get_next_post() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Retrieves the next post that is adjacent to the current post.

Parameters

$in_same_termbooloptional: Whether post should be in the same taxonomy term.

Default:false
$excluded_termsint[]|stringoptional: Array or comma-separated list of excluded term IDs.

Default:''
$taxonomystringoptional: Taxonomy, if $in_same_term is true. Default 'category'.
Default:'category'

Return

WP_Post|null|string Post object if successful. Null if global $post is not set.
Empty string if no corresponding post exists.

Source

function get_next_post( $in_same_term = false, $excluded_terms = '', $taxonomy = 'category' ) {
	return get_adjacent_post( $in_same_term, $excluded_terms, false, $taxonomy );
}

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Uses	Description
get_adjacent_post()`wp-includes/link-template.php`	Retrieves the adjacent post.

Changelog

Version	Description
1.5.0	Introduced.

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Codex 10 years ago

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Example
```
$next_post = get_next_post();
if ( is_a( $next_post , 'WP_Post' ) ) : ?>
	<a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $next_post->ID ); ?>"><?php echo get_the_title( $next_post->ID ); ?></a>
<?php endif; ?>
```
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valery7500 4 years ago

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In a single page, you can make a link to another post in same Tag …

The value for $taxonomy is post_tag

Example
```
<?php
$next_post = get_next_post(true,'','post_tag');
if ( is_a( $next_post , 'WP_Post' ) ) : ?>
	<a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $next_post->ID ); ?>">Back</a>
<?php endif; ?>
```
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get_next_post( bool $in_same_term = false, int[]|string $excluded_terms = '', string $taxonomy = 'category' ): WP_Post|null|string

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get_next_post( bool $in_same_term = false, int[]|string $excluded_terms = '', string $taxonomy = 'category' ): WP_Post|null|string

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