---
title: How to Add Pagination or a Load More Button to Post Grid (Pro)
description: "Add number pagination or a Load More button to the Ultimate Blocks Post Grid block with Pro, and show custom post types or hand-picked posts."
url: "https://ultimateblocks.com/docs/how-to-add-pagination-to-post-grid/"
updated: "2026-11-07"
category: "How-To Guides"
---

# How to Add Pagination or a Load More Button to Post Grid (Pro)

Ultimate Blocks Pro adds pagination to the free **Post Grid** block. Turn on **Pagination** and choose **Number Pagination** (page numbers) or **Load More** (a button that loads the next posts). Pro also lets you show any public post type and pick posts by hand with **Manual Post Selection**.

## What you need

- The free [Ultimate Blocks](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-blocks/) plugin.
- [Ultimate Blocks Pro](https://ultimateblocks.com/pricing/), installed and activated alongside the free plugin.
- Enough published posts to fill more than one page.

## How to add pagination to Post Grid

1. Open the page in the WordPress block editor.
2. Click **+**, search for **Post Grid** and click the block to add it (or select an existing Post Grid).
3. In the **Settings** tab, open the **Query** panel and set **Number of items**. With pagination on, this is the number of posts per page.
4. Open the **Pagination** panel and turn on **Pagination**.
5. Choose a **Pagination Type**: **Number Pagination** or **Load More**.
6. Set the **Pagination Alignment**.
7. For Load More, type the button label in **Load More Text** (for example “Show more posts”).
8. Click **Update** or **Publish**.

### Number Pagination or Load More?

| Type | How it works | Good for |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Number Pagination** | Page numbers with **Previous** and **Next** links. Each page has its own address (the URL gets `?ub-page=2` and so on), so readers can bookmark or share a page. | Blog pages, archives and resource libraries. |
| **Load More** | A button under the grid. Each click adds the next set of posts below the current ones without leaving the page. | Landing pages and home pages where you want readers to keep scrolling. |

### Style the pagination

In the **Styles** tab you can change the colors. For number pagination: **Pagination Color**, **Active Pagination Color**, **Pagination Background** and **Active Pagination Background**. For the Load More button: **Load More Color** and **Load More Background** (normal and hover), plus **Load More Border** and **Load More Border Radius**.

## Show a custom post type (Pro)

By default, Post Grid shows blog posts. With Pro, open the **Query** panel and choose a different **Post type**, such as pages, products, portfolio items or any other public custom post type your site uses. Pagination works with any post type.

## Pick posts by hand (Pro)

1. In the **Query** panel, turn on **Manual Post Selection**.
2. Click the **Select Posts** field and start typing a post title.
3. Click a suggestion to add it. Repeat for each post you want.
4. Update the page. The grid shows only those posts, in the order you added them.

**Tip:** Other Query filters, such as **Authors**, **Tags** or **Included Categories**, may still narrow the results. If a picked post is missing, clear those filters.

## Show categories or tags on each post (Pro)

In the **Display** panel, turn on **Display Taxonomy**, choose the **Taxonomy** (for example categories or tags) and set **Taxonomy Position** to **With Meta** or **Above Title**. Set **Taxonomy Color** and **Taxonomy Background** in the Styles tab.

## Common problems

- **No pagination shows:** pagination appears only when there are more posts than **Number of items**. Lower the number or publish more posts.
- **I don’t see the Pagination panel or Post type option:** make sure Ultimate Blocks Pro is installed, activated and licensed, and the free plugin is active.
- **Page 2 shows the same posts:** clear your page cache, since some caching setups ignore the `ub-page` address part.

## Frequently asked questions

**Is Post Grid pagination free?**

No. The Post Grid block is free, but pagination, the Load More button, custom post types and manual post selection are part of Ultimate Blocks Pro.

**How many posts show on each page?**

The Number of items setting in the Query panel controls how many posts show per page or per Load More click.

**Can I show WooCommerce products or other custom post types?**

Yes, with Pro. Choose the post type in the Post type field of the Query panel.

**Can I choose the exact posts to show?**

Yes, with Pro. Turn on Manual Post Selection and pick posts in the Select Posts field. They show in the order you added them.

**Can I change the Load More button text?**

Yes. Type your own label in the Load More Text field of the Pagination panel.

## Related docs

- [Post Grid block](https://ultimateblocks.com/docs/post-grid-block/)
- [Content Filter block](https://ultimateblocks.com/docs/content-filter-block/)
- [How to add icons, images and links to tabs (Pro)](https://ultimateblocks.com/docs/how-to-add-icons-images-and-links-to-tabs/)
- [Ultimate Blocks free vs Pro](https://ultimateblocks.com/docs/ultimate-blocks-free-vs-pro/)