Oto proste podejście do paginacji:
<?php
$limit = 2;
$query = "SELECT count(*) FROM kategori";
$s = $db->query($query);
$total_results = $s->fetchColumn();
$total_pages = ceil($total_results/$limit);
if (!isset($_GET['page'])) {
$page = 1;
} else{
$page = $_GET['page'];
}
$starting_limit = ($page-1)*$limit;
$show = "SELECT * FROM kategori ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT ?,?";
$r = $db->prepare($show);
$r->execute([$starting_limit, $limit]);
while($res = $r->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)):
?>
<h4><?php echo $res['id'];?></h4>
<p><?php echo $res['nama_kat'];?></p>
<hr>
<?php
endwhile;
for ($page=1; $page <= $total_pages ; $page++):?>
<a href='<?php echo "?page=$page"; ?>' class="links"><?php echo $page; ?>
</a>
<?php endfor; ?>