Timber pagination with custom post type

Question

I am trying to use the example shown in the Timber docs for pagination with a custom post type. This is not working as I'd expect.

The only way I've gotten a pagination to output is to add query_posts($args); after I set up my query $args and before I pass them into a new Timber\PostQuery but from everything I've read, I shouldn't be doing this.

I have read this issue thread, but it seems to rely on using WP_Query directly, and I'm trying to keep this task as simple as possible.

Any tips would be appreciated.

Jasman Jasman · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-20T21:47:45

Well, I can't see where this is documented, but this structure seems to have worked for me (calling pagination() on my CPT collection):

$args = array(
  'post_type' => 'my_custom_post_type',
  'posts_per_page' => 5,
  'paged' => $paged
);
$myCollection = new Timber\PostQuery($args);
$context['collection'] = $myCollection;
$context['pagination'] = $myCollection->pagination();

Then I have to set up Routes::map for the pagination to actually work. Here's an example:

function add_routes() {
  Routes::map(':name/page/:pg', function($params){
    $query = 'posts_per_page=1&post_type=page&paged='.$params['pg'];
    Routes::load('template-'.$params['name'].'.php', $params, $query);
  });
}

I'm calling this function from the root of my functions.php (i.e., not using any hook).

I should note that this also allows me to still get the page in my context -- on every paginated page -- using $post = new Timber\Post(). The key there seems to be setting up the route with posts_per_page=1 and post_type=page. Originally, I was confusing myself by setting up the route mapping the same as my query $args for paginated CPTs in my template.

Timber pagination with custom post type

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