Pagination for query_posts();

Question

I know there have been many question like this and I've read them, but I still cant get it working... I have this query:

query_posts(array('cat'=>3,'posts_per_page'=>5));

And I simply display the content below in while (have_posts()) : the_post(); loop How can I add pagination to this? I'm trying with adding posts_nav_link(); ( I don't know is it the right function to call what I want) and links displayed take me to http://mysite.com/page/2. Since its my index page its ok to not add category name in link (its news page) but after clicking on the link, when I'm on the page/2/ news simply doesn't change. I still see the first page of my news without change... I think I need to add attribute of 'paged' to my query, but how and where? I've tried 'paged'=>'paged' in array but still nothing

Answer 1

try adding :

$page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

and then in your args array add 'paged'=> $page

Answer 2

There is a known issue in WP that causes pagination errors if you have duplicate slugs/names between a custom post type and a Page. If you have a custom post type called news and a page that also has a slug of news, your pagination will not work with query_posts.

To fix this, change the slug of your News page to something else and reset your permalinks. Should be all set.

(sorry this is a separate answer- I just joined and dont see the option to 'reply' to a previous Answer)