Ghost numbered pagination

ghostpaginate.md

Hye, this is custom numbered pagination with first, next and prev links. Also the user can limit the pagination numbers. Just include this code in pagination.hbs file inside ghost theme partials directory. Any improvements are always welcome.

{{!-- custom pagination file --}}

<nav class="pagination" role="navigation">
    {{#if prev}}
    <a class="prev" href="{{page_url prev}}">&larr; Prev</a>
     {{/if}}
     <div class="page-nums">
         {{!-- <a href="" class="current">{{page}}</a>
         <a href="">1</a> --}}
     </div>
     {{#if next}}
     <a class="next" href="{{page_url next}}">Next &rarr;</a>
      {{/if}}
</nav>

<script>
    var pageTotal = parseInt("{{pages}}"),
        pageCurrent = parseInt("{{page}}"),
        limitPage = 5,
        page = 1,
        pageNums = document.querySelector('.pagination .page-nums');


    if(pageCurrent >= limitPage) {
        page = pageCurrent - 1;
        pageNums.innerHTML += '<a class="first" href="{{page_url}}page/' + 1 + '">First</a>';
    }

    for(i = 0; i < limitPage; i++) {

        if(page === pageCurrent) {
            pageNums.innerHTML += '<a class="current" href="{{page_url}}page/{{page}}">{{page}}</a>';
        }
        else if(page <= pageTotal){
            pageNums.innerHTML += '<a href="{{page_url}}page/' + page + '">'  + page + '</a>'
        }
        page++;
    }

</script>

as for me this solution is simple

<div class="blog-pagination">
    <a href="{{page_url prev}}" class="back">
        ❮
    </a>

    {{#foreach '____________________________________________________________' from=1 to=pages}}
        <a href="{{page_url @number}}" class="{{#match @number '=' ../page}}current{{/match}}">
            {{@number}}
        </a>
    {{/foreach}}

    <a href="{{page_url next}}" class="next">
        ❯
    </a>
</div>

as for me this solution is simple

<div class="blog-pagination">
    <a href="{{page_url prev}}" class="back">
        ❮
    </a>

    {{#foreach '____________________________________________________________' from=1 to=pages}}
        <a href="{{page_url @number}}" class="{{#match @number '=' ../page}}current{{/match}}">
            {{@number}}
        </a>
    {{/foreach}}

    <a href="{{page_url next}}" class="next">
        ❯
    </a>
</div>

This works better.
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