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Many bloggers use WordPress as a convenient and easy software solution for uploading posts and sharing them with the public. WordPress is one of the most popular software solutions available for blogging because it is easy to install and easy to use. When you install WordPress, though, you will notice there are many default settings that can be changed or customized to better suit your preferences. Some reasons to change the default settings include personal preference, search engine optimization best practices and easier navigation. When it comes to pagination, many people choose to change the default for all three reasons.
The default setting for pagination is “previous” and “next”. When you are at one post you can click either “previous” or “next” to move to older or newer blog post entries. However, many people do not find this option appealing and want something more attractive and easier to use. If you use a different format, you can make the site easier to navigate. Users can choose particular pages, see what page they are on, move to the first page or last of a section and navigate how they deem fit. This makes the site more user friendly and navigable. In addition, this also helps bots when searching through your site which allows them to index your site easier, potentially optimizing your search engine results.
One of the best ways to modify your pagination in WordPress is to use a plugin called WP-PageNavi (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-pagenavi/). Simply download and install it then you can use it. The bottom of the page will have additional options. There is a page X of XX which shows you what page you are on and how many exist. You can navigate to the first page, last page, previous page and next page. You can also move from a single page to another page by simply clicking on the numbers that are available corresponding to the number of pages. Using this plugin will help your site look better, will allow users to more easily navigate through the site and will assist with search engine optimization (SEO).
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