diff --git a/src/connectors/pagination/__tests__/connectPagination-test.js b/src/connectors/pagination/__tests__/connectPagination-test.js
index a41c9bb168..5a8f11a07c 100644
--- a/src/connectors/pagination/__tests__/connectPagination-test.js
+++ b/src/connectors/pagination/__tests__/connectPagination-test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 
 import jsHelper from 'algoliasearch-helper';
@@ -43,8 +41,6 @@ describe('connectPagination', () => {
       expect(firstRenderingOptions.currentPage).toBe(0);
       expect(firstRenderingOptions.nbHits).toBe(0);
       expect(firstRenderingOptions.nbPages).toBe(0);
-      expect(firstRenderingOptions.shouldAutoHideContainer).toBe(true);
-      expect(firstRenderingOptions.showFirstLast).toBe(true);
     }
 
     widget.render({
@@ -69,22 +65,17 @@ describe('connectPagination', () => {
       expect(secondRenderingOptions.currentPage).toBe(0);
       expect(secondRenderingOptions.nbHits).toBe(1);
       expect(secondRenderingOptions.nbPages).toBe(1);
-      expect(secondRenderingOptions.shouldAutoHideContainer).toBe(false);
-      expect(secondRenderingOptions.showFirstLast).toBe(true);
     }
   });
 
   it('Provides a function to update the refinements at each step', () => {
     const container = document.createElement('div');
-    const scrollTo = document.createElement('div');
-    scrollTo.scrollIntoView = sinon.stub();
 
     const rendering = sinon.stub();
     const makeWidget = connectPagination(rendering);
 
     const widget = makeWidget({
       container,
-      scrollTo,
     });
 
     const helper = jsHelper(fakeClient);
@@ -103,7 +94,6 @@ describe('connectPagination', () => {
       setPage(2);
       expect(helper.getPage()).toBe(2);
       expect(helper.search.callCount).toBe(1);
-      expect(scrollTo.scrollIntoView.callCount).toBe(1);
     }
 
     widget.render({
@@ -119,7 +109,6 @@ describe('connectPagination', () => {
       setPage(7);
       expect(helper.getPage()).toBe(7);
       expect(helper.search.callCount).toBe(2);
-      expect(scrollTo.scrollIntoView.callCount).toBe(2);
     }
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/connectors/pagination/connectPagination.js b/src/connectors/pagination/connectPagination.js
index 29cc163b0a..ad98845327 100644
--- a/src/connectors/pagination/connectPagination.js
+++ b/src/connectors/pagination/connectPagination.js
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
-import defaults from 'lodash/defaults';
-import cx from 'classnames';
-import {
-  bemHelper,
-  getContainerNode,
-} from '../../lib/utils.js';
+import {checkRendering} from '../../lib/utils.js';
 
-const defaultLabels = {
-  previous: '‹',
-  next: '›',
-  first: '«',
-  last: '»',
-};
-const bem = bemHelper('ais-pagination');
+const usage = `Usage:
+var customPagination = connectPagination(function render(params, isFirstRendering) {
+  // params = {
+  //   createURL,
+  //   currentPage,
+  //   nbHits,
+  //   nbPages,
+  //   setPage,
+  // }
+});
+search.addWidget(
+  customPagination({
+    [maxPages]
+  })
+);
+Full documentation available at https://community.algolia.com/instantsearch.js/connectors/connectPagination.html
+`;
 
 /**
  * Add a pagination menu to navigate through the results
@@ -38,107 +43,44 @@ const bem = bemHelper('ais-pagination');
  * @param  {string|string[]} [options.cssClasses.last] CSS classes added to the last `<li>`
  * @param  {string|string[]} [options.cssClasses.active] CSS classes added to the active `<li>`
  * @param  {string|string[]} [options.cssClasses.disabled] CSS classes added to the disabled `<li>`
- * @return {Object}
+ * @return {Object} widget
  */
-const usage = `Usage:
-pagination({
-  container,
-  [ cssClasses.{root,item,page,previous,next,first,last,active,disabled}={} ],
-  [ labels.{previous,next,first,last} ],
-  [ maxPages ],
-  [ padding=3 ],
-  [ showFirstLast=true ],
-  [ autoHideContainer=true ],
-  [ scrollTo='body' ]
-})`;
-const connectPagination = paginationRendering => ({
-    container,
-    cssClasses: userCssClasses = {},
-    labels: userLabels = {},
-    maxPages,
-    padding = 3,
-    showFirstLast = true,
-    autoHideContainer = true,
-    scrollTo: userScrollTo = 'body',
-  } = {}) => {
-  let scrollTo = userScrollTo;
-
-  if (!container) {
-    throw new Error(usage);
-  }
-
-  if (scrollTo === true) {
-    scrollTo = 'body';
-  }
-
-  const containerNode = getContainerNode(container);
-  const scrollToNode = scrollTo !== false ? getContainerNode(scrollTo) : false;
 
