<?php
function cooper_pagination($pages = '', $range = 2)
{ 
 $showitems = ($range * 2)+1;  

     global $paged;
     if(empty($paged)) $paged = 1;

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

     if(1 != $pages)
     {
         echo "<div class='pagination'>";
         if($paged > 2 && $paged > $range+1 && $showitems < $pages) echo "<a href='".get_pagenum_link(1)."' class='prevposts-link transition'><i class='fa fa-chevron-left'></i></a>";
         

         for ($i=1; $i <= $pages; $i++)
         {
             if (1 != $pages &&( !($i >= $paged+$range+1 || $i <= $paged-$range-1) || $pages <= $showitems ))
             {
                 echo ($paged == $i)? "<a href='#' class='blog-page current-page transition'>".$i."</a>":"<a href='".get_pagenum_link($i)."' class='blog-page transition' >".$i."</a>";
             }
         }

         
         if ($paged < $pages-1 &&  $paged+$range-1 < $pages && $showitems < $pages) echo "<a href='".get_pagenum_link($pages)."' class='nextposts-link transition'><i class='fa fa-chevron-right'></i></a>";
		  echo "</div>";
         echo "\n";
     }
}
?>