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Category Page - Wrong Approach?
3 replies · Started by Antar on August 22, 2017
Hi,
I'm trying to create a new template for my news category. I want it to show the posts using Tom's WP Show Posts plugin. I've created a new template called category-news.php - which loads as expected.
I've also removed the loop code and inserted the following function:
<?php if ( function_exists( 'wpsp_display' ) ) wpsp_display( 429 ); ?>
The posts display as expected. The only trouble is that the pagination links do not work. They open pages which "cannot be found..."
I don't know whether I've done something wrong or there's just something wrong with my approach.
Any help would be most useful!
:0)
Antar
Have you tried re-saving your permalinks in "Settings > Permalinks"?
If so, it may be a limitation in WordPress, as pagination through a plugin (or anything other than core WP archive pages) can be really unpredictable.
It may be better to put your posts on a static page, and then 301 redirect from the category page to your static page.
Hi, Tom -
Thanks for the feedback. I tried your tip but sadly it doesn't work. I went on to do some more research online and discovered that this is quite an old and common problem. This is well worth a read:
http://magstags.com/wordpress-seo/wordpress-category-pagination-404-error-fix-seo-set-up/
I'm sure you can fix it!
;)
Antar
What about that method didn't work? Setting up 301 redirects should always work - it's quite common.
I'm not sure WPSP pagination will work on archive pages like this without being completely re-written I'm afraid.
