Make will_paginate generate ajax links

application_helper.rb

module ApplicationHelper
  def paginate(collection, params= {})
    will_paginate collection, params.merge(:renderer => RemoteLinkPaginationHelper::LinkRenderer)
  end
end

Gemfile

source 'https://rubygems.org'

gem 'rails', '3.2.3'

# Gems used only for assets and not required
# in production environments by default.
group :assets do
  gem 'sass-rails',   '~> 3.2.3'
  gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 3.2.1'
  # See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
  gem 'therubyracer', :platform => :ruby
  gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.0.3'
end

gem 'jquery-rails'

gem 'will_paginate', '~> 3.0'

index.html.erb

<div id="page_links">
    <%= paginate @results %>
</div>

remote_link_pagination_helper.rb

module RemoteLinkPaginationHelper
  class LinkRenderer < WillPaginate::ActionView::LinkRenderer
    def link(text, target, attributes = {})
      attributes['data-remote'] = true
      super
    end
  end
end