Homepage template different than page 2, 3 (pagination)

Hi
Have you the same behavior on your page 2 with Polylang deactivated?

Hi Chrystl and thanks for your reply.

If I deactivate polylang, I have another scenario: When I click on link to go to page #2 from the homepage, the URL looks correct (domainname.com/page/2) but when clicked, the link bring me back to my homepage (domainname.com).

Basically, the pagination does not work as when I click on page 2 or page 3, it still bring me back to my homepage (it almost looks like I have a redirection that bring me back to my homepage permanently). Weird.

Thank you for any hint!

Clement

Regarding your first issue, how did you set your template for the English? In theme options or with a custom code?

Hello Chrystl. I have used the theme option.

Have you set the same template for the French and English?

Yes, I do have the same page template for both french and english pages. On the page area of the WP admin section, I have clicked the “+” to add a translation.

Here is my template page code

<?php /* Template Name: xxxx */ ?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div class="page-content">
	<?php
	while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
		get_template_part( 'content-page' );
	endwhile;

	$posts_per_page = get_option( 'posts_per_page' );
	$paged = 1;
	if ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) $paged = get_query_var( 'paged' );
	if ( get_query_var( 'page' ) ) $paged = get_query_var( 'page' );

	$blog_query_args = array(
		'post_type' => 'post',
		'paged' => $paged,
		'posts_per_page' => $posts_per_page
	);

	$blog_query = new WP_Query( $blog_query_args );

	if ( $blog_query->have_posts() ) :
		echo '<div id="blog" class="blog-area">';
			while ( $blog_query->have_posts() ) : $blog_query->the_post();
				get_template_part( 'content' );
			endwhile;
		echo '</div>';

		$links = paginate_links( array(
			'prev_text' => '&larr;',
			'next_text' => '&rarr;',
			'total' => $blog_query->max_num_pages
		) );

		if ( $links ) {
			echo '<nav class="posts-pagination" role="navigation">';
				echo $links;
			echo '</nav>';
		}

		wp_reset_postdata();
	else :
		get_template_part( 'content-none' );
	endif;
	?>  

</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

How this template is named?
EDIT: Sorry, my question was wrong: How your php file is named?

<?php /* Template Name: Blog Grid */ ?>

EDIT: Sorry, my question was wrong: How your php file is named?

template-blog-grid.php

Could you provide screenshots (admin side) of your English page and its French translation?
You can upload them via https://snag.gy and link to them here.

Please don’t cut the admin top bar and the left menu on your screenshots.

Did you notice that for the English homepage that you revert on the page 1 when you click on page 2?

Hello Chrystl.

Here you go:
https://www.nonarrativelines.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Capture-d’e?cran-2016-01-13-a?-14.05.08.png
https://www.nonarrativelines.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Capture-d’e?cran-2016-01-13-a?-14.05.27.png
https://www.nonarrativelines.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Capture-d’e?cran-2016-01-13-a?-14.06.54.png

Does that help?

Thanks
Clement

Unfortunately it doesn’t help.

I notice that you have a 301 redirection on the page 2 for the English homepage.
Some users have this redirection after update WP to 4.4: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/sudden-301-redirection-problem?replies=6#post-7799442

Ok, thanks Chrystl anyway for all your help.

I will dig into this pagination issue and will report back once I have fixed it.

Thanks again.