Custom pagination for custom post type.

custom-pagination.php

$page_1 = isset($_GET['page_1'])? $_GET['page_1'] : 1;
$query_args = [
  'post_type' => 'post',
  'posts_per_page' => $settings['posts_per_page'],
  'orderby' => $settings['orderby'],
  'order' => $settings['order'],
  'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,
  'post_status' => 'publish',
//'paged' => get_query_var('paged') ? absint(get_query_var('paged')) : 1,
  'paged' => $page_1,
];
$big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer
echo "<div class='page_numb'>";
echo get_pagenum_link($big);
echo paginate_links(array(
//'base' => str_replace($big, '%#%', esc_url(get_pagenum_link($big))),
//'format'       => '?paged=%#%',
  'format'       => '?page_1=%#%',
//'current' => max(1, get_query_var('paged')),
  'current' => $page_1,
  'prev_text' => '<i class="mdi mdi-chevron-left"></i>',
  'next_text' => '<i class="mdi mdi-chevron-right"></i>',
  'type' => 'list',
  'total' => $the_query->max_num_pages,
  'mid_size' => 1,
));
echo "</div>";