WordPress - Custom Query Static Frontpage with Pagination
if ( get_query_var('paged') ) :
$paged = get_query_var('paged');
elseif ( get_query_var('page') ) :
$paged = get_query_var('page');
else :
$paged = 1;
endif;
$query = new WP_Query(array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'no_found_rows' => true,
'no_found_rows' => true, // useful when pagination is not needed.
'update_post_meta_cache' => false, // useful when post meta will not be utilized.
'update_post_term_cache' => false, //useful when taxonomy terms will not be utilized.
'fields' => 'ids', //useful when only the post IDs are needed (less typical).
));
if (have_posts()) :
while ($query->have_posts()) :
$query->the_post();
endwhile;
endif;
wp_reset_postdata();