FRONTEND_MVC/views/layouts/lenta/lenta_test.php

<?php

use app\models\front\News;
use yii\widgets\ListView;

$pages = new \yii\data\Pagination(['totalCount' => 100, 'pageSize'=>5]);
?>
<style>
.archive .news-list .author-lenta {padding:0;}

</style>
	<div class="archive">
            <div class="news-list">
                <?php
                echo Yii::$app->cache->getOrSet("archive_news-test",function () use($author, $pages){
                    return ListView::widget([
                        "dataProvider" => new \yii\data\ActiveDataProvider([
                            "query"=>\app\models\front\News::find()->andwhere(['author'=>$author]),
							"pagination" =>$pages,
							"totalCount"=> 100
                        ]),
                        'options' => [
                            'tag' => "ul",
                            'class' => 'list-wrapper',
                            'id' => 'list-wrapper',
                        ],
                        "itemOptions"=>[
                            "tag"=>"li"
                        ],
                        "itemView" => "item_test",
                        "layout" => "{items}{pager}"
                    ]);
                },5);
                ?>
    </div>
</div>