Wordpress limit posts per page with pagination - php

Question

I want to create blog page with recent posts and pagination. Code below shows recent posts but pagination doesn't want to work.
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="container clearfix">
<div id="content" class="clearfix">
<?php
$postslist = get_posts('numberposts=-1&posts_per_page=5&order=DESC&orderby=date');
foreach ($postslist as $post) :
setup_postdata($post);
?>
<div class="entry">
<div class="recent-post-thumbnail">
<?php echo the_post_thumbnail($recent->ID, 'thumbnail'); ?>
</div>
<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<h4>More ></h4>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</div> <!-- end content -->
<div class="kreska-pion"></div>
<div class="sidebar">
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Answer 1

numberposts=6 replace this with post_per_page and let me know if It worked .
<?php
$postlist = get_posts( 'numberposts=-1&posts_per_page=5' );
$posts = array();
foreach ( $postlist as $post ) {
$posts[] += $post->ID;
}
$current = array_search( get_the_ID(), $posts );
$prevID = $posts[$current-1];
$nextID = $posts[$current+1];
?>
<?php
foreach ( $posts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
<li>
<?php the_title(); ?>
</li>
<?php endforeach;
wp_reset_postdata();?>
<div class="navigation">
<?php if ( !empty( $prevID ) ): ?>
<div class="alignleft">
<a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $prevID ); ?>"
title="<?php echo get_the_title( $prevID ); ?>">Previous</a>
</div>
<?php endif;
if ( !empty( $nextID ) ): ?>
<div class="alignright">
<a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $nextID ); ?>"
title="<?php echo get_the_title( $nextID ); ?>">Next</a>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
</div><!-- .navigation -->

Answer 2

I tried
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="container clearfix">
<div id="content" class="clearfix">
<?php
$args = array( 'post_per_page' = -1 );
$query= new WP_Query( $args );
var_dump( $query );
// The 2nd Loop
while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
$query->the_post();
echo '<li>' . get_the_title( $query->post->ID ) . '</li>';
}
// Restore original Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();
?>
<div class="vertical"></div>
<div class="sidebar">
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php wp_pagenavi(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
But it shows a blank page.
EDIT:
Here's what I did:
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="container clearfix">
<div id="content" class="clearfix">
<?php
$args = array( 'post_per_page' = -1 );
$query= new WP_Query( $args );
var_dump( $query );
wp_reset_postdata();
?>
<div class="vertical"></div>
<div class="sidebar">
<?php get_sidebar(); ?></div>
</div>
<?php wp_pagenavi(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
And it shows a blank page.