Wordpress static page template pagination not working - php

Question

I'm building a custom page template and I can't seem to get the pagination to work. It keeps showing the same posts as on the home/first page. I have tried a lot of different code but getting the same problem with each results.
This is the current query I am using:
<?php
global $paged;
global $wp_query;
$temp = $wp_query;
$wp_query = null;
$wp_query = new WP_Query();
$wp_query->query('posts_per_page=2&post_type=post'.'&paged='.$paged);
while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post();
?>
<div class="news-item">
<?php
$thumb = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID), '' );
$url = $thumb['0'];
?>
<div class="news-item-bg" style="background-image:url(<?=$url?>);"></div>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2></a>
<div class="entry-meta">
<div class="meta-date"><?php the_time('d.m.Y'); ?> </div><div class="meta-seperator"> | </div><div class="meta-author">Auteur: <?php the_author(); ?></div>
</div><!-- .entry-meta -->
<div class="excerpt"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php previous_posts_link('« Newer') ?>
<?php next_posts_link('Older »') ?>
<?php
$wp_query = null;
$wp_query = $temp;
?>
Found the solution, this code worked:
<?php
if ( get_query_var('paged') ) {
$paged = get_query_var('paged');
} elseif ( get_query_var('page') ) { // 'page' is used instead of 'paged' on Static Front Page
$paged = get_query_var('page');
} else {
$paged = 1;
}
$custom_query_args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => '2',
'paged' => $paged,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,
//'category_name' => 'custom-cat',
'order' => 'DESC', // 'ASC'
'orderby' => 'date' // modified | title | name | ID | rand
);
$custom_query = new WP_Query( $custom_query_args );
if ( $custom_query->have_posts() ) :
while( $custom_query->have_posts() ) : $custom_query->the_post(); ?>
<div class="news-item">
<?php
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
$thumb = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID), '' );
$url = $thumb['0'];
echo '<div class="news-item-bg" style="background-image:url(<?=$url?>);"></div>';
}
else {
}
;?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2></a>
<div class="entry-meta">
<div class="meta-date"><?php the_time('d.m.Y'); ?> </div><div class="meta-seperator"> | </div><div class="meta-author">Auteur: <?php the_author(); ?></div>
</div><!-- .entry-meta -->
<div class="excerpt"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
<div id="single-post-container"></div>
<a class="button-1 load-more" href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>">Lees meer</a>
<a class="ajax-close button-1" href="#">X</a>
</div>
<?php
endwhile;
?>
<?php if ($custom_query->max_num_pages > 1) : // custom pagination ?>
<?php
$orig_query = $wp_query; // fix for pagination to work
$wp_query = $custom_query;
?>
<nav class="prev-next-posts">
<div class="prev-posts-link">
<?php echo get_next_posts_link( 'Older Entries', $custom_query->max_num_pages ); ?>
</div>
<div class="next-posts-link">
<?php echo get_previous_posts_link( 'Newer Entries' ); ?>
</div>
</nav>
<?php
$wp_query = $orig_query; // fix for pagination to work
?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php
wp_reset_postdata(); // reset the query
else:
echo '<p>'.__('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.').'</p>';
endif;
?>

Answer 1

Try this code just copy pase
<?php
$args = array(
'post_type'=> 'post',
//'category_name' => 'blog',
'orderby' => 'post_date',
//'posts_per_page'=>'1'
'paged' => get_query_var('paged')
);
query_posts( $args );
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php the_title(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php // Wordpress Pagination
$big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer
$links = paginate_links( array(
'base' => str_replace( $big, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $big ) ) ),
'format' => '?paged=%#%',
'current' => max( 1, get_query_var('paged') ),
'total' => $wp_query->max_num_pages,
'prev_text' => '<',
'next_text' => '>',
'type' => 'array'
) );
if(!empty($links)){ ?>
<ul class="pagination">
<?php
foreach($links as $link){
?>
<li><?php echo $link; ?></li>
<?php
}
wp_reset_query(); ?>
</ul>
<?php } ?>