< ?php
function kriesi_pagination($pages = '', $range = 2)
{  
     $showitems = ($range * 2)+1;  
 
     global $paged;
     if(empty($paged)) $paged = 1;
 
     if($pages == '')
     {
         global $wp_query;
         $pages = $wp_query->max_num_pages;
         if(!$pages)
         {
             $pages = 1;
         }
     }   
 
     if(1 != $pages)
     {
         echo "<div class='pagination'>";
         if($paged > 2 && $paged > $range+1 && $showitems < $pages) echo "<a href='".get_pagenum_link(1)."'>&laquo;";
         if($paged > 1 && $showitems < $pages) echo "<a href='".get_pagenum_link($paged - 1)."'>&lsaquo;";
 
         for ($i=1; $i < = $pages; $i++)
         {
             if (1 != $pages &&( !($i >= $paged+$range+1 || $i < = $paged-$range-1) || $pages <= $showitems ))
             {
                 echo ($paged == $i)? "<span class='current'>".$i."":"<a href='".get_pagenum_link($i)."' class='inactive' >".$i."</a>";
             }
         }
 
         if ($paged < $pages && $showitems < $pages) echo "<a href='".get_pagenum_link($paged + 1)."'>&rsaquo;";  
         if ($paged < $pages-1 &&  $paged+$range-1 < $pages && $showitems < $pages) echo "<a href='".get_pagenum_link($pages)."'>&raquo;";
         echo "</div>\n";
     }
}
?>
 
< ?php kriesi_pagination(); ?>

<ul>
<?php
$popular_posts = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT id,post_title FROM {$wpdb->prefix}posts ORDER BY comment_count DESC LIMIT 0,7");
foreach($popular_posts as $post) {
print "<li><a href='". get_permalink($post->id) ."'>".$post->post_title."</a></li>\n";
}
?>
</ul>