diff --git a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
index a91a6127..34cd2ab6 100644
--- a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
+++ b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 			p.filteredPages = p.totalPages;
 			if (f) {
 				$.each(c.cache[0].normalized, function(i, el) {
-					p.filteredRows += /(filtered|removeme|tablesorter-childRow)/.test(el[c.columns].$row[0].className) ? 0 : 1;
+					p.filteredRows += p.regexRows.test(el[c.columns].$row[0].className) ? 0 : 1;
 				});
 				p.filteredPages = Math.ceil( p.filteredRows / sz ) || 0;
 			}
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@
 				var t, ctrls, fxn,
 					table = this,
 					c = table.config,
+					wo = c.widgetOptions,
 					p = c.pager = $.extend( true, {}, $.tablesorterPager.defaults, settings ),
 					$t = c.$table,
 					// added in case the pager is reinitialized after being destroyed.
@@ -690,6 +691,9 @@
 					$.data(table, 'pagerLastSize', p.size);
 				}
 
+				// skipped rows
+				p.regexRows = new RegExp('(' + (wo.filter_filteredRow || 'filtered') + '|' + c.selectorRemove.substring(1) + '|' + c.cssChildRow + ')');
+
 				$t
 					.unbind('filterStart filterEnd sortEnd disable enable destroy update updateRows updateAll addRows pageSize '.split(' ').join('.pager '))
 					.bind('filterStart.pager', function(e, filters) {
diff --git a/docs/example-pager-filtered.html b/docs/example-pager-filtered.html
index c1dbf6bf..e719367e 100644
--- a/docs/example-pager-filtered.html
+++ b/docs/example-pager-filtered.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		// setting this to false, only hides the non-visible rows; needed if you plan to add/remove rows with the pager enabled.
 		removeRows: false,
 		// go to page selector - select dropdown that sets the current page
-		cssGoto:	 '.gotoPage'
+		cssGoto: '.gotoPage'
 	};
 
 	// Initialize tablesorter
diff --git a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
index f15cbcfc..50d0ce4a 100644
--- a/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
+++ b/js/widgets/widget-pager.js
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ tsp = ts.pager = {
 			p.size = ( isNaN(t.size) ? p.size : t.size ) || 10;
 			$.data(table, 'pagerLastSize', p.size);
 		}
+
+		// skipped rows
+		p.regexRows = new RegExp('(' + (wo.filter_filteredRow || 'filtered') + '|' + c.selectorRemove.substring(1) + '|' + c.cssChildRow + ')');
+
 		// clear initialized flag
 		p.initialized = false;
 		// before initialization event
@@ -329,7 +333,7 @@ tsp = ts.pager = {
 			f = c.$table.hasClass('hasFilters') && !wo.pager_ajaxUrl,
 			t = [],
 			sz = p.size || 10; // don't allow dividing by zero
-		t = [ c.widgetOptions && c.widgetOptions.filter_filteredRow || 'filtered', c.selectorRemove ];
+		t = [ wo && wo.filter_filteredRow || 'filtered', c.selectorRemove ];
 		if (wo.pager_countChildRows) { t.push(c.cssChildRow); }
 		regex = new RegExp( '(' + t.join('|') + ')' );
 		p.$size.add(p.$goto).removeClass(wo.pager_css.disabled).removeAttr('disabled').attr('aria-disabled', 'false');
@@ -338,7 +342,7 @@ tsp = ts.pager = {
 		p.filteredPages = p.totalPages;
 		if (f) {
 			$.each(c.cache[0].normalized, function(i, el) {
-				p.filteredRows += /(filtered|removeme|tablesorter-childRow)/.test(el[c.columns].$row[0].className) ? 0 : 1;
+				p.filteredRows += p.regexRows.test(el[c.columns].$row[0].className) ? 0 : 1;
 			});
 			p.filteredPages = Math.ceil( p.filteredRows / sz ) || 0;
 		}