# Comments Pagination

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Displays a paginated navigation to next/previous set of comments, when applicable.

- **Name:** `core/comments-pagination`
- **Category:** [theme](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-theme/)
- **API Version:** [3](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-api-versions/)
- **Block Type:** [Hybrid](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/) (static save + server enhancements)

## Block Relationships

**[Parent](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/#parent) blocks (direct):**
- [`core/comments`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-theme/core-block-comments/)

**[Allowed](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/#allowed-blocks) inner blocks:**
- [`core/comments-pagination-previous`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-theme/core-block-comments-pagination-previous/)
- [`core/comments-pagination-numbers`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-theme/core-block-comments-pagination-numbers/)
- [`core/comments-pagination-next`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-theme/core-block-comments-pagination-next/)

## Attributes

_Defined via the [`attributes`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/) property in block.json._

| Attribute | [Type](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#type-validation) | [Default](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#default-value) | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `paginationArrow` | `string` | `"none"` | — |

## Supports

_Defined via the [`supports`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/) property in block.json._

- [`anchor`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#anchor): `true`
- [`align`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#align): `true`
- [`reusable`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#reusable): `false`
- [`html`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#html): `false`
- [`color`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color):
  - [`gradients`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-gradients): `true`
  - [`link`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-link): `true`
- [`layout`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout):
  - [`allowSwitching`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-allowswitching): `false`
  - [`allowInheriting`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-allowinheriting): `false`
  - [`default`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-default): `{"type":"flex"}`
- [`typography`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography):
  - [`fontSize`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography-fontsize): `true`
  - [`lineHeight`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography-lineheight): `true`
- [`interactivity`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#interactivity):
  - `clientNavigation`: `true`

## Context

_Defined via the [`usesContext` and `providesContext`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-context/) properties in block.json._

**Provides context:**

- `comments/paginationArrow` → attribute `paginationArrow`

## Block Markup

This is a [**hybrid block**](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/). It saves static markup that the server may enhance during rendering.

```html
<!-- wp:comments-pagination {"paginationArrow":"chevron","style":{"elements":{"link":{"color":{"text":"var:preset|color|background"}}}},"backgroundColor":"foreground","textColor":"background"} -->
<!-- wp:comments-pagination-previous {"label":"Previous label comments"} /-->

<!-- wp:comments-pagination-numbers /-->

<!-- wp:comments-pagination-next {"label":"Next label comments"} /-->
<!-- /wp:comments-pagination -->
```

## Source

- [block.json](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/comments-pagination/block.json) ([reference](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/))
- [Source directory](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/comments-pagination/) — browse `edit.js`, `save.js`, `index.php`, and more.

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