p><?php echo the_content(); ?></p>
          </ul>
        </div>
        <div>
          </li>
        </ul>
          </div> <!-- end blog posts -->
       <?php endwhile; ?>
      <?php if (function_exists("pagination")) {
          pagination($custom_query->max_num_pages);
      } ?>
</main><!-- #main -->
</div><!-- #primary -->
</div><!-- .wrap -->
          <!----end-------->
        <?php get_footer();

Reference : https://www.wpblog.com/use-wp_query-to-create-pagination/

Method 3

You can simply use a built-in WP function

<?
the_posts_pagination()
?>

It does the job very well with custom WP_Query

Method 4

If anyone arrives here attempting to create a wp_query with pagination from inside a shortcode:

add_shortcode('wp_query_pagination_inside_shortcode', 'my_shortcode_function_tag');
if (!function_exists('my_shortcode_function_tag')) {
    function my_shortcode_function_tag($atts)
    {
        ob_start(); // Turn output buffering on
        global $paged;
        $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
        $atts = shortcode_atts(
            array(
                'post_type' => 'post',
                // whatever you like
            ),
            $atts
        );
        $args = array(
            'posts_per_page' => 3,
            'paged' => $paged,
            'post_type' => $atts['post_type'],
            'orderby' => 'date',
            'order' => 'DESC',
        );
        $the_query = new WP_Query($args);

        if ($the_query->have_posts()) {
            while ($the_query->have_posts()) {
                $the_query->the_post();
                get_template_part('template-parts/loop');
            } //end while

            $big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer
            echo paginate_links(
                array(
                    'base' => str_replace($big, '%#%', esc_url(get_pagenum_link($big))),
                    'format' => '?paged=%#%',
                    'current' => max(
                        1,
                        get_query_var('paged')
                    ),
                    'total' => $the_query->max_num_pages //$q is your custom query
                )
            );
        } // Pagination inside the endif
        return ob_get_clean(); // Silently discard the buffer contents
        wp_reset_query(); // Lets go back to the main_query() after returning our buffered content
    }
}

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