Wordpress query_posts Pagination issue

Question

thank you in advanced for any insight I've been scratching my head over this.

This is the code i'm using to call the posts on the homepage: (www.csmpromo.com)

<div id="home-posts">

    <?php $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
    query_posts(array( 'cat' => 'home', 'types' => $types, 'posts_per_page' => 19, 'paged' => $paged, ) ); ?>
    <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
    <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

    <div class="home-post"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="transition">
            <div class="home-image">
                <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail('home-thumb', array('class' => 'home-image')); } else { ?>
                <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/img/fallback.jpg" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="home-image" />
                <?php } ?>
            </div>
            <?php the_titlesmall('', '<i class="icon-right-open-mini"></i>', true, '80') ?></a>
                <div class="home-post-meta">
                    <i class="icon-user" style="font-size:7px; color:#9B362F"></i> <?php the_author_link(array('class' => 'home-author')); ?></span> 
                    <i class="icon-feather" style="font-size:7px; color:#9B362F"></i> <?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?> at <?php the_time('g:i a'); ?>
                    <i class="icon-chat" style="font-size:7px; color:#9B362F"></i> <?php comments_number('0 Comments', '1 Comments', '% Comments' );?></div>
                </div>

    <?php endwhile; endif; ?>

    <div class="navigation">
        <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_posts_link('&laquo; Previous') ?></div>
        <div class="alignright"><?php next_posts_link('More &raquo;') ?></div>
    </div>

    <?php wp_reset_query();  ?>

</div>

I've read there are many issues with using query_posts with pagination but every solutions i've tried has failed.

Thank you!

Answer 1

It's recommended to abandon the usage of query_posts, leave the original query on the home page intact, and modify the query from your functions.php file, using pre_get_posts, e.g.:

add_action( 'pre_get_posts','so16286638_pre_get_posts' );
function so16286638_pre_get_posts( $query )
{
    if( is_home() && $query->is_main_query() ){
        $query->set( 'cat', 'home' );
        $query->set( 'post_type', 'post' );
        // more params
    }
    return $query;
}

More info: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/50761/when-to-use-wp-query-query-posts-and-pre-get-posts