-  const cssClasses = {
-    root: cx(bem(null), userCssClasses.root),
-    item: cx(bem('item'), userCssClasses.item),
-    link: cx(bem('link'), userCssClasses.link),
-    page: cx(bem('item', 'page'), userCssClasses.page),
-    previous: cx(bem('item', 'previous'), userCssClasses.previous),
-    next: cx(bem('item', 'next'), userCssClasses.next),
-    first: cx(bem('item', 'first'), userCssClasses.first),
-    last: cx(bem('item', 'last'), userCssClasses.last),
-    active: cx(bem('item', 'active'), userCssClasses.active),
-    disabled: cx(bem('item', 'disabled'), userCssClasses.disabled),
-  };
+export default function connectPagination(renderFn) {
+  checkRendering(renderFn, usage);
 
-  const labels = defaults(userLabels, defaultLabels);
-
-  return {
+  return ({maxPages}) => ({
     init({helper, createURL}) {
       this.setPage = page => {
         helper.setPage(page);
-        if (scrollToNode !== false) {
-          scrollToNode.scrollIntoView();
-        }
         helper.search();
       };
 
       this.createURL = state => page => createURL(state.setPage(page));
 
-      paginationRendering({
+      renderFn({
         createURL: this.createURL(helper.state),
-        cssClasses,
         currentPage: helper.getPage() || 0,
-        labels,
         nbHits: 0,
         nbPages: 0,
-        padding,
         setPage: this.setPage,
-        shouldAutoHideContainer: autoHideContainer,
-        showFirstLast,
-        containerNode,
       }, true);
     },
 
-    getMaxPage(results) {
-      if (maxPages !== undefined) {
-        return Math.min(maxPages, results.nbPages);
-      }
-      return results.nbPages;
+    getMaxPage({nbPages}) {
+      return maxPages !== undefined
+        ? Math.min(maxPages, nbPages)
+        : nbPages;
     },
 
     render({results, state}) {
-      paginationRendering({
+      renderFn({
         createURL: this.createURL(state),
-        cssClasses,
         currentPage: state.page,
-        labels,
+        setPage: this.setPage,
         nbHits: results.nbHits,
         nbPages: this.getMaxPage(results),
-        padding,
-        setPage: this.setPage,
-        shouldAutoHideContainer: autoHideContainer && results.nbHits === 0,
-        showFirstLast,
-        containerNode,
       }, false);
     },
-  };
-};
-
-export default connectPagination;
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/widgets/pagination/__tests__/pagination-test.js b/src/widgets/pagination/__tests__/pagination-test.js
index 153fdf133d..b5bce0f41a 100644
--- a/src/widgets/pagination/__tests__/pagination-test.js
+++ b/src/widgets/pagination/__tests__/pagination-test.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe('pagination()', () => {
       const getContainerNode = sinon.stub().returns({
         scrollIntoView,
       });
-      connectPagination.__Rewire__('getContainerNode', getContainerNode);
+      pagination.__Rewire__('getContainerNode', getContainerNode);
     });
 
     it('should not scroll', () => {
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ describe('pagination()', () => {
     it('should scroll to body', () => {
       widget = pagination({container});
       widget.init({helper});
-      widget.setPage(helper, 2);
+      widget.render({results, helper, state: {page: 0}});
+      const {props: {setCurrentPage}} = ReactDOM.render.firstCall.args[0];
+      setCurrentPage(2);
       expect(scrollIntoView.calledOnce).toBe(true, 'scrollIntoView called once');
     });
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/pagination/pagination.js b/src/widgets/pagination/pagination.js
index 26212813c2..2e77910fe1 100644
--- a/src/widgets/pagination/pagination.js
+++ b/src/widgets/pagination/pagination.js
@@ -1,8 +1,79 @@
+import defaults from 'lodash/defaults';
+
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import cx from 'classnames';
+
 import Pagination from '../../components/Pagination/Pagination.js';
 import connectPagination from '../../connectors/pagination/connectPagination.js';
 
