# Unable to Enable Pagination **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [August 9, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/unable-to-enable-pagination/886 "2017-08-09T04:08:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wmaxand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5fc32e/32.png) [@wmaxand](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/wmaxand)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/unable-to-enable-pagination/886/1 "2017-08-09T04:08:57Z")
I’ve attempted to enable pagination on a blog following the doc instructions and have been unable to get it to work. Two issues I’m running into: 1. Previous and next page links render errors (e.g. `ERROR /blog/page3/ not found.`) 2. The forloop is outputting the posts in the wrong order (so index.html loads on page 4) I _believe_ I’ve installed the plugin correctly, and have listed it in my `config.yml` file. [Here is a link](https://github.com/willanderson/pagination-test). What am I doing wrong here? ---
**Author:** ![jreel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/jreel/32/867_2.png) [@jreel](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/jreel)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/unable-to-enable-pagination/886/2 "2017-08-09T16:09:59Z")
Hmm… Try omitting the permalink in the front matter of your index.html (where you have the paginator loop). As per [https://jekyllrb.com/docs/pagination/](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/pagination/) ---
**Author:** ![wmaxand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5fc32e/32.png) [@wmaxand](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/wmaxand)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/unable-to-enable-pagination/886/3 "2017-08-09T16:33:42Z")
That did it. Thank you!!! I had misinterpreted the docs, thinking you couldn’t specify permalinks for the posts themselves.