php - Custom post type with pagenavigation not working -

i have been struggling night make work, seems can't find problem. i'm using bootstrap make new theme, , along it, have small piece of code custom page navigation, , seems work fine basic wordpess post list.

but have added new custom post type called gallery, , can't find solution on how list posts in gallery custom post type , make pagination work. far, have made new file called archive-galleries.php, , lists posts gallery custom post type, won't go second page. error 404 not found.

here code of archive-galleries.php page

<?php get_header(); ?> <?php get_sidebar('top'); ?> <div class="row">     <div class="span8">     <?php the_post(); ?>     <h3 class="text-error"><?php _e('latest image galleries', 'vt-translate'); ?></h3>     <?php $count = 0;     $paged = intval(get_query_var('paged'));     $paged = ($paged) ? $paged : 1;       $query_arguments = array(     'post_type' => 'galleries',     'posts_per_page' => 4,     'paged' => $paged,     );     // query posts     query_posts( $query_arguments );      while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();     $open = !($count%4) ? '<div class="row">' : '';     $close = !($count%4) && $count ? '</div>' : '';     echo $close.$open;     ?>         <div class="span2">             <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">                 <img class="thumb" data-src="holder.js/160x250" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/inc/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->id, 'thumb', true); ?>&h=250&w=160&zc=1" />             </a>             <div class="clearfix"></div>             <h6>                 <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php trim_title(); ?></a>             </h6>         </div>     <?php      $count++;     endwhile;      echo $count ? '</div>' : '';     ?>     </div>     <div class="span4">             <?php get_sidebar('pageright'); ?>     </div> </div> <div class="pagination pagination-centered">     <?php page_navi(); ?> </div><!-- #nav-below --> <?php get_sidebar('belownavigation'); ?> <?php get_footer(); ?> 

and here custom code used pagination, located in functions.php file:

//wordpress page navigation numbers function page_navi($before = '', $after = '') {     global $wpdb, $wp_query;     $request = $wp_query->request;     $posts_per_page = intval(get_query_var('posts_per_page'));     $paged = intval(get_query_var('paged'));     $numposts = $wp_query->found_posts;     $max_page = $wp_query->max_num_pages;     if ( $numposts <= $posts_per_page ) { return; }     if(empty($paged) || $paged == 0) {         $paged = 1;     }     $pages_to_show = 7;     $pages_to_show_minus_1 = $pages_to_show-1;     $half_page_start = floor($pages_to_show_minus_1/2);     $half_page_end = ceil($pages_to_show_minus_1/2);     $start_page = $paged - $half_page_start;     if($start_page <= 0) {         $start_page = 1;     }     $end_page = $paged + $half_page_end;     if(($end_page - $start_page) != $pages_to_show_minus_1) {         $end_page = $start_page + $pages_to_show_minus_1;     }     if($end_page > $max_page) {         $start_page = $max_page - $pages_to_show_minus_1;         $end_page = $max_page;     }     if($start_page <= 0) {         $start_page = 1;     }      echo $before.'<ul>'."";     if ($paged > 1) {         echo '<li class="prev"><a href="'.get_pagenum_link().'" title="first">'.__('&laquo;','vt-translate').'</a></li>';     }      $prevposts = get_previous_posts_link('&laquo; previous');     if($prevposts) { echo '<li>' . $prevposts  . '</li>'; }     else { echo '<li class="active"><a href="#">&laquo; previous</a></li>'; }      for($i = $start_page; $i  <= $end_page; $i++) {         if($i == $paged) {             echo '<li class="active"><a href="#">'.$i.'</a></li>';         } else {             echo '<li><a href="'.get_pagenum_link($i).'">'.$i.'</a></li>';         }     }     echo '<li class="">';     next_posts_link('next &raquo;');     echo '</li>';     if ($end_page < $max_page) {         echo '<li class="next"><a href="'.get_pagenum_link($max_page).'" title="last">'.__('&raquo;','vt-translate').'</a></li>';     }     echo '</ul>'.$after.""; } 

i have found solution, or it's kinda workaround, reason custom post type archive doesn't work same way default archive.

so workaround main problem permalinks, had use different custom post type name , custom page template.

in functions.php file have code register custom post type called galleries. since wanted use galleries list posts name page , had add rewrite rule custom post type function register custom post type looks this.

function my_custom_post_product() { $labels = array(     'menu_name'             => 'galleries',     'all_items'             => __( 'all posts' ), ); $args = array(     'labels'                => $labels,     'description'           => 'add image galleries custom posts',     'public'                => true,     'exclude_from_search'   => true,     'show_in_nav_menus'     => true,     'show_in_menu'          => true,     'capability_type'       => 'post',     'menu_position'         => 5,     'supports'              => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'comments', 'custom-fields' ),     'has_archive'           => true,     'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'gallery'),     '_builtin' =>  false ); register_post_type( 'galleries', $args ); } add_action( 'init', 'my_custom_post_product' ); 

so instead of galleries custom post use gallery slug.

now list posts in gallery have used code archive-galleries.php page , created new page template called page-galleries.php , added code archive-galleries.php.

now created new page, selected newly created galleries template , saved page. added new page menu , works.

there big debate on internet how make pagination work custom post type , reason not works regular archive works, if it's intended work native archive-custom_post_type_slug.php working workaround have crafted self , main problem many on internet overlooked (like did also) can't name page same post type slug, , archive won't work permalinks default set.