# Smart Pagination Being Overridden by Default WP Reading Settings

**URL:** <https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/smart-pagination-being-overridden-by-default-wp-reading-settings/8414>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** bug, wordpress\
**Created:** [October 5, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/smart-pagination-being-overridden-by-default-wp-reading-settings/8414 "2023-10-05T20:47:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/smart-pagination-being-overridden-by-default-wp-reading-settings/8414/1 "2023-10-05T20:47:56Z")

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I’m setting the WP\_Query setting in the PG WP Action to 8 posts per page:  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/6/6802ce77465da218eec6a9378d8d9a269559df71.png)  
When I get to the 3rd page it gives me a 404. If I go into the WordPress admin and go to Settings → Reading and also change that to 8 then the 3rd page works, however I thought that the posts\_per\_page should override the default settings in WP.

This is happening on a category archive page, but even if I put 8 in the pages\_per\_archive box it does not change anything.

I think the Smart Pagination action in PG is not working properly.