I’ve noticed that default_pagination filter now renders a new parameter called phcursor in the pagination links.
Previously, the links looked like this: /collections/all?page=3
But now they are rendered like this: /collections/all?page=3&phcursor=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzayI6InByb2R1Y3RfdGl0bGUiLCJzdiI6IkJyb3duIFRocm93IFBpbGxvd3MiLCJkIjoiZiIsInVpZCI6ODA1OTcxODAwODk5NCwibCI6MTYsIm8iOjAsInIiOiJDUCIsInYiOjF9.FxfPCkZ_IDJGkU2ZgS434tlCWAb73OaOXyfKX2QiGRQ
I haven’t been able to find any documentation about this new parameter. Could someone clarify what it’s for?
I’m also a bit concerned that manually rendering pagination links without this parameter (instead of using default_pagination) might eventually cause issues.
This new change has caused a few clients of mine issues who utilize this Library for infinite scrolling
I fixed it in the meantime by just splitting the phcursor off of the pagination next url
However, I am in the same boat as Anton, bit worried this may cause further issues down the road, so for now just wrapped it in a theme setting temporarily, so more information from Shopify would be helpful!
Like @FireNet_Designs, this new parameter broke an infinite scroll feature on a client store, which was also incredibly weird to debug until I noticed this phcursor was new.
I’ve found no information about this new parameter other than this forum post.
Hi Liam,
in case you haven’t stumbled upon it yet, please keep in mind that SEO tools will flag as an issue the fact that the URL in rel=“next” (in header) is not found as an anchor in the page, due to the phcursor param missing in the rel=“next” url.
I also got my client raise issue on the infinitely scroll plugin. And also not found Shopify announce any of this. This issue reported since Jun 21 and it has been 14+ days, no info from Shopify about this…
What I notice the new param exists on pre and next page, not any page beyond, e.g. for a collection with 12 pages, and if I reach page 5, the pagination on page 5, it has such param on Page 4 & 6.
phcursor seems implies some meaning about collection pointer, something like Page Head Cursor, it should be for performance boost, the param seems optional because with the same example, links beyond the prev/next page also has no such param, I’d say it is currently safe to skip the param, or the plugin Infinite Scroll shall need to update in order to support ignoring certain params. More sharing from me here.
I believe the fix was for the issue with infinite scroll that some themes were experiencing. Checking if we changed how pagination works with this parameter.
Thank you for your response. There isn’t actually a bug on my site, but the phcursor link looks out of place on my pagination pages. Are you planning to disable that again?
