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8 years, 6 months ago
Hello,

I am trying to use WP-PageNavi with the Gazette theme (https://wordpress.org/themes/gazette/).

In Gazette, the calls to next_posts_link() and previous_posts_link() are located in the file \inc\template-tags.php (under function the_posts_navigation()). In this file, the_posts_navigation() is a “pluggable” function (it is enclosed by if ( ! function_exists( 'the_posts_navigation' ) ) :)

So I tried to simply copy the function the_posts_navigation() to my child theme and replace the necessary lines in order to use WP-PageNavi. “Since the_posts_navigation() is a pluggable function,” I thought, “I won’t have to do anything else”.

Unfortunately, I was wrong. It’s not working.

I use the plugin Code Snippets (https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/) to manage my custom snippets, and when I try to activate the snippet below…
```
function the_posts_navigation() {
	// Don't print empty markup if there's only one page.
	if ( $GLOBALS['wp_query']->max_num_pages < 2 ) {
		return;
	}
	?>
	<nav class="navigation posts-navigation" role="navigation">
		<h2 class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'Posts navigation', 'gazette' ); ?></h2>
		<div class="nav-links">

			<?php if ( get_next_posts_link() ) : ?>
			<?php wp_pagenavi(); ?>
			<?php endif; ?>

			<?php if ( get_previous_posts_link() ) : ?>
			<?php wp_pagenavi(); ?>
			<?php endif; ?>

		</div>
	</nav>
	<?php
}
```
I get this error:

The code snippet you are trying to save produced a fatal error on line 22:
Cannot redeclare the_posts_navigation() (previously declared in /[redacted]/public_html/wp-includes/link-template.php:2462)

Interestingly, the problem is related to the file public_html/wp-includes/link-template.php, not a theme file.

What should I do to use WP-PageNavi in my theme?

Thanks in advance.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pagenavi/

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Plugin Author Lester Chan
(@gamerz)

8 years, 6 months ago

This looks like a theme problem rather than a plugin one. You should contact your theme author about it. Might be the order of the_posts_navigation() loaded incorrect and hence the problem. I am not sure, the best person to ask is your theme author.

Thread Starter Argumentum
(@argumentum0)

8 years, 6 months ago

Thanks for your prompt answer. I am already waiting for a response from the theme author, but I thought that perhaps the problem wasn’t exactly theme-related, since the error mentions the function in the file public_html/wp-includes/link-template.php.

I’ll wait for a response from them.

Thread Starter Argumentum
(@argumentum0)

8 years, 6 months ago

I got this all wrong. This is not a theme problem.

The function the_posts_navigation in my theme is actually doing nothing. To confirm that, I removed the function from the theme file, and the posts navigation on my website is still working with no problems.

So my website is actually using the function the_posts_navigation from public_html/wp-includes/link-template.php, which is a core file.

WP-PageNavi instructions says:

In your theme, you need to find calls to next_posts_link() and previous_posts_link() and replace them.

But, in my website, the only file with these calls is link-template.php (https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.4.2/src/wp-includes/link-template.php).

What should I do to use WP-PageNavi in my site, then?

Thanks in advance.

Plugin Author Lester Chan
(@gamerz)

8 years, 6 months ago

Find and replace the text in your theme next_posts_link() with wp_pagenavi()?
Thread Starter Argumentum
(@argumentum0)

8 years, 6 months ago
The problem is that next_posts_link() is not present in any of my theme files.

The only file (in my website) that I could find next_posts_link() and previous_posts_link() is public_html/wp-includes/link-template.php, which is a core file.

Here is how link-template.php looks: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/4.4.2/src/wp-includes/link-template.php

And here is my index.php. It simply calls the_posts_navigation().
```
<?php
/**
 * The main template file.
 *
 * This is the most generic template file in a WordPress theme
 * and one of the two required files for a theme (the other being style.css).
 * It is used to display a page when nothing more specific matches a query.
 * E.g., it puts together the home page when no home.php file exists.
 * Learn more: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
 *
 * @package Gazette
 */

get_header(); ?>

<?php
	if ( is_home() ) {
		// Include the featured content template.
		get_template_part( 'featured-content' );
	}
?>

	<div id="primary" class="content-area">
		<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">

		<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

			<?php /* Start the Loop */ ?>
			<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

				<?php
					/* Include the Post-Format-specific template for the content.
					 * If you want to override this in a child theme, then include a file
					 * called content-___.php (where ___ is the Post Format name) and that will be used instead.
					 */
					get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
				?>

			<?php endwhile; ?>

			<?php the_posts_navigation(); ?>

		<?php else : ?>

			<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'none' ); ?>

		<?php endif; ?>

		</main>
	</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>
```
Plugin Author Lester Chan
(@gamerz)

8 years, 6 months ago
Replace
```
<?php the_posts_navigation(); ?>
```
With
```
<nav class="navigation posts-navigation" role="navigation">
		<h2 class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'Posts navigation', 'gazette' ); ?></h2>
		<div class="nav-links">
			<?php wp_pagenavi(); ?>
		</div>
	</nav>
	<?php
```
That is probably the best I can do since I am not using your theme. The best person to ask is really your theme author.
Thread Starter Argumentum
(@argumentum0)

8 years, 6 months ago

This worked! Thanks a lot!

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