Calling FoundationPress_pagination in a custom query

[magicjoef]

Hi, is it possible to call the built in pagination function using a custom query (I'm retrieving some custom posts using $loop = new WP_Query( $args ); etc)

Thank you for an excellent starter theme!

[Pautomagi]

I do it like this:
<?php 
$page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$args = array(
     'paged' => $page,
     );
query_posts($args);
?>

Run the loop and use the pagination function.

<?php if ( function_exists('FoundationPress_pagination') ) { FoundationPress_pagination(); } else if ( is_paged() ) { ?>
    <nav id="post-nav">
        <div class="post-previous"><?php next_posts_link( __( '&larr; Older posts', 'FoundationPress' ) ); ?></div>
        <div class="post-next"><?php previous_posts_link( __( 'Newer posts &rarr;', 'FoundationPress' ) ); ?></div>
    </nav>
<?php } ?>

[magicjoef]

Thanks very much for your reply. I've kept your snippet for future reference, and used part of it to help me find a solution for using wp_query.

$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$args = array( 'post_type' => 'mycustompost', 'posts_per_page' => '5', 'paged' => $paged );
$wp_query = new WP_Query( $args );

Two things tripped me up, seems that using the variable name $wp_query is important, and also if you have a page slug and custom post type called the same thing, you'll get a 404 permalink problem.

Thanks.

[Pautomagi]

The slug and custom post type is a known wordpress problem. There is a fix for this.
In short: rewrite custom post type slug to a singular name and use plural name for archive/page.

Variable name is not important if you run the loop with the same variable name as specified. If none specified wp_query is default.

query_posts($args) will manipulate the default wordpress query.

[magicjoef]

I see, that's great, thanks for your help!