gistfile1.php

<?php
	// page totals
	$first_page_total= 9; // total posts on first page
	$paginated_total = 18; // total number of posts on paginated pages

	//query args
	$idObj1 = get_category_by_slug('updates');
	$catid1 = $idObj1->term_id;

	$args1 = array(
	  'order'        => 'DESC',
	  'post_status'  => 'publish',
	  'cat'          => $catid1,
	  'paged'        => $paged
	);
	
	if(!is_paged()) {
		$args1['posts_per_page'] = $first_page_total;
		$args2 = array('cat' => $catid1,'offset' => $first_page_total, 'posts_per_page' => $paginated_total);
		$fake_query = new WP_Query( $args2 );
		$paginate_query = array('query' => $fake_query);
		wp_reset_postdata();
		$the_query = new WP_Query( $args1 );
		
	} else {
		$args1['posts_per_page'] = $paginated_total;
		$offset = $first_page_total + ($paginated_total*($paged-2));
		$args1['offset'] = $offset;
		$the_query = new WP_Query( $args1 );
		$paginate_query = array('query' => $the_query);
	}
	
	$max_num_pages = $paginate_query['query']->max_num_pages;
	$found_posts = $paginate_query['query']->found_posts;
	
	if(((($max_num_pages-1)*$paginated_total)+$first_page_total) < $found_posts){
		$paginate_query['query']->max_num_pages = ++$max_num_pages;
	}


?>