Pagination by BestWebSoft – Customizable WordPress Content Splitter and Navigation Plugin

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ nealumphred

   3.0y ago

   I was using another highly-rated pagination plugin but it did not allow much in the way of altering its physical appearance on the page. It looked fine but it did not score well in the Accessibility category on PageSpeed Insights. So I tried a few other plugins and found Pagination by BestWebSoft and—Voila!—the accessibility issues disappeared on PSI. PbBWS also allows enough customizing that I was able to match the color of the pagination with the color scheme of my site. So, thanks for the plugin and please keep up the good work. Oh, and PbBWS is being easy to install and configure …

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2. ★★★★★ mgursu

   5.3y ago

   I setup this plugin and it didn’t work well on my site. There was to paginations. I tried to deactivate but didn’t work. Still there are two paginations. One is wordpress default and the other is this half working plugins pagination. Also I create a ticket but still no answer.

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3. ★★★★★ chris74s

   5.4y ago

   Il vous permet de configurer vos paginations, comme bon vous semble.

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4. ★★★★★ DOOMNEZEU

   5.6y ago

   Yeah, I tested this plugin the free version, is work just fine with Firefox, but with Opera, are continue to make “fetching” posts in homepage, AFTER numbering bar, and i don’t know how to stop this. Anyway in the future please make something with this fetching posts. For this work, deserve all the stars. Thanks a lot.

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5. ★★★★★ Bill White

   5.8y ago

   I’m not a techie, so it was really important for me to know I could ask for, and receive, help if I had questions. A couple came up, which required some custom css assistance. Customer service team was highly responsive – and followed-up until my issues were handled. Very impressive.

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6. ★★★★★ Instante Net

   5.9y ago

   When i click save changes in the plugin Settings i have allways this error message and cant save the options. Forbidden You don’t have permission to access this resource. Thanks!

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7. ★★★★★ eolekhnovich

   6.1y ago

   But. There is a lack of additional drop-down menus in front of the content for the bottom pagination buttons This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by eolekhnovich.

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8. ★★★★★ s1men

   6.4y ago

   Пагинацию можно вывести везде, это мне понравилось, делаешь разрыв страницы и красивая пагинация получается

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.7 Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.8.2 Update : BWS Panel section was updated. PRO : Ability to display pagination in the WooCommerce Shop has been added. NEW : Several ready-made templates to choose 2.7
2. — Version 2.6 Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.7 Update : BWS Panel section was updated. PRO : Progress Bar option was added. NEW : Scroll to top option was added. 2.6
3. — Version 2.4 Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.3 Update : BWS Panel section was updated. Update : Improved compatibility with the Twenty-Three theme. 2.4
4. — Version 2.3 Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.1.1 Update : BWS Panel section was updated. Update : French translation added. Update : German translation added. Bugfix : Security issues have been fixed. 2.3
5. — Version 2.2 Bugfix : Deactivation Feedback fix. 2.2
6. — Version 2.1 Update : BWS Panel section was updated. Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.9. 2.1

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.4 Pagination by BestWebSoft <= 1.2.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-03-27 CVE-2023-28778 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.2 Patched in 1.2.3
2. Medium · 4.4 Pagination by BestWebSoft < 1.2.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-03-23 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.2.2 Patched in 1.2.3
3. Medium · 6.1 Pagination by BestWebSoft <= 1.0.6 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2017-04-12 CVE-2017-18527 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.6 Patched in 1.0.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

Translated into 118 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Plus 94 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-03-10 6K+ → 5K+ down after 222 days in tier
2. 2025-07-31 7K+ → 6K+ down after 87 days in tier
3. 2025-05-05 6K+ → 7K+ up after 156 days in tier
4. 2024-11-30 7K+ → 6K+ down after 4 days in tier
5. 2024-11-26 6K+ → 7K+ up after 54 days in tier
6. 2024-10-03 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2024-10-02 6K+ → 7K+ up after 3 days in tier
8. 2024-09-29 7K+ → 6K+ down after 150 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• WP-PageNavi 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• WP-Paginate 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
• W WP PageNavi Style 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D
• F Faster Pagination 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D
• SX No Homepage Pagination 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C
• Post Grid Master — Post Grids & AJAX Filters 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B

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Pagination by BestWebSoft – Customizable WordPress Content Splitter and Navigation Plugin: 5K+ active installs, 4.8★ (45 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/pagination