Using splitPagination to Reshape Ditto Page Links

Default Ditto pagination is serviceable, but many projects want more control over the HTML structure, classes, and page-link behavior. The splitPagination helper was designed for exactly that.

Base Pagination Placeholders

[+previous+] [+pages+] [+next+]

Adjusted Pattern

[[splitPagination]] [+previous+] [+splitPages+] [+next+]

That small change gives the template more control over pagination classes such as first, last, and current-page states.

Why It Is Useful

• cleaner CSS hooks
• more flexible pagination markup
• less need to rewrite the full listing snippet

When pagination styling is the real problem, a focused helper is often a better fix than trying to replace the entire archive logic.