To add the new plugin navigation, you just need to hook it in place of the old navigation. Add the following code to your child theme functions.php
// Action to create the new below navigation
function childtheme_nav_below() {
if (is_single()) { ?>
<div id="nav-below" class="navigation">
<div class="nav-previous"><?php thematic_previous_post_link() ?></div>
<div class="nav-next"><?php thematic_next_post_link() ?></div>
</div>
<?php
} else { ?>
<div id="nav-below" class="navigation">
//this is the important bit
<?php if(function_exists('wp_page_numbers')) { ?>
<?php wp_page_numbers(); ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<div class="nav-previous"><?php next_posts_link(__('<span class="meta-nav">«</span> Older posts', 'thematic')) ?></div>
<div class="nav-next"><?php previous_posts_link(__('Newer posts <span class="meta-nav">»</span>', 'thematic')) ?></div>
<?php } ?>
</div>
<?php
}
}
add_action('thematic_navigation_below', 'childtheme_nav_below', 2);
This function is exactly the same as the "thematic_navigation_below" function, except it doesn't look for the wp_pagenavi function (as thematic does), it looks for the wp-page-numbers function.
The original "thematic_navigation_below" function can be found in "wp-content/themes/thematic/libary/extensions/content-extensions.php".