ExpressionEngine pagination with ellipsis

gistfile1.html

{paginate}
	{pagination_links}
		<ul>
			{previous_page}
				<li><a href="{pagination_url}" class="page-previous">&lt;</a></li>
			{/previous_page}

			{first_page}
				<li><a href="{pagination_url}" class="page-first">1</a> &hellip;</li>
			{/first_page}

			{page}
				<li><a href="{pagination_url}" class="page-{pagination_page_number} {if current_page}active{/if}">{pagination_page_number}</a></li>
			{/page}

			{last_page}
				<li>&hellip; <a href="{pagination_url}" class="page-last">{total_pages}</a></li>
			{/last_page}

			{next_page}
				<li><a href="{pagination_url}" class="page-next">&gt;</a></li>
			{/next_page}
		</ul>
	{/pagination_links}
{/paginate}

This is a sample of native comment and entry pagination in ExpressionEngine that will output using ellipsis to show the first and last pages when necessary along with the numeric page links surrounding your current page, e.g.:

< 1 2 3 4 … 9 >