WP-Paginate: Breakdown
WP-Paginate is a pagination plugin for WordPress that dynamically creates user-friendly pagination links for posts, pages, and other types of archives. It replaces the standard Next and Previous links with more attractive, modern-looking pagination links that are easier for website visitors to navigate. It also makes the task of monetizing your website through pageviews much easier, as the pagination links make it easier for users to find the content they’re looking for.
WP-Paginate makes use of the WordPress loop to generate its pagination links. It’s designed to be as easy to install and use as possible, so setting up pagination with WP-Paginate is relatively straightforward. Once it’s installed, a few simple settings can be adjusted via a nice, easy-to-use UI. These settings include the types of content to enable pagination for: posts, pages, archives, and so on. You can also specify the maximum number of posts to display per page, the text to be displayed for each page link, and more.
Once you’ve adjusted the settings to your liking, WP-Paginate’s pagination links will automatically be created. You can also add custom HTML to the pagination links, allowing you to further customize their appearance. WP-Paginate also integrates with MyThemeShop’s themes, which allow you to set up your pagination links with just a few clicks.
WP-Paginate is extremely light-weight and won’t slow down your website, even when used on large sites with many posts and pages. It also supports SEO-friendly URLs, making it easier for search engines to index your site’s content. This makes WP-Paginate an incredibly useful plugin for any WordPress site.