WordPress:Template Tags/next post link

Description

Used on single post permalink pages, this template tag displays a link to the next post which exists in chronological order from the current post.

This tag must be used in WordPress:The Loop.

Usage

%%% <?php next_post_link('format', 'link', in_same_cat,

                        'excluded_categories'); ?> %%%

Examples

Default Usage

Displays link with the post title of the next post (chronological post date order), followed by a right angular quote (»). By default, this tag works like WordPress:Next Post

[[WordPress:#Examples|Next Post Title »]]

<?php next_post_link(); ?>

Bold Post Title As Link

Displays link with next chronological post's title wrapped in 'strong' tags (typically sets text to bold).

[[WordPress:#Examples|Next Post Title]]

%%% <?php next_post_link('%link'); ?> %%%

Text As Link, Without Post Title, Within Same Category

Displays custom text as link to the next post within the same category as the current post. Post title is not included here. "Next post in category" is the custom text, which can be changed to fit your requirements.

[[WordPress:#Examples|Next post in category]]

<?php next_post_link('%link', 'Next post in category', TRUE); ?>

Within Same Category, Excluding One

Displays link to next post in the same category, as long as it is not in category 13 (the category ID #). You can change the number to any category you wish to exclude. Exclude multiple categories by using " and " as a delimiter.

[[WordPress:#Examples|Next post in category]]

<?php next_post_link('%link', 'Next post in category', TRUE, '13'); ?>

Parameters

format

(string) Format string for the link. This is where to control what comes before and after the link. '%link' in string will be replaced with whatever is declared as 'link' (see next parameter). 'Go to %link' will generate "Go to <a href=..." Put HTML tags here to style the final results. Defaults to '%link &raquo;'.

link

(string) Link text to display. Defaults to next post's title ('%title').

in_same_cat

(boolean) Indicates whether next post must be within the same category as the current post. If set to TRUE, only posts from the current category will be displayed. Options are:

• TRUE
• FALSE (Default)

excluded_categories

(string) Numeric category ID(s) from which the next post should not be listed. Separate multiple categories with and; example: '1 and 5 and 15'. There is no default.

In Wordpress 2.2, apparently, concatenating multiple categories for exclusion is done with a comma, not and; example: '1, 5, 15'. Still no default.

Related

See also previous_post_link().