php - Adding Pagination to WordPress Page Templates -

i built wordpress theme existing theme (one engine theme). site launched , seems working except pagination. have tried many things failed work. template pages meant paginate @ point no 1 seem work. below looping code blog page template:

<?php   $newsposts = get_posts();   foreach($newsposts $post) :   setup_postdata($post); ?>  //the html codes added here  <?php endforeach; ?> 

i want make post per page 4 , add default wordpress pagination function:

<?php posts_nav_link(); ?> 

the page template here blog.php, can see page in action here: www.kayodeolusoji.net/blog appreciated!

try this:

i add 'paged' atrribute in $args wiht wp_query

 $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;                     $posts_per_page=4;                       $args = array(                           'paged' => $paged,                 'posts_per_page'=>$posts_per_page             );                       $newsposts = new wp_query($args);               while($newsposts->have_posts()) :$newsposts->the_post();                         echo $post->id.'<br />';               endwhile;                wp_reset_query();             global $wp_query;             $big = 999999999;              echo paginate_links( array(                 'base' => str_replace( $big, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $big ) ) ),                 'format' => '?paged=%#%',                 'current' => max( 1, get_query_var('paged') ),                 'total' => $newsposts->max_num_pages              ) );