[octavialo]

This question was answered very adequately by @Trevor but I needed to implement numbered pagination, and there was a bit more research to do. I hope my code helps others implement numbered pagination.

    <div class="frontpage-posts">
        <?php
        if (get_query_var('paged')) {
          $paged = get_query_var('paged');
        } elseif (get_query_var('page')) {
          $paged = get_query_var('page');
        } else {
          $paged = 1;
        }
        $temp = $wp_query;
        $wp_query = null;
        $wp_query = new WP_Query('posts_per_page=12&paged=' . $paged);
        if ($wp_query->have_posts()) :
          while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post();
            echo the_title();
          endwhile; ?>
          <nav>
            <?php
            the_posts_pagination(array(
              'mid_size'  => 2,
              'prev_text' => __('Back', 'textdomain'),
              'next_text' => __('Onward', 'textdomain'),
            ));
            ?>
          </nav>
        <?php
          $wp_query = null;
          $wp_query = $temp;
          wp_reset_postdata();
        endif;
        ?>
      </div>

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