Custom pagination view

How about adding the class using jQuery ?

$( "ul.pagination" ).addClass( "pull-right" );

Changing things with jQuery should really be a last resort most of the time.

If you look at the code for the render method of the Paginate class, it allows for an alternate presenter. You best bet would probably be to create your own presenter, and alter the markup generated by it.

    /**
     * Render the paginator using the given presenter.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Pagination\Presenter|null  $presenter
     * @return string
     */
    public function render(Presenter $presenter = null)
    {
        $presenter = $presenter ?: new SimpleBootstrapThreePresenter($this);

        return $presenter->render();
    }

See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/28542607/1972101

@rikarsen Use custom presenter for the pagination:

// pass $presenter to the view
{!! $categories->render($presenter) !}}

And here's all you need:

<?php namespace Custom\Pagination;

use Illuminate\Pagination\BootstrapThreePresenter as BasePresenter;

class Presenter extends BasePresenter {

    /**
     * @inheritdoc
     */
    public function render()
    {
        if ($this->hasPages())
        {
            return sprintf(
                '<ul class="pagination pull-right">%s %s %s</ul>',
                $this->getPreviousButton(),
                $this->getLinks(),
                $this->getNextButton()
            );
        }

        return '';
    }
}