python - Django Tags results pagination not working as I expected -

i'm trying paginate results tags, it's not working right. if have 3 posts, paginator make have 3 results pages, if have 2 posts, paginator have 2 results pages. how ever many posts have thats how many pages paginator have. paginator works if use return normal results database. did copy , try modify suit tags paginations. it's not working expected. put pagination in includes file, trying keep things dry, , i'm not sure if me issue here's code.

pagination.html:

<div class="text-center" style="margin-bottom: 20px"> <ul class="pagination"> {% if queryset.has_previous %}     <li><a href="?page=1"><<</a></li>     <li><a href="?{{ page_request_var }}={{ queryset.previous_page_number }} {% if request.get.q %}&q={{ request.get.q }}{% endif %}">prev</a></li> {% endif %}   {% in paginator.page_range %}   <li {% if page_obj.number == %} class="active" {% endif %}><a href="?page={{i}}">{{i}}</a><li> <!--page {{ queryset.number }} of {{ queryset.paginator.num_pages }}.-->  {% endfor %}   {% if queryset.has_next %}     <li><a href="?{{ page_request_var }}={{ queryset.next_page_number }}     {% if request.get.q %}&q={{ request.get.q }}{% endif %}">next</a></li>     <li><a href="?page={{ queryset.paginator.num_pages }}">>></a></li> {% endif %} </ul> 

this pagination not work how want views.py:

def tag_list(request, slug=none): instance = get_object_or_404(tag, slug=slug) ins = instance.post_set.all()  query = request.get.get("q") if query:     ins = ins.filter(             q(title__icontains=query) |             q(content__icontains=query) |             q(user__first_name__icontains=query) |             q(user__last_name__icontains=query)     ).distinct()  paginator = paginator(ins, 1) page_request_var = "page" page = request.get.get(page_request_var) try:     queryset = paginator.page(page) except pagenotaninteger:     # if page not integer, deliver first page.     queryset = paginator.page(1) except emptypage:     # if page out of range (e.g. 9999), deliver last page of results.     queryset = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages)  context = {     "instance": ins,     "queryset": queryset,     "paginator": paginator,  } return render(request, "posts/tag_list.html", context) 

the following copied pagination. 1 works

def post_list(request): today = timezone.now().date() queryset_list = post.objects.active() if request.user.is_staff or request.user.is_superuser:     queryset_list = post.objects.all()  query = request.get.get("q") if query:     queryset_list = queryset_list.filter(             q(title__icontains=query) |             q(content__icontains=query) |             q(user__first_name__icontains=query) |             q(user__last_name__icontains=query)     ).distinct() paginator = paginator(queryset_list, 6)  # show 25 contacts per page page_request_var = "page" page = request.get.get(page_request_var) try:     queryset = paginator.page(page) except pagenotaninteger:     # if page not integer, deliver first page.     queryset = paginator.page(1) except emptypage:     # if page out of range (e.g. 9999), deliver last page of results.     queryset = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages) context = {         "queryset": queryset,         "title": "posts",         "page_request_var": page_request_var,         "today": today,         "queryset_list": queryset_list,         "paginator": paginator,     }  return render(request, "posts/post_list.html", context) 

the second argument of paginator how many results show per page, have set one, per comment, want 4

paginator = paginator(ins, 1) 

should

paginator = paginator(ins, 4) 

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you never pass page_request_var template, means won't ever find correct page, , returns same page

context = {     "instance": ins,     "queryset": queryset,     "paginator": paginator,     "page_request_var": page_request_var }