You need to send a custom query to get a list of posts. In this example we use a custom post type “project” and a custom taxonomy “sphere” and we get 1 next project in current sphere. In your use case you can increase posts_per_page to 4. <?php //remember the id and menu_order from current … Read more
<?php next_post_link(‘format’, ‘link’, ‘in_same_cat’, ‘excluded_categories’); ?> <?php previous_post_link($format, $link, $in_same_cat = false, $excluded_categories=””); ?>
Add following custom functions in functions.php file and instead of calling previous_post_link and next_post_link functions call custom_next_post_link and custom_previous_post_link custom functions respectively. function custom_adjacent_post_link( $format, $link, $in_same_cat = false, $excluded_categories=””, $previous = true ) { if ( $previous && is_attachment() ) $post = get_post( get_post()->post_parent ); else $post = get_adjacent_post( $in_same_cat, $excluded_categories, $previous ); if … Read more
prev and next_post_link ultimately call the get_adjacent_post function to query the db, which has filterable $join $where and $sort vars.
Here’s the code for what you’re trying to do (accessing post custom value): <?php global $post; $prev_post = get_adjacent_post(); $next_post = get_adjacent_post( false, ”, false ); $prev_post_id = $prev_post->ID; $next_post_id = $next_post->ID; // this should, according to your code above, be the http://example.com/your/img.jpg string $prev_img_path = get_post_custom_values( ‘your_key_name’, $prev_post_id ); $next_img_path = get_post_custom_values( ‘your_key_name’, $next_post_id … Read more
previous_post_link() and next_post_link() work perfectly with custom post types. You need to paste this code in your single-customposttype.php (which in your case is single-portfolio.php): <div class=”previous-post-link”> <?php previous_post_link(‘%link’, ‘<< Previous Post’, $in_same_term = true, $excluded_terms=””, $taxonomy = ‘the-custom-taxonomy-associated-with-your-custom-post-type’); ?> </div> <div class=”next-post-link”> <?php next_post_link(‘%link’, ‘Next Post >>’, $in_same_term = true, $excluded_terms=””, $taxonomy = ‘the-custom-taxonomy-associated-with-your-custom-post-type’); ?> … Read more
Here is the template layout and code for your original question. I am using wp_get_recent_posts as it gives me recent posts from the category as you wanted, if not change orderby to rand for random posts, as wp_get_recent_posts return posts by default in array form you can also have a choice to shuffle them. I … Read more
“Inside the Loop” essentially means that function relies on data from global variables (such as $post) that are set up when Loop runs. Note that this is not necessarily done by main Loop of query_posts(). In your specific code those variables are filled by $custom_posts->the_post() calls and after that wp_reset_query() gets those values back to … Read more
Did you try with: get_adjacent_post ? get_adjacent_post(false, ‘YourID’, false); wp topic: get_adjacent_posts-exclude-category-syntax
If you are using the code inside a custom post type template, then the get_next_post() will get the next post for you. Then you can use the ->ID and get it’s ID. So: $next_post = get_next_post(); $next_post_id = $next_post->ID; If you need their link, simply use next_post_link() or previous_post_link(). These functions use the global post … Read more