<?php
	// page totals
	$first_page_total= 9; // total number of posts on first page
	$paginated_total = 18; // total number of posts on paginated pages
	$posts_to_skip = $paginated_total - $first_page_total;

	// pagination for custom page(s)
	if ( get_query_var('paged') ) { $paged = get_query_var('paged'); }
	elseif ( get_query_var('page') ) { $paged = get_query_var('page'); }
	else { $paged = 1; }

	// get the category ID
	$idObj1 = get_category_by_slug('updates');
	$current_category = $idObj1->term_id;

	// first page query args
	$args1 = array(
	  'order'          => 'DESC',
	  'post_status'    => 'publish',
	  'cat'            => $current_category,
	  'paged'          => $paged,
	  'posts_per_page' => $first_page_total
	);

	if(is_paged()) {
		// paginated query args
		$offset = (($paged - 1) * $paginated_total)- $posts_to_skip;
		$args1['offset'] = $offset;
		$args1['posts_per_page'] = $paginated_total;
	}

	$the_query = new WP_Query( $args1 );
	$found_posts = $the_query->found_posts;

	//correct the max number of pages
	$pages = 1 + ceil(($found_posts - $first_page_total) / $paginated_total);

	// add the correct number of pages to the query
	$the_query->max_num_pages = $pages;

	// pagenavi before the the loop
	wp_pagenavi(array('query' => $the_query));

  	// Start of the Loop
?>
	<?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
	<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'page' ); ?>
	<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>

	<?php
	// pagenavi after the loop
	wp_pagenavi(array('query' => $the_query));
	?>