Post Loop Widget – No Pagination

I found where the code should go:

/wp-content/plugins/siteorigin-panels/inc/widgets/post-loop.php

line 205 after: echo $args[‘after_widget’];

[INSERT PAGINATION HERE]

Here’s our LOOP FILE which we did copy to our child theme. As you can see it’s just the internal part of the loop. If we put PAGINATION in this template it will show under every article excerpt. So that is not a solution.

<?php
/**
 * Post loop content
 *
 * @package Virtue Theme
 */

if ( virtue_display_sidebar() ) {
	$kt_feat_width       = apply_filters( 'kt_blog_image_width_sidebar', 846 );
	$kt_portraittext     = 'col-md-7';
	$kt_portraitimg_size = 'col-md-5';
} else {
	$kt_feat_width       = apply_filters( 'kt_blog_image_width', 1140 );
	$kt_portraittext     = 'col-md-8';
	$kt_portraitimg_size = 'col-md-4';
}

$postsummery = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_kad_post_summery', true );
$height      = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_kad_posthead_height', true );
$swidth      = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_kad_posthead_width', true );
// get_width.
if ( ! empty( $height ) ) {
	$slideheight = $height;
} else {
	$slideheight = apply_filters( 'kt_post_excerpt_image_height', 400 );
}
// get height.
if ( ! empty( $swidth ) ) {
	$slidewidth = $swidth;
} else {
	$slidewidth = apply_filters( 'kt_post_excerpt_image_width', $kt_feat_width );
}
// get post summary.
if ( empty( $postsummery ) || 'default' === $postsummery ) {
	$postsummery = virtue_premium_get_option( 'post_summery_default' );
}

?>
<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class( 'kad_blog_item kad-animation' ); ?> data-animation="fade-in" data-delay="0">
	<div class="row">
		<?php
		if ( 'img_landscape' === $postsummery ) {
			$textsize = 'col-md-12';
			if ( has_post_thumbnail( get_the_ID() ) ) {
				$image_id = get_post_thumbnail_id( get_the_ID() );
			} else {
				$image_id = null;
			}
			$img_args = array(
				'width'         => $slidewidth,
				'height'        => $slideheight,
				'crop'          => true,
				'class'         => 'iconhover',
				'alt'           => null,
				'id'            => $image_id,
				'placeholder'   => true,
				'schema'        => false,
				'intrinsic'     => true,
				'intrinsic_max' => true,
			);
			?>
			<div class="col-md-12 post-land-image-container">
				<div class="imghoverclass img-margin-center">
					<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">
						<?php virtue_print_full_image_output( $img_args ); ?>
					</a> 
				</div>
			</div>
			<?php
		} elseif ( 'img_portrait' === $postsummery ) {
			$textsize       = $kt_portraittext;
			$portraitwidth  = apply_filters( 'kt_post_excerpt_image_width_portrait', 365 );
			$portraitheight = apply_filters( 'kt_post_excerpt_image_height_portrait', 365 );
			if ( has_post_thumbnail( get_the_ID() ) ) {
				$image_id = get_post_thumbnail_id( get_the_ID() );
			} else {
				$image_id = null;
			}
			$img_args = array(
				'width'         => $portraitwidth,
				'height'        => $portraitheight,
				'crop'          => true,
				'class'         => 'iconhover',
				'alt'           => null,
				'id'            => $image_id,
				'placeholder'   => true,
				'schema'        => false,
				'intrinsic'     => true,
				'intrinsic_max' => true,
			);
			?>
			<div class="<?php echo esc_attr( $kt_portraitimg_size ); ?> post-image-container">
				<div class="imghoverclass img-margin-center">
					<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>">
						<?php virtue_print_full_image_output( $img_args ); ?>
					</a> 
				</div>
			</div>
			<?php
		} elseif ( 'slider_landscape' === $postsummery ) {
			$textsize = 'col-md-12';
			?>
			<div class="col-md-12 post-land-image-container">
				<?php
				$image_gallery = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_kad_image_gallery', true );
				virtue_build_slider( get_the_ID(), $image_gallery, $slidewidth, $slideheight, 'image', 'kt-slider-same-image-ratio' );
				?>
			</div>
			<?php
		} elseif ( 'slider_portrait' === $postsummery ) {
			$textsize       = $kt_portraittext;
			$portraitwidth  = apply_filters( 'kt_post_excerpt_image_width_portrait', 365 );
			$portraitheight = apply_filters( 'kt_post_excerpt_image_height_portrait', 365 );
			?>
			<div class="<?php echo esc_attr( $kt_portraitimg_size ); ?> post-image-container">
				<?php
				$image_gallery = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_kad_image_gallery', true );
				virtue_build_slider( get_the_ID(), $image_gallery, $portraitwidth, $portraitheight, 'image', 'kt-slider-same-image-ratio' );
				?>
			</div>
			<?php
		} elseif ( 'video' === $postsummery ) {
			$textsize = 'col-md-12';
			?>
			<div class="col-md-12 post-land-image-container">
				<div class="videofit">
					<?php
					$video = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_kad_post_video', true );
					echo do_shortcode( $video );
					?>
				</div>
			</div>
			<?php
		} else {
			$textsize = 'col-md-12 kttextpost';
		}
		?>
		<div class="<?php echo esc_attr( $textsize ); ?> post-text-container postcontent">
			<?php
			/**
			 * Virtue Post Excerpt Before Header
			 *
			 * @hooked virtue_post_before_header_meta_date - 20
			 */
			do_action( 'virtue_post_excerpt_before_header' );
			?>
			<header>
				<?php
				/**
				 * Virtue Post Excerpt Header
				 *
				 * @hooked virtue_post_excerpt_header_title - 10
				 * @hooked virtue_post_header_meta - 20
				 */
				do_action( 'virtue_post_excerpt_header' );
				?>
			</header>
			<div class="entry-content">
				<?php
				do_action( 'kadence_post_excerpt_content_before' );

				the_excerpt();

				do_action( 'kadence_post_excerpt_content_after' );
				?>
			</div>
			<footer>
				<?php
				/**
				 * Virtue Post Excerpt Footer
				 *
				 * @hooked virtue_post_footer_tags - 10
				 */
				do_action( 'virtue_post_excerpt_footer' );
				?>
			</footer>
			<?php
				do_action( 'virtue_post_excerpt_after_footer' );
			?>
		</div><!-- Text size -->
	</div><!-- row-->
</article> <!-- Article -->

It showed full posts, then a post loop under it, then the divs were all off. Why can’t you just take the note and put the PAGINATION in your widget? Obviously from all the posts about this, it’s a necessary addition.