diff --git a/archive.php b/archive.php
index dda69d4..45049ee 100644
--- a/archive.php
+++ b/archive.php
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@
 						// Show an optional term description.
 						$term_description = term_description();
 					if ( ! empty( $term_description ) ) :
-						'<div class="taxonomy-description"' . printf( esc_html( '%s', $term_description, 'strip' ) ) . '</div>';
+						echo '<div class="taxonomy-description">';
+						echo term_description();
+						echo '</div>';
 			endif;
 					?>
 				</div><!-- .wrap -->
@@ -106,7 +108,11 @@
 
 			<?php endwhile; ?>
 
-			<?php strip_content_nav( 'nav-below' ); ?>
+			<?php the_posts_pagination( array(
+				'prev_text' => _x( '&#8592;', 'Previous page link', 'strip' ) . '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Previous page', 'strip' ) . '</span>',
+				'next_text' => '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Next page', 'strip' ) . '</span>' . _x( '&#8594;', 'Next post link', 'strip' ),
+				'before_page_number' => '<span class="meta-nav screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Page', 'strip' ) . ' </span>',
+			) ); ?>
 
 		<?php else : ?>
 
diff --git a/inc/template-tags.php b/inc/template-tags.php
index 9b2bc12..6d8787b 100644
--- a/inc/template-tags.php
+++ b/inc/template-tags.php
@@ -28,14 +28,8 @@ function strip_header_background() {
 	 * @param $string $nav_id strip_content_nav.
 	 */
 	function strip_content_nav( $nav_id ) {
-		global $wp_query;
-		// Don't print empty markup on single pages if there's nowhere to navigate.
-		// Don't print empty markup in archives if there's only one page.
-		if ( $wp_query->max_num_pages < 2 && ( is_home() || is_archive() || is_search() ) ) {
-			return;
-		}
 
-		$nav_class = ( is_single() || is_tax( 'story' ) ) ? 'post-navigation' : 'paging-navigation' ;
+		$nav_class = ( is_single() || is_post_type( 'comic' ) ) ? 'post-navigation' : 'paging-navigation' ;
 
 		?> <div class="wrap clear">
 
@@ -59,16 +53,6 @@ function strip_content_nav( $nav_id ) {
 		<?php previous_post_link( '<div class="nav-previous">%link</div>', '<span class="meta-nav">' . _x( '&#8592;', 'Previous post link', 'strip' ) . '</span> %title' ); ?>
 		<?php next_post_link( '<div class="nav-next">%link</div>', '%title <span class="meta-nav">' . _x( '&#8594;', 'Next post link', 'strip' ) . '</span>' ); ?>
 
-	<?php elseif ( $wp_query->max_num_pages > 1 && ( is_home() || is_archive() || is_search() ) ) : // navigation links for blog, archive, and search pages. ?>
-
-		<?php if ( get_next_posts_link() ) : ?>
-		<div class="nav-previous-page"><?php next_posts_link( __( 'Older posts', 'strip' ) ); ?></div>
-		<?php endif; ?>
-
-		<?php if ( get_previous_posts_link() ) : ?>
-		<div class="nav-next-page"><?php previous_posts_link( __( 'Recent posts', 'strip' ) ); ?></div>
-			<?php endif; ?>
-
 		<?php endif; ?>
 
 				</div><!-- .entry-wrap -->
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 4f2d85b..a3b5461 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@
 
 			<?php endwhile; ?>
 
-			<?php strip_content_nav( 'nav-below' ); ?>
+			<div class="wrap">
+					<?php the_posts_pagination( array(
+						'prev_text' => _x( '&#8592;', 'Previous page link', 'strip' ) . '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Previous page', 'strip' ) . '</span>',
+						'next_text' => '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Next page', 'strip' ) . '</span>' . _x( '&#8594;', 'Next post link', 'strip' ),
+						'before_page_number' => '<span class="meta-nav screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Page', 'strip' ) . ' </span>',
+					) ); ?>
+	</div>
 
 		<?php else : ?>
 
diff --git a/search.php b/search.php
index ce61ccd..4ca5544 100644
--- a/search.php
+++ b/search.php
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@
 
 			endwhile;
 
-		strip_content_nav( 'nav-below' );
+			the_posts_pagination( array(
+				'prev_text' => _x( '&#8592;', 'Previous page link', 'strip' ) . '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Previous page', 'strip' ) . '</span>',
+				'next_text' => '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Next page', 'strip' ) . '</span>' . _x( '&#8594;', 'Next post link', 'strip' ),
+				'before_page_number' => '<span class="meta-nav screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Page', 'strip' ) . ' </span>',
+			) );
 
 		else : ?>