Pagination Change history

Date Changed Description
Jan 2026 GOV.UK Frontend v5.14.0

Fixed output of empty link elements when an empty or null value is passed to the items parameter.
Oct 2025 GOV.UK Frontend v5.13.0

Renamed ‘ellipsis’ element class from govuk-pagination__item--ellipses to govuk-pagination__item--ellipsis.
Aug 2025 GOV.UK Frontend v5.11.2

Fixed hover state underline thickness of previous and next links in Safari browsers.
Aug 2024 GOV.UK Frontend v5.5.0

Fixed misalignment of previous and next link text and their labels for the ‘block’ variant.
Mar 2024 GOV.UK Frontend v5.3.0

Removed redundant role attribute from containing nav element.
Dec 2023 GOV.UK Frontend v5.0.0

Changed the default aria-label attribute to be “Pagination” instead of “results”.
Jul 2023 Guidance

Updated guidance on when to use the ‘block’ variant or ‘list’ variant based on clearer use cases.
Jan 2023 GOV.UK Frontend v4.5.0

Fixed misplaced quotation mark that was preventing attributes from properly being applied.
Nov 2022 GOV.UK Frontend v4.4.0

Fixed print styling of page number and previous and next links.
Jun 2022 GOV.UK Frontend v4.2.0

Component introduced.