Get the prev / next page links only (not title, <a> etc)

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I currently use the following method to get a prev / next blog page link: 

<?php previous_post_link( '%link', '%title' ); ?>

However this includes the outer element, name etc, I want just the link e.g. http://domain.com/blog/page/2

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Is there a function that I’m not seeing to suit my requirements?

Clarification

  • This is for the next blog page (not blog post)
  • I only want the link, not the anchor element

Many thanks

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6 comments

  1. Short answer: get_previous_posts_page_link is the function you want:

    <?php if($url = get_previous_posts_page_link()): ?>
  do stuff with $url
<?php endif; ?>

    Longer answer: follow the code.

    previous_posts_link calls get_previous_posts_link.

    <?php
/**
 * Display the previous posts page link.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 * @uses get_previous_posts_link()
 *
 * @param string $label Optional. Previous page link text.
 */
function previous_posts_link( $label = null ) {
    echo get_previous_posts_link( $label );
}

    get_previous_posts_link calls previous_posts to fetch the link URI itself.

    <?php
/**
 * Return the previous posts page link.
 *
 * @since 2.7.0
 *
 * @param string $label Optional. Previous page link text.
 * @return string|null
 */
function get_previous_posts_link( $label = null ) {
    global $paged;

    if ( null === $label )
        $label = __( '&laquo; Previous Page' );

    if ( !is_single() && $paged > 1 ) {
        $attr = apply_filters( 'previous_posts_link_attributes', '' );
        return '<a href="' . previous_posts( false ) . "" $attr>". preg_replace( '/&([^#])(?![a-z]{1,8};)/i', '&$1', $label ) .'</a>';
    }
}

    previous_posts is just a little wrapper around the function you’re looking for: get_previous_posts_page_link

    <?php
/**
 * Display or return the previous posts page link.
 *
 * @since 0.71
 *
 * @param boolean $echo Optional. Echo or return;
 */
function previous_posts( $echo = true ) {
    $output = esc_url( get_previous_posts_page_link() );

    if ( $echo )
        echo $output;
    else
        return $output;
}

    The function we want:

    <?php
/**
 * Retrieve previous posts page link.
 *
 * Will only return string, if not on a single page or post.
 *
 * Backported to 2.0.10 from 2.1.3.
 *
 * @since 2.0.10
 *
 * @return string|null
 */
function get_previous_posts_page_link() {
    global $paged;

    if ( !is_single() ) {
        $nextpage = intval($paged) - 1;
        if ( $nextpage < 1 )
            $nextpage = 1;
        return get_pagenum_link($nextpage);
    }
}

    I included all of that to illustrate how you can go about finding answers by looking through the core. Tools like ack can help you get started:

    shell$ cd /path/to/your/wordpress/install
shell$ ack "function previous_posts_link"

    In general, the WordPress is pretty good at making sure a function only does one thing. Tracing from broader functions (ala previous_posts_link and other template tags) back to more basic functions is usually a good way to learn some cool stuff and find your answer.

  3. If you don’t want any other elements then you can add the following code to your theme’s page template instead. You links will then be assigned to $prevID and $nextID which you can do what you like with.

    <?php
$pagelist = get_pages('sort_column=menu_order&sort_order=asc');
$pages = array();
foreach ($pagelist as $page) {
$pages[] += $page->ID;
}

$current = array_search($post->ID, $pages);
$prevID = $pages[$current-1];
$nextID = $pages[$current+1];
?>

  4. Similar to @liam-jay, but only getting one of the posts

    $prev_post = get_previous_post();
empty($prev_post) or $link = $prev_post->guid;

    I think this should work fine, untested though.

  5. this is working:

        <?php
    $next_post_url = get_permalink( get_adjacent_post(false,'',false)->ID );
    $previous_post_url = get_permalink( get_adjacent_post(false,'',true)->ID );        
    ?>