This code has been created for archive.php page.
$terms = get_the_terms($post->ID,'category');
foreach( $terms as $cat ){
$cat_id = $cat->term_id;
$cat_name = $cat->name;
}
//$show_posts = '2';
$cat_name = $cat_name;
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$my_query = new WP_Query( array(
'category_name' => $cat_name,
//'posts_per_page' => $show_posts,
'paged' => $paged,
'orderby' => 'menu_order',
'order' => 'ASC',
) );
echo '<ul class="eye-ul">';
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
//echo $post->menu_order .': ';
the_title( '<li class="entry-list"><i class="fa fa-file-alt mt-1 mr-2"></i><a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" rel="bookmark">', '</a></li>' );
endwhile;
echo '</ul>';
$total_pages = $my_query->max_num_pages;
if ($total_pages > 1){
$current_page = max(1, get_query_var('paged'));
echo '<nav class="text-center" aria-label="Page navigation" >';
$pg = paginate_links(array(
'base' => get_pagenum_link(1) . '%_%',
'format' => 'page/%#%',
'current' => $current_page,
'total' => $total_pages,
'prev_text' => __('« prev'),
'next_text' => __('next »'),
//'type' => 'list'
'type' => 'array'
));
//print_r($pg);
echo '<ul class="pagination">';
foreach ( $pg as $page ) {
echo '<li class="page-item '.(strpos($page, 'current') !== false ? 'active' : '').'"> ' . str_replace( 'page-numbers', 'page-link', $page ) . '</li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
echo '</nav>';
}
wp_reset_query();