Displaying posts limit: can't get pagination to display [duplicate]

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Pagination not working with custom loop

I'm creating a custom page for logged in current users to view their posts. I would like to limit the number of displayed post to 5, but cannot get pagination to display.

This is what I'm using:

<?php    if ( is_user_logged_in() ):

global $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo();
$author_query = array('posts_per_page' => '5','author' => $current_user->ID);
$author_posts = new WP_Query($author_query);
while($author_posts->have_posts()) : $author_posts->the_post();
?>
    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>       
<?php           
endwhile;

else :

echo "not logged in";

endif;
?>

I'm by no means professional, just enjoy creating my own sites, and so I be making a very silly nooby mistake. Please be gentle with me? Thank you for your help!

Answer 1

Try reviewing this page on the codex. Using your above template, I would suggest the following:

<?php

if ( is_user_logged_in() ) :

    $args = array( 
        'posts_per_page'     => '5',
        'author'             => get_current_user_id(), // Removes a few lines of code ;)
    );

    $author_posts = new WP_Query( $args );
?>
    <?php /* Author has posts? */ ?>
    <?php if( $author_posts->have_posts() ) : ?>

        <?php /* Loop through author posts */ ?>
        <?php while( $author_posts->have_posts() ) : $author_posts->the_post(); ?>

            <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>

        <?php endwhile; ?>

        <!-- Basic Pagination -->
        <div class="navigation"><p><?php posts_nav_link(); ?></p></div>

        <!-- Or using Wp Pagenavi (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-pagenavi/) -->
        <?php if( function_exists( 'wp_pagenavi' ) ) wp_pagenavi( array( 'query' => $author_posts ) );

        <?php wp_reset_postdata(); /* Important after a custom query. */ ?>

    <?php else : ?>

        <p>Sorry you have no posts.</p>

    <?php endif; ?>


<?php else : ?>

    <p>Not logged in</p>

<?php endif; ?>