wordpress pagination page links showing 404 error - php

Question

I am trying to add pagination to product i am getting pagination link eg '1,2 next>>' but when i click on the link it show page not found.
$args = array( 'post_type' => 'product','product_cat' => 'clothing','posts_per_page' => '1', 'order' => 'DESC','paged' => $paged );
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
if ( $loop->have_posts() ) {
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
echo $product->get_regular_price();
endwhile;
$total_pages = $loop->max_num_pages;
if ($total_pages > 1){
$current_page = max(1, get_query_var('paged'));
echo paginate_links(array(
'base' => get_pagenum_link(1) . '%_%',
'format' => '/page/%#%',
'current' => $current_page,
'total' => $total_pages,
'prev_text' => __('« prev'),
'next_text' => __('next »'),
));
}
wp_reset_postdata();
}

Answer 1

I think you should change format to:
'format' => '?paged=%#%',
Because current 'format' (if base is correct) gives you for example https://yourwpwebsite.com/basepage/page/1 but it should be https://yourwpwebsite.com/basepage?page=1 so it is still the same page but with page data passed in URL
I am not sure if current 'base' is correct, but you can also try changing it to:
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
if ( $loop->have_posts() ) {
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
echo $product->get_regular_price();
endwhile;
$total_pages = $loop->max_num_pages;
$big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer
if ($total_pages > 1){
$current_page = max(1, get_query_var('paged'));
echo paginate_links(array(
'base' => str_replace( $big, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $big ) ) ),
'format' => '?paged=%#%',
'current' => $current_page,
'total' => $total_pages,
'prev_text' => __('« prev'),
'next_text' => __('next »'),
));
}
wp_reset_postdata();
}
Try this, if it is not working, provide more details and current HTML output.