+import {bemHelper, getContainerNode} from '../../lib/utils.js';
+
+const defaultLabels = {
+  previous: '‹',
+  next: '›',
+  first: '«',
+  last: '»',
+};
+
+const bem = bemHelper('ais-pagination');
+
+const renderer = ({
+  containerNode,
+  cssClasses,
+  labels,
+  showFirstLast,
+  padding,
+  autoHideContainer,
+  scrollToNode,
+}) => ({
+  createURL,
+  currentPage,
+  nbHits,
+  nbPages,
+  setPage,
+}, isFirstRendering) => {
+  if (isFirstRendering) return;
+
+  const setCurrentPage = () => {
+    setPage();
+
+    if (scrollToNode !== false) {
+      scrollToNode.scrollIntoView();
+    }
+  };
+
+  const shouldAutoHideContainer = autoHideContainer && nbHits === 0;
+
+  ReactDOM.render(
+    <Pagination
+      createURL={createURL}
+      cssClasses={cssClasses}
+      currentPage={currentPage}
+      labels={labels}
+      nbHits={nbHits}
+      nbPages={nbPages}
+      padding={padding}
+      setCurrentPage={setCurrentPage}
+      shouldAutoHideContainer={shouldAutoHideContainer}
+      showFirstLast={showFirstLast}
+    />,
+    containerNode
+  );
+};
+
+const usage = `Usage:
+pagination({
+  container,
+  [ cssClasses.{root,item,page,previous,next,first,last,active,disabled}={} ],
+  [ labels.{previous,next,first,last} ],
+  [ maxPages ],
+  [ padding=3 ],
+  [ showFirstLast=true ],
+  [ autoHideContainer=true ],
+  [ scrollTo='body' ]
+})`;
+
 /**
  * Add a pagination menu to navigate through the results
  * @function pagination
@@ -28,37 +99,56 @@ import connectPagination from '../../connectors/pagination/connectPagination.js'
  * @param  {string|string[]} [options.cssClasses.last] CSS classes added to the last `<li>`
  * @param  {string|string[]} [options.cssClasses.active] CSS classes added to the active `<li>`
  * @param  {string|string[]} [options.cssClasses.disabled] CSS classes added to the disabled `<li>`
- * @return {Object}
+ * @return {Object} widget
  */
-export default connectPagination(defaultRendering);
+export default function pagination({
+  container,
+  labels: userLabels = defaultLabels,
+  cssClasses: userCssClasses = {},
+  maxPages,
+  padding = 3,
+  showFirstLast = true,
+  autoHideContainer = true,
+  scrollTo: userScrollTo = 'body',
+} = {}) {
+  if (!container) {
+    throw new Error(usage);
+  }
 
-function defaultRendering({
-  createURL,
-  cssClasses,
-  currentPage,
-  labels,
-  nbHits,
-  nbPages,
-  padding,
-  setPage,
-  shouldAutoHideContainer,
-  showFirstLast,
-  containerNode,
-}, isFirstRendering) {
-  if (isFirstRendering) return;
-  ReactDOM.render(
-    <Pagination
-      createURL={createURL}
-      cssClasses={cssClasses}
-      currentPage={currentPage}
-      labels={labels}
-      nbHits={nbHits}
-      nbPages={nbPages}
-      padding={padding}
-      setCurrentPage={setPage}
-      shouldAutoHideContainer={shouldAutoHideContainer}
-      showFirstLast={showFirstLast}
-    />,
-    containerNode
-  );
+  const containerNode = getContainerNode(container);
+
+  const scrollTo = userScrollTo === true ? 'body' : userScrollTo;
+  const scrollToNode = scrollTo !== false ? getContainerNode(scrollTo) : false;
+
+  const cssClasses = {
+    root: cx(bem(null), userCssClasses.root),
+    item: cx(bem('item'), userCssClasses.item),
+    link: cx(bem('link'), userCssClasses.link),
+    page: cx(bem('item', 'page'), userCssClasses.page),
+    previous: cx(bem('item', 'previous'), userCssClasses.previous),
+    next: cx(bem('item', 'next'), userCssClasses.next),
+    first: cx(bem('item', 'first'), userCssClasses.first),
+    last: cx(bem('item', 'last'), userCssClasses.last),
+    active: cx(bem('item', 'active'), userCssClasses.active),
+    disabled: cx(bem('item', 'disabled'), userCssClasses.disabled),
+  };
+
+  const labels = defaults(userLabels, defaultLabels);
+
+  const specializedRenderer = renderer({
+    containerNode,
+    cssClasses,
+    labels,
+    showFirstLast,
+    padding,
+    autoHideContainer,
+    scrollToNode,
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const makeWidget = connectPagination(specializedRenderer);
+    return makeWidget({maxPages});
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error(usage);
+  }
 }