Pagination on custom wp_query in WordPress takes to 404 error page

Question

Im have a loop with wp_query with the following code:

Answer 1

you can Change your query

$wp_query= null; $wp_query = new WP_Query();
$wp_query->query("showposts=2&paged=$paged");

to

$wp_query = new WP_Query("showposts=2");

It's shown 2 Post per page and you can see and access your page 2.