# Page numbers? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-numbers/355213 **Category:** Support **Created:** [March 1, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-numbers/355213 "2025-03-01T17:51:34Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej) #### Post date: [March 1, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-numbers/355213/3 "2025-03-01T18:07:20Z")
Hello Johnny\_McIvor, Adding onto what Robert has said > [@Johnny\_McIvor](#): > > page numbers? Forums have always used them for a reason. Discourse doesn’t use pagination. Its not something it’ll be adding as its seen as a relic of old forums and is best left in the past. Many modern web apps aren’t paginated either. Furthermore, the topic timeline in Discourse remembers which post you were on/have read so if you leave the topic you know where you got up to. > [@Understanding infinite scrolling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-infinite-scrolling/30804): > > bookmark This is an explanation of what “infinite scrolling” is and how it is implemented in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: All users Infinite scrolling is a feature designed to improve the user experience by automatically loading more content as you scroll down a page, instead of requiring manual page navigation. Summary In this documentation, we’ll cover: The concept of infinite scrolling. How Discourse implements infinite scrolling. Key advantages of infinite s… There was some discussion around this a while ago… > [@Is pagination impossible or just hard?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-pagination-impossible-or-just-hard/231838/14): > > @piffy – @ghassan is currently (or recently) developing a pagination plugin: [https://github.com/zaatdev/discourse-chain-topics](https://github.com/zaatdev/discourse-chain-topics) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-numbers/355213)._