Wordpress PageNavi Plugin not working in category.php

Question

I tried different codes to be able to use the PageNavi Plugin in category.php, but all were not working. I don't know what was the problem? here is my working category.php code:

   <?php
     $cat = get_the_category();  
     $cat = $cat[0];            
     $catname = get_cat_name($cat->term_id);    
     $catid = get_cat_ID($catname);       
   ?>
                  
   <?php
     $paged = get_query_var('paged', 1);
     $args = array(       
       'paged' => $paged,
       'post_type' => 'post',
       'cat' => $catid,
     );
   $query = new WP_Query($args);  
        global $query_string;
        query_posts( $query_string . "&posts_per_page=1&paged=".$paged );
        while ( have_posts() ) : the_post()
   ?>

I tried and displayed 1 post per page only, so I can see if its working. the 1 post was displayed successfully, however the PageNavi Plugin was not working.

Can anyone help me with this issue?

Answer 1

I had the same problem but you just have to put the native loop in category.php which is this:

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

then put the function of the plugin:

<?php endwhile; wp_pagenavi(); endif; ?>

Also check in reading settings, how many posts you want to show.