diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
index 78071cab..55dcbdf2 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
@@ -327,8 +327,12 @@ tsp = ts.pager = {
 				})
 				// {totalPages}, {extra}, {extra:0} (array) or {extra : key} (object)
 				.replace(/\{\w+(\s*:\s*\w+)?\}/gi, function(m){
-					var t = m.replace(/[{}\s]/g,''), a = t.split(':'), d = p.ajaxData;
-					return a.length > 1 && d && d[a[0]] ? d[a[0]][a[1]] : p[t] || (d ? d[t] : '') || '';
+					var str = m.replace(/[{}\s]/g,''),
+						extra = str.split(':'),
+						data = p.ajaxData,
+						// return zero for default page/row numbers
+						deflt = /(rows?|pages?)$/i.test(str) ? 0 : '';
+					return extra.length > 1 && data && data[extra[0]] ? data[extra[0]][extra[1]] : p[str] || (data ? data[str] : deflt) || deflt;
 				});
 			if (out.length) {
 				out[ (out[0].tagName === 'INPUT') ? 'val' : 'html' ](s);