Title: WP_Query::next_post
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Query::next_post(): 󠀁[WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_post/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_post/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_post/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_post/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Sets up the next post and iterate current post index.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_post/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 [WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/) Next post.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_post/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function next_post() {

    	++$this->current_post;

    	/** @var WP_Post */
    	$this->post = $this->posts[ $this->current_post ];
    	return $this->post;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php#L3737)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-query.php#L3737-L3744)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_post/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [start_wp()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/start_wp/)`wp-includes/deprecated.php` |

Sets up the WordPress Loop.

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| [WP_Query::the_post()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/the_post/)`wp-includes/class-wp-query.php` |

Sets up the current post.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/next_post/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [1.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/1.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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