get_previous_post() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Retrieves the previous 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_previous_post( $in_same_term = false, $excluded_terms = '', $taxonomy = 'category' ) {
	return get_adjacent_post( $in_same_term, $excluded_terms, true, $taxonomy );
}

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

Used by	Description
previous_post()`wp-includes/deprecated.php`	Prints a link to the previous post.

Changelog

Version	Description
1.5.0	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

Codex 10 years ago

Example

<?php
$prev_post = get_previous_post();
if ( ! empty( $prev_post ) ): ?>
	<a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $prev_post->ID ); ?>">
		<?php echo apply_filters( 'the_title', $prev_post->post_title ); ?>
	</a>
<?php endif; ?>

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

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

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