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Making a Shortcode [NEXT] and [PREVIOUS] to place into specific posts for post navigation

this is very simple to do… // next function next_shortcode($atts) { // global $post; -unnecessary return ‘<div class=”nav-next”>’.next_post_link( ‘%link’, ‘%title <span class=”meta-nav”>’ . _x( ”, ‘Next post link’, ‘ ‘ ) . ‘</span>’,true ).'</div>’; } add_shortcode( ‘next’, ‘next_shortcode’ ); //prev function prev_shortcode($atts) { //global $post; -unnecessary return ‘<div class=”nav-previous”>’.next_post_link( ‘%link’, ‘%title <span class=”meta-nav”>’ . _x( … Read more

How can I add title attributes to next and previous post link functions?

Update As I deleted the Repo on GitHub, here’s a new answer. add_filter( ‘previous_post_link”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/13044/,”wpse13044_adjacent_post_link_tooltip’, 10, 2 ); add_filter( ‘next_post_link”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/13044/,”wpse13044_adjacent_post_link_tooltip’, 10, 2 ); function wpse13044_adjacent_post_link_tooltip( $format, $link ) { $previous=”previous_post_link” === current_filter(); // Get the next/previous post object $post = get_adjacent_post( false ,” ,$previous ); // Copypasta from cores `get_adjacent_post_link()` fn ” === $title = get_the_title( … Read more

Filter next_post_link() and previous_post_link() by meta_key?

I managed to get this working using nothing but WordPress filters, thanks to @Milo’s hint. Just note that these are pretty specific to my case but you shouldn’t have a problem modifying them for your own use. I am using Advanced Custom Fields with a Date Picker field called date and Prev/Next links only point … Read more

Get Previous & Next posts by Post ID

Take a look at get_previous_post() and get_next_post() and you’ll see they both use the get_adjacent_post() to find the previous or next post. Let’s say you want to fetch the ID of the immediately previous post based on the current post’s ID. This is what you’d do: function get_previous_post_id( $post_id ) { // Get a global … Read more

Can the Next/Prev Post links be ordered by menu order or by a meta key?

Understanding the internals The “sort” order of adjacent (next/prev) posts is not really a sort “order”. It’s a separate query on each request/page, but it sorts the query by the post_date – or the post parent if you have a hierarchical post as currently displayed object. When you take a look at the internals of … Read more

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