WordPress Category Pagination not working - php

Question

I have two custom post types from the archive.php One is archive-slug.php and the other is category-slug.php. The pagination works on the archive-slug.php but the same code on the category-slug.php won't even show. I'm somewhat new to Wordpress and php so i'm sure i'm missing something here, I just don't know what?
<?php
// Custom Post Type
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'available_dogs',
'category_name' => 'adopted-dogs',
'posts_per_page'=> 9,
'paged'=> $paged
);
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>
<?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
<div class="dog-info-box col-lg-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12">...</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<!-- end of the loop -->
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php
// Get the pagination
fusion_pagination( $pages = '', $range = 2 );
?>
<?php if( $sidebar_exists == true ): ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

Answer 1

As I want to inform you that when you create a file "category-slug.php : it's an default template.No need to add the query posts.
It will display the posts of the category whose slug is added in file like category-slug.php.Here is the modifying code.
if (have_posts() ) :while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
the_content();//content is going on.
endwhile;//pagination functionfusion_pagination( $pages = '', $range = 2 );else : _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); endif;
Precaution :1:Pagination code should be placed just before of the while loop.2:In your code pagination code have been place after the endif that's why it is not working.
Thanking you.

Answer 2

I used this code and got it working. It's not pretty but it will do for now. For what ever reason when I try to use it after the loop it doesn't work. When I use it after the endif it works.
<?php if ($the_query->max_num_pages > 1) { // check if the max number of pages is greater than 1 ?>
<nav class="prev-next-posts">
<div class="prev-posts-link">
<?php echo get_next_posts_link( 'Older Entries', $the_query->max_num_pages ); // display older posts link ?>
</div>
<div class="next-posts-link">
<?php echo get_previous_posts_link( 'Newer Entries' ); // display newer posts link ?>
</div>
</nav>
<?php } ?>

Answer 3

Please follow this steps.
1: Please make sure, your category have the posts.
2: If your category slug is "test" then your file name should be " category-test.php . if any confusion then please let me know.
3: See the code and write in file.
if(have_posts()) :while(have_posts()): the_post();the_title();the_content();endwhile;//pagination of wp
previous_posts_link( '« Newer Entries' );
next_posts_link( 'Older Entries »', 0 );endif;
Note:1:Please place this code in file and run if it will running successfully, then we will add the designing part.
2: If you can share the website URL then I can also give suitable solution because then I can seen the category slug etc .
Please let me know if still needs problem.
Thanking.

Answer 4

I finally fixed a variation of this same issue.
This issue was occurring with category archive pagination.
Initially thought it was within the Loop - turns out the theme I was working on had these filters in a file, custom.php, which manually rewrote the permalink structure.
add_filter('category_link', 'themename_change_archive_link', 100, 2);
add_action('init', 'themename_archive_rewrite', 50);
Pagination didn't like that due to what looks like a conflict with a recent WooCommerce update, so I removed these filters, used the Custom Permalink plugin to rewrite the category permalinks, and it worked! Now I have a custom permalink structure AND functioning category pagination.