Pagination error Wordpress multiple loop

Question

I have multiple loops using wp_query() in WordPress. I want to show the posts from first loop first (post per page=10), and if there are no posts from first loop show, then show the second loop.

For example, if I only have 8 posts from first loop, the second loop should show 2 posts.

The loop is working properly, but I can't solve the post per page issue. How can I do this? I also need pagination for the remaining posts.

$args = array(
                'post_type'         => 'event',
                'event-categories'  => 'featured',
                'orderby'           =>  'meta_value_num', 
                'order'             =>  'ASC',

        );

$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
$args1 = array(
            'post_type'         => 'event',
            'event-categories'  => 'abc'
            'orderby'            =>  'meta_value_num', 
             'order'             =>  'ASC',

        );

$loop1 = new WP_Query( $args1);

Answer 1

I would do something like this:

<?php

    //Protect against arbitrary paged values
    $paged = ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ? absint( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) : 1;

    $args = array(
        'posts_per_page' => 6,
        'category_name' => 'case-study',
        'paged' => $paged,
        'show_all'     => False,
        'prev_next'    => True

    );

    $the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>


<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>

//Insert your data feed here - links / images / text etc etc

 <?php endwhile; ?>

Pagination code below:

<?php

    $big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer

    echo paginate_links( array(
        'base' => str_replace( $big, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $big ) ) ),
        'format' => '?paged=%#%',
        'prev_next' => 'true',
        'type' => 'list',
        'link_before' => '',
        'link_after'  => '',
        'prev_text'    => __('< FIRST'),
        'next_text'    => __('LAST >'),
        'show_all' => 'true',
        'current' => max( 1, get_query_var('paged') ),
        'total' => $the_query->max_num_pages
    ) );

 ?>

 <?php endif; ?>

Hope this helps :)