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in functions.php: 
//pagination
function custom_pagination($numpages = '', $pagerange = '', $paged='') {

  if (empty($pagerange)) {
    $pagerange = 2;
  }

  /**
   * This first part of our function is a fallback
   * for custom pagination inside a regular loop that
   * uses the global $paged and global $wp_query variables.
   * 
   * It's good because we can now override default pagination
   * in our theme, and use this function in default quries
   * and custom queries.
   */
  global $paged;
  if (empty($paged)) {
    $paged = 1;
  }
  if ($numpages == '') {
    global $wp_query;
    $numpages = $wp_query->max_num_pages;
    if(!$numpages) {
        $numpages = 1;
    }
  }

  /** 
   * We construct the pagination arguments to enter into our paginate_links
   * function. 
   */
  $pagination_args = array(
    'base'            => get_pagenum_link(1) . '%_%',
    'format'          => 'page/%#%',
    'total'           => $numpages,
    'current'         => $paged,
    'show_all'        => False,
    'end_size'        => 1,
    'mid_size'        => $pagerange,
    'prev_next'       => True,
    'prev_text'       => __('«'),
    'next_text'       => __('»'),
    'type'            => 'plain',
    'add_args'        => false,
    'add_fragment'    => ''
  );

  $paginate_links = paginate_links($pagination_args);

  if ($paginate_links) {
    echo "<nav aria-label='Page navigation' class='text-center'><ul class='pagination'>";
      echo '<li>'.$paginate_links.'</li>';
 /*     echo "<span class='page-numbers page-num'>Page " . $paged . " of " . $numpages . "</span> ";*/
    echo "</ul></nav>";

  }
}

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ahol akarom, h megjelenjen:
    <!-- pagination here -->
    <?php
      if (function_exists(custom_pagination)) {
        custom_pagination($the_query->max_num_pages,"",$paged);
      }
    ?>