diff --git a/assets/script.js b/assets/script.js
index 112392b..cfb4f0f 100644
--- a/assets/script.js
+++ b/assets/script.js
@@ -75,8 +75,14 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function ($) {
       $('#result-count').text(response.count);
 
       // Update pagination
-      if (response.pagination) {
+      if (response.pagination && response.pagination.length > 0) {
+        // Clear and update pagination container
+        if (!$('.pagination').length) {
+          $('#resource-results').after('<div class="pagination"></div>');
+        }
         $('.pagination').html(response.pagination.join(''));
+      } else {
+        $('.pagination').html(''); // Clear pagination if no links are needed
       }
     });
   }
@@ -120,6 +126,19 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function ($) {
   $('#sort-order').on('change', function () {
     triggerFiltering();
   });
+
+
+  // Handle pagination click
+  $(document).on('click', '.pagination a', function (e) {
+    e.preventDefault();
+
+    // Extract the page number from the link
+    let pagedMatch = $(this).attr('href').match(/paged=(\d+)/);
+    let paged = pagedMatch ? pagedMatch[1] : 1; // Default to page 1 if no match is found
+
+    // Trigger filtering for the selected page
+    triggerFiltering(paged);
+  });
 });
 
 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
@@ -148,15 +167,4 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
       });
     }
   });
-
-  // Handle pagination click
-  $(document).on('click', '.pagination a', function (e) {
-    e.preventDefault();
-
-    // Extract the page number from the link
-    let paged = $(this).attr('href').match(/paged=(\d+)/)[1];
-
-    // Trigger filtering for the selected page
-    triggerFiltering(paged);
-  });
 });
diff --git a/assets/style.css b/assets/style.css
index 7320f91..4e25046 100644
--- a/assets/style.css
+++ b/assets/style.css
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@
   margin-top: 20px;
 }
 
+.pagination ul {
+  list-style: none;
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 8px;
+  padding: 0;
+}
+
 .pagination a,
 .pagination span {
   margin: 0 5px;
diff --git a/resource-filter.php b/resource-filter.php
index 21d790f..f3fa0f2 100644
--- a/resource-filter.php
+++ b/resource-filter.php
@@ -178,14 +178,14 @@ class ResourceFilterPlugin {
           'format' => '?paged=%#%',
           'prev_text' => '&laquo;',
           'next_text' => '&raquo;',
+          'type' => 'list'
         ]);
-
-        if ($pagination_links) {
-          echo '<div class="pagination">' . $pagination_links . '</div>';
-        }
         ?>
     </div>
     <?php
+      if ($pagination_links) {
+        echo '<div class="pagination">' . $pagination_links . '</div>';
+      }
     }
 
     return ob_get_clean();
@@ -329,10 +329,12 @@ class ResourceFilterPlugin {
         'pagination' => paginate_links([
           'total' => $query->max_num_pages,
           'current' => isset($_POST['paged']) ? intval($_POST['paged']) : 1,
-          'format' => '%#%',
+          'format' => '?paged=%#%',
+          'add_args' => [], // Pass additional query arguments
           'prev_text' => '&laquo;',
           'next_text' => '&raquo;',
-          'type' => 'array'
+          'type' => 'array',
+          // 'before_page_number' => (isset($_POST['paged']) && intval($_POST['paged']) === 1) ? '?paged=1' : '',
         ])
       ];