diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 976fc1a1a5..3b47f3c4d1 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ gem 'unicode-emoji'
 gem 'whenever', require: false
 gem 'will_paginate', '>= 3.0.6'
 gem 'will_paginate-bootstrap4'
+gem 'pagy', '>=3.8.3'
 gem 'jquery-atwho-rails'
 gem 'lemmatizer', '~> 0.2.2'
 # To implement incoming mail processing microframework
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b9649ca012..c8d523af57 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ GEM
     crack (0.4.3)
       safe_yaml (~> 1.0.0)
     crass (1.0.6)
+    critical-path-css-rails (3.1.0)
     declarative (0.0.20)
     declarative-option (0.1.0)
     diff-lcs (1.3)
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ GEM
     listen (3.2.1)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.10, >= 0.10.3)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.10)
+    loadcss-rails (2.0.1)
     loofah (2.6.0)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.5.9)
@@ -343,6 +345,7 @@ GEM
     openssl (2.2.0)
     options (2.3.2)
     os (1.1.0)
+    pagy (3.8.3)
     paperclip (6.1.0)
       activemodel (>= 4.2.0)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
@@ -595,6 +598,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   codecov
   coffee-rails (~> 5.0.0)
   composite_primary_keys
+  critical-path-css-rails (~> 3.1.0)
   execjs
   figaro
   font-awesome-rails
@@ -626,6 +630,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   less-rails (~> 5.0)
   letter_opener
   listen (~> 3.2.1)
+  loadcss-rails (~> 2.0.1)
   mailman
   minitest-reporters (~> 1.4.2)
   mocha (~> 1.11)
@@ -638,6 +643,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   omniauth-google-oauth2
   omniauth-twitter
   openssl (~> 2.2.0)
+  pagy (>= 3.8.3)
   paperclip (~> 6.1.0)
   passenger
   phantomjs
diff --git a/app/controllers/tag_controller.rb b/app/controllers/tag_controller.rb
index 1d0f10f2ef..88588705b3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/tag_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/tag_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class TagController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :html, :xml, :json, :ics
   before_action :require_user, only: %i(create delete add_parent)
+  include Pagy::Backend
 
   def index
     @toggle = params[:sort] || "uses"
@@ -117,9 +118,6 @@ def show
       nodes = Node.for_tagname_and_type(params[:id], node_type, question: (@node_type == 'questions'))
     end
 
-    nodes = nodes.paginate(page: params[:page], per_page: 24).order(order_by)
-    @paginated = true
-
     if @start && @end
       nodes = nodes.where(created: @start.to_i..@end.to_i)
     else
@@ -129,6 +127,9 @@ def show
       end
     end
 
+    @pagy, nodes = pagy(nodes.order(order_by), items: 24)
+    @paginated = true
+
     @qids = Node.questions.where(status: 1)
                .collect(&:nid)
     if @qids.empty?
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ def show
     end
 
     @answered_questions = []
-    @questions&.each { |question| @answered_questions << question if question.answers.any?(&:accepted) }
+    @questions&.each { |question| @answered_questions << question if question.answers.any?(&:accepted) } # TODO: remove this upon refactor to remove answers code
     @wikis = nodes if @node_type == 'wiki'
     @wikis ||= []
     @nodes = nodes if @node_type == 'maps'
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 607f0990ae..c07b4ea564 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 module ApplicationHelper
+  include Pagy::Frontend
+
   # returns true if user is logged in and has any of the roles given, as ['admin','moderator']
   def logged_in_as(roles)
     return false unless current_user
diff --git a/app/views/notes/_notes.html.erb b/app/views/notes/_notes.html.erb
index 339963276d..6f3c1a4599 100644
--- a/app/views/notes/_notes.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/notes/_notes.html.erb
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@
     <% end %>
   </div>
 </div>
-<%= will_paginate notes, renderer: WillPaginate::ActionView::BootstrapLinkRenderer unless @unpaginated || (unpaginated ||= false) %>
-
+<% if @pagy %>
+  <%== pagy_bootstrap_nav @pagy %>
+<% else %>
+  <%= will_paginate notes, renderer: WillPaginate::ActionView::BootstrapLinkRenderer unless @unpaginated || (unpaginated ||= false) %>
+<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/questions/_new_question.html.erb b/app/views/questions/_new_question.html.erb
index a4b3672be4..174d594308 100644
--- a/app/views/questions/_new_question.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/questions/_new_question.html.erb
@@ -105,7 +105,14 @@
 </div>
 </div>
 </div>
-<div class="text-center"><%= will_paginate questions, :renderer => WillPaginate::ActionView::BootstrapLinkRenderer unless @unpaginated || questions.empty? %></div>
+
+<div class="text-center">
+<% if @pagy %>
+  <%== pagy_bootstrap_nav @pagy %>
+<% else %>
+<%= will_paginate questions, :renderer => WillPaginate::ActionView::BootstrapLinkRenderer unless @unpaginated || questions.empty? %>
+<% end %>
+</div>
 
 <style>
 
diff --git a/app/views/users/_answered.html.erb b/app/views/users/_answered.html.erb
index 7de3881c2a..bfb5c06eaa 100644
--- a/app/views/users/_answered.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/_answered.html.erb
@@ -36,4 +36,11 @@
   <% end %>
   </div>
 </div>
-<div class="text-center"><%= will_paginate @questions, :renderer => WillPaginate::ActionView::BootstrapLinkRenderer unless @unpaginated || @questions.empty? %></div>
+
+<div class="text-center">
+<% if @pagy %>
+  <%== pagy_bootstrap_nav @pagy %>
+<% else %>
+  <%= will_paginate @questions, :renderer => WillPaginate::ActionView::BootstrapLinkRenderer unless @unpaginated || @questions.empty? %>
+<% end %>
+</div>
diff --git a/app/views/wiki/_wikis.html.erb b/app/views/wiki/_wikis.html.erb
index c3dedfcfd1..5990442608 100644
--- a/app/views/wiki/_wikis.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/wiki/_wikis.html.erb
@@ -27,4 +27,9 @@
   <% end %>
 </table>
 <% end %>
-<div class="text-center"><%= will_paginate wikis, :renderer => WillPaginate::ActionView::BootstrapLinkRenderer if @paginated %></div>
+<%= @pagy.inspect %>
+<% if @pagy %>
+  <%== pagy_bootstrap_nav @pagy %>
+<% else %>
+  <%= will_paginate wikis, :renderer => WillPaginate::ActionView::BootstrapLinkRenderer if @paginated %>
+<% end %>
diff --git a/config/initializers/pagy.rb b/config/initializers/pagy.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..926e991317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/pagy.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require 'pagy/extras/bootstrap'