Total count when paginating

[ohuu]

I may be misunderstanding how pagination works but shouldn't there be a totalCount when requesting products so I know how many buttons to render for pagination?

[jacobarriola]

@PaperPlaneSoftware you should check this comment for the reasoning of omitting totalCount in core WPGraphQL: wp-graphql/wp-graphql#261 (comment)

[ohuu]

@jacobarriola thanks for the quick reply. I read this article forward and backward pagination with wpgraphql by @jasonbahl and while I don't completely agree with it (I think there are times when knowing the total number of posts is useful, especially if there are only a few 10's of posts) I can understand why the decision was made.

I think it would be better if the decision for page based vs cursor based pagination was left to the developer using WPGraphQL. Is there a recommended way to do page based pagination? I guess I would have to extend the resolver somehow? Any pointers would be very much appreciated.

Cheers

[jacobarriola]

Perhaps this extension can be a good guide: https://github.com/darylldoyle/wp-graphql-offset-pagination

There's also this one that exposes the totalCount field to the schema: https://github.com/builtbycactus/total-counts-for-wp-graphql

[ohuu]

That's perfect! I guess I did have the choice all along just didn't know about that plugin. Thanks so much.