Title: Automatically Paginate Posts
Author: Erick Hitter
Published: <strong>2012-06-03</strong>
Last modified: 2022-07-01

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Automatically Paginate Posts

 By [Erick Hitter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ethitter/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/automatically-paginate-posts.0.3.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/automatically-paginate-posts/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/automatically-paginate-posts/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/automatically-paginate-posts/#installation)
 * [Development](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/automatically-paginate-posts/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatically-paginate-posts/)

## Description

Automatically paginate WordPress content by inserting the `<!--nextpage-->` Quicktag
at intervals controlled by plugin’s settings.

Option is provided to control which post types are automatically paginated (default
is the “Post” post type). Supports any public custom post types (non-public types
are supported via the `autopaging_post_types` filter).

Option is also provided to specify how many pages content should be broken out over,
or how many words should be included per page.

## Installation

 1. Upload automatically-paginate-posts to `/wp-content/plugins/`.
 2. Activate plugin through the WordPress Plugins menu.
 3. Configure plugin by going to **Settings > Reading**.

## FAQ

### Where do I set the plugin’s options?

The plugin’s options are added to the built-in **Reading** settings page in WordPress.

### Can I disable the plugin’s functionality for specific content?

Yes, the plugin adds a metabox (Classic Editor) and a sidebar component (Block Editor)
to individual items in supported post types that allows the autopaging to be disabled
on a per-post basis.

### How can I add support for my custom post type?

Navigate to **Settings > Reading** in WP Admin to enable this plugin for your custom
post type.

You can also use the filter `autopaging_post_types` to add support by appending 
your post type’s name to the array.

### What filters does this plugin include?

 * `autopaging_post_types` – modify the post types supported by this plugin. Will
   override the values set under Settings > Reading.
 * `autopaging_num_pages_default` – modify the default number of pages over which
   a post is displayed. Will override the value set under Settings > Reading.
 * `autopaging_max_num_pages` – override the maximum number of pages available in
   the settings page dropdown when the paging type is “pages”.
 * `autopaging_max_num_words` – override the minimum number of words allowed per
   page page when the paging type is “words”.
 * `autopaging_num_pages` – change the number of pages content is displayed on at
   runtime. Filter provides access to the full post object in addition to the number
   of pages.
 * `autopaging_num_words` – change the number of words displayed per page at runtime.
   Filter provides access to the full post object in addition to the number of words.
 * `autopaging_supported_block_types_for_word_counts` – specify which block types
   are considered when splitting a block-editor post by word count.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-37871/)󠁿

 [Henry Douglas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/henrydouglas/) 2023-10-30

Excellent plugin, solved my problem. Thanks for your dedication.

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### 󠀁[greate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-ordering-broken-in-admin-after-uninstalling-this-plugin-2/)󠁿

 [ciertaluna](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ciertaluna/) 2022-08-16

Great

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### 󠀁[Excellent Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-8013/)󠁿

 [evelinjohanna90](https://profiles.wordpress.org/evelinjohanna90/) 2022-07-15

Plugin works well. Can it be configured to work with 1 page? Without it splitting.

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### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-8873/)󠁿

 [bdonmez](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bdonmez/) 2021-10-31

Thank you for this free plugin.

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### 󠀁[Links show up below Jetpack sharing buttons](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/links-show-up-below-jetpack-sharing-buttons/)󠁿

 [igabc](https://profiles.wordpress.org/igabc/) 2020-12-31

Links show up below Jetpack sharing buttons

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### 󠀁[Works beautifully with WP 5.5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-beautifully-with-wp-5-5/)󠁿

 [Josh Journey](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ljosh/) 2020-08-17

After updating to WordPress 5.5 a custom function that automated pagination broke
on all sites. Thankfully this plugin makes it extraordinarily easy to have automated
page breaks along with an unexpected feature called “Approximate words per page”.
It even worked with other custom code. Something that would benefit anyone who either
wants to break up large pages or load other things like maps into tabs.

 [ Read all 16 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatically-paginate-posts/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Automatically Paginate Posts” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Erick Hitter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ethitter/)
 *   [ Oomph, Inc. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thinkoomph/)
 *   [ Ben Doherty (Oomph, Inc) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bendoh/)

“Automatically Paginate Posts” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/automatically-paginate-posts/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Automatically Paginate Posts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/automatically-paginate-posts)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatically-paginate-posts/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/automatically-paginate-posts/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/automatically-paginate-posts/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/automatically-paginate-posts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.3.1

 * Fix translation support.

#### 0.3

 * Add support for content authored in block editor (Gutenberg).
 * Add native block-editor control to replace legacy metabox.
 * Fix bug that created empty pages.

#### 0.2

 * Allow for number of words to be specified instead of number of pages.

#### 0.1

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.3.1**
 *  Last updated **4 ел ago**
 *  Active installations **1 000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.4 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.0.12**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/automatically-paginate-posts/)
   һәм [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/automatically-paginate-posts/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/automatically-paginate-posts)
 * Tags
 * [Nextpage](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/nextpage/)[Paginate](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/paginate/)
   [quicktag](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/quicktag/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/automatically-paginate-posts/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.4 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  13 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatically-paginate-posts/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  2 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatically-paginate-posts/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  1 3-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatically-paginate-posts/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  1 2-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatically-paginate-posts/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatically-paginate-posts/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Erick Hitter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ethitter/)
 *   [ Oomph, Inc. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thinkoomph/)
 *   [ Ben Doherty (Oomph, Inc) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bendoh/)

## Support

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