WP_Query parameters not working? - wordpress-theming

Question

So I'm trying to get pagination correct for my wordpress site so categories and pages display the correct posts :
wp_reset_query();
$paged = get_query_var( 'paged' ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;
$sticky = get_option( 'sticky_posts' );
$args = array(
'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,
'posts_per_page' => 10,
'orderby' => 'date',
'post__not_in' => $sticky,
'paged' => $paged,
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
I get the posts to display but the following parameters :
'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,
'posts_per_page' => 10,
'orderby' => 'date',
'post__not_in' => $sticky,
does not seem to work... any idea why ?

Answer 1

Chances are you don't need wp_reset_query() at the top unless you are overriding the global $wp_query somewhere else in your code.
When you are creating a custom query you need to use that throughout your loop. In your case that is $query so we need to use that when calling have_posts(), the_post(), and max_num_pages
$paged = get_query_var( 'paged' ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;
$sticky = get_option( 'sticky_posts' );
$args = array(
'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,
'posts_per_page' => 10,
'orderby' => 'date',
'post__not_in' => $sticky,
'paged' => $paged,
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>
<?php if ( $query->have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
// interact with the post here
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
// we overwrote the global $post when called the_post(); so we need to reset that
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
// again we need to reference our custom query for our pagination
<?php
$big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer
echo paginate_links( array(
'base' => str_replace( $big, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $big ) ) ),
'format' => '?paged=%#%',
'current' => max( 1, get_query_var('paged') ),
'total' => $query->max_num_pages
) );
?>