superninjaroboboy on "Filter for 'most popular articles within last 7 days' pagination not working?"

Hi all :)

I've got the perfect filter for 'Most Popular Articles Within The Last 7 Days' working, but the only thing that still isn't working is that it's not adding the pagination?

I'd assumed 'paged' => $paged would work within the $args, but it's not?

I was wondering if anyone could tell me why the pagination isn't being added?

<h1>Most Popular Now</h1>

<div class="post-links">

            <?php
function filter_posts($where = '') {
		$where .= " AND post_date > '" . date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-7 days')) . "'";
		return $where;
}

add_filter('posts_where', 'filter_posts');

$args = array(
	'category__in' => array(2),
	'posts_per_page' => 12,
	'meta_key' => 'post_views_count',
	'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
	'order' => 'DESC',
	'paged' => $paged
	);

$filter_posts_query = new WP_Query($args);
remove_filter('posts_where', 'filter_posts');

//loop for displaying posts
if ( $filter_posts_query->have_posts() ) :
while ($filter_posts_query->have_posts()) : $filter_posts_query->the_post();
?>
<?php do_action( 'bp_before_blog_post' ); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="post-link">
<strong><?php the_title(); ?></strong>
<?php
ob_start();
the_content( __( 'Read the rest of this entry →', 'buddypress' ) );
$old_content = ob_get_clean();
$new_content = strip_tags($old_content);
echo $new_content;
?>
<span class="post-link-action">Read more ►</span>
</a>

<?php do_action( 'bp_after_blog_post' ); ?>

	<?php endwhile; ?>

	<?php bp_dtheme_content_nav( 'nav-below' ); ?>

<?php else : ?>

	<h2 class="center"><?php _e( 'Not Found', 'buddypress' ); ?></h2>
	<p class="center"><?php _e( 'Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn\'t here.', 'buddypress' ); ?></p>

	<?php get_search_form(); ?>

<?php endif; ?>
</div>

Thanks! :)