I know how to keep track on the 'index' of the current post when running the loop using

```
$wp_query->current_post

```

Bu this restarts the count from zero on subsequent paged pages. So if I have 20 posts, and show 5 posts per page, then on page 2 the posts are again numbered 0-4 instead of 5-9.

My question is: Is there a build in way to get the absolute index when running the loop on a paged page, or do I have to calculate the offset myself, using information about page number and posts per page?