***** for functions.php  *****

// custom pagination

function custom_pagination($numpages = '', $pagerange = '', $paged='') {

  if (empty($pagerange)) {
    $pagerange = 2;
  }


  global $paged;
  if (empty($paged)) {
    $paged = 1;
  }
  if ($numpages == '') {
    global $wp_query;
    $numpages = $wp_query->max_num_pages;
    if(!$numpages) {
        $numpages = 1;
    }
  }


  $pagination_args = array(
    'base'            => add_query_arg('paged','%#%'),
    'format'          => '',
    'total'           => $numpages,
    'current'         => $paged,
    'show_all'        => False,
    'end_size'        => 1,
    'mid_size'        => $pagerange,
    'prev_next'       => True,
    'prev_text'       => __('«'),
    'next_text'       => __('»'),
    'type'            => 'plain',
    'add_args'        => false,
    'add_fragment'    => ''
  );

  $paginate_links = paginate_links($pagination_args);

  if ($paginate_links) {
    echo "<nav class='custom-pagination'>";
      echo "<span class='page-numbers page-num'>Page " . $paged . " of " . $numpages . "</span> ";
      echo $paginate_links;
    echo "</nav>";
  }

}





******  css
/* ============================================================
  CUSTOM PAGINATION
============================================================ */
.custom-pagination span,
.custom-pagination a {
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 2px 10px;
}
.custom-pagination a {
  background-color: @brown;
  color: @links;
}
.custom-pagination a:hover {
  background-color: @brightRed;
  color: @altWhite;
}
.custom-pagination span.page-num {
  margin-right: 10px;
  padding: 0;
  color:@white;
  font-weight:200;
}
.custom-pagination span.dots {
  padding: 0;
  color: gainsboro;
}
.custom-pagination span.current {
  background-color: @darkSubMeta;
  color: @altWhite;
}



******* for templates  - make sure this is included before wp_reset_postdata(); and change the var from $multimedia to whatever your query was called.********

if (function_exists(custom_pagination)) {
			  custom_pagination($multimedia->max_num_pages,"",$paged);
			}