Django quick and simple table pagination and sorting.

list.html

<table class="table">
  <tr>
    <th>{% ordering_link "pk" "#" %}</th>
    <th>{% ordering_link "name" "Nom" %}</th>
  </tr>
  {% for item in page_obj %}
  <tr>
    <td>{{ item.pk }}</td>
    <td>{{ item.name }}</td>
    {% endfor %}
</table>
<nav>
  <ul class="pagination pagination-sm justify-content-center">
    {% if page_obj.has_previous %}
    <li class="page-item">
      <a class="page-link" href="?page=1">«</a>
    </li>
    <li class="page-item">
      <a class="page-link" href="?page={{ page_obj.previous_page_number }}">{% trans "Prev" %}</a>
    </li>
    {% endif %}

    <li class="page-item active" aria-current="page">
      <a class="page-link" href="#">{{ page_obj.number }}</a>
    </li>

    {% if page_obj.has_next %}
    <li class="page-item">
      <a class="page-link" href="?page={{ page_obj.next_page_number }}">{% trans "Next" %}</a>
    </li>
    <li class="page-item">
      <a class="page-link" href="?page={{ page_obj.paginator.num_pages }}">»</a>
    </li>
    {% endif %}
  </ul>
</nav>

templatetags.py

@register.simple_tag(takes_context=True)
def ordering_link(context, field, verbose_name):
    """Return the ordering link for a field."""
    request = context["request"]
    params = request.GET.copy()
    mark = ""
    if "order_by" in params and params["order_by"] == field:
        mark = " ▾"
        params["order_by"] = "-" + field
    else:
        if "order_by" in params and params["order_by"] == "-" + field:
            mark = " ▴"
        params["order_by"] = field

    return mark_safe(
        '<a href="{}?{}">{}</a>'.format(
            request.path, params.urlencode(), verbose_name + mark
        )
    )

view.py

def list_view(request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse:
    ordering = request.GET.get("order_by", "name")
    # Optionaly filter ordering with an allow list
    page_number = request.GET.get("page") or 1

    object_list = MyModel.objects.all().order_by(ordering)
    paginator = Paginator(object_list, 10)

    return render(
        request,
        "list.html",
        {
            "paginator": paginator,
            "page_obj": paginator.page(page_number),
        },
    )