diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5795639..67b7ffb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/a-h/templ v0.2.778
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.1
 	github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.5
+	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.4.0
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b63f146..50c221f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.1 h1:LedoTUt/eveggdHS9qUFC1EFSa8bU2+1pZjSRpv
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wEBSXgmK//2ZFJyE+qWnIsVGmvmEKlqwuVSjsCm7DZg=
 github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.5 h1:tWoP1MJQjGEe4GB5TUGOi7P2E0ZMMRx5ZTG4rT+yGMo=
 github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.5/go.mod h1:KEOE+cXMhXG0zHc9d8+E38hoX+ZN7bhOtgeF2oT6jrQ=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD/fhyJ8=
+github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17icRSOU623lUBU=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 h1:KHjCJyddX0LoSTb3J+vWpupP9p0oznkqVk/IfjymZbo=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/internal/paging/paging.go b/internal/paging/paging.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3669e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/paging/paging.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package paging
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-querystring/query"
+)
+
+type Paging struct {
+	Limit   int    `url:"limit,omitempty"` // rows per page
+	Page    int    `url:"page"`
+	SortBy  string `url:"sort_by,omitempty"`
+	SortDir string `url:"sort_dir,omitempty"`
+
+	SortDirection string `url:"sort_direction,omitempty"` // DEPRECATED: use SortDir
+
+	// Refresh interval
+	Refresh int `url:"refresh,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// a-h templ helpers
+func EncodedQuery(q interface{}, exclude interface{}) string {
+	arr := reflect.ValueOf(exclude)
+	v, _ := query.Values(q)
+
+	for i := 0; i < arr.Len(); i++ {
+		v.Del(arr.Index(i).String())
+	}
+
+	return v.Encode()
+}
+
+type Pagination struct {
+	CurrentPage int
+	TotalPages  int
+	Pages       []int
+}
+
+func NewPagination(currentPage, totalPages int) Pagination {
+	var pages []int
+	const maxButtons = 5
+
+	if totalPages <= maxButtons {
+		for i := 1; i <= totalPages; i++ {
+			pages = append(pages, i)
+		}
+	} else {
+		start := max(1, currentPage-2)
+		end := min(totalPages, currentPage+2)
+
+		if currentPage <= 3 {
+			end = maxButtons
+		} else if currentPage > totalPages-3 {
+			start = totalPages - (maxButtons - 1)
+		}
+
+		for i := start; i <= end; i++ {
+			pages = append(pages, i)
+		}
+		if start > 1 {
+			pages = append([]int{1, -1}, pages...) // -1 indicates ellipsis
+		}
+		if end < totalPages {
+			pages = append(pages, -1, totalPages) // -1 indicates ellipsis
+		}
+	}
+
+	return Pagination{
+		CurrentPage: currentPage,
+		TotalPages:  totalPages,
+		Pages:       pages,
+	}
+}