Example of where I use wp pagination

<div class="col-md-9 col-md-pull-3 col-sm-8 col-sm-pull-4">

<?php
if ( is_search()  ) {
    echo "<h3>Search Results for: ", esc_html( get_search_query( false ) ), "</h3>";
} elseif ( !is_home() ) {
    the_archive_title( '<h3 class="page-title">', '</h3>' );
    the_archive_description( '<div class="taxonomy-description">', '</div>' );
}
?>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

    <div class="blog-post hr-bot">
        <h1><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
        <p><i class="fa fa-clock-o blue"></i> <?php echo get_the_date(); ?></p>

        <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
            <div class="row">
                <div class='col-md-3'>
                    <?php the_post_thumbnail('featured-image-thumbnail'); ?>
                </div>
                <div class='col-md-9'>
                    <?php the_excerpt() ?>
                    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><button type="button" class="btn btn-success"><i class="fa fa-file-text-o"></i>&nbsp;  Read Full Post</button></a>
                </div>
            </div>
        <?php } else {  ?>
            <p><?php the_excerpt() ?></p>
            <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><button type="button" class="btn btn-success"><i class="fa fa-file-text-o"></i>&nbsp;  Read Full Post</button></a>
        <?php } ?>

    </div>

<?php endwhile; ?>

    <div style="margin-bottom:20px;">
        <?php previous_posts_link(__( '<button class="btn btn-primary pull-left"><i class="fa fa-long-arrow-left"></i>&nbsp; Newer Posts</button>' )) ?>
        <?php next_posts_link(__( '<button class="btn btn-primary pull-right">Older Posts &nbsp;<i class="fa fa-long-arrow-right"></i></button>' )) ?>
        <div class="clearfix"></div>
    </div>

<?php else : ?>

    <div <?php post_class(); ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
        <h3>No Posts Found</h1>
    </div>

<?php endif; ?>

</div>