Title: link_pages
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# link_pages( string $before = ‘<br />’, string $after = ‘<br />’, string $next_or_number = ‘number’, string $nextpagelink = ‘next page’, string $previouspagelink = ‘previous page’, string $pagelink = ‘%’, string $more_file = ” ): string

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/link_pages/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/link_pages/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/link_pages/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/link_pages/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/link_pages/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/link_pages/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/link_pages/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/link_pages/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

This function has been deprecated since 2.1.0. Use [wp_link_pages()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_link_pages/)
instead.

Print list of pages based on arguments.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/link_pages/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/link_pages/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [wp_link_pages()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_link_pages/)

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/link_pages/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$before`stringoptional

Default:`'<br />'`

`$after`stringoptional

Default:`'<br />'`

`$next_or_number`stringoptional

Default:`'number'`

`$nextpagelink`stringoptional

Default:`'next page'`

`$previouspagelink`stringoptional

Default:`'previous page'`

`$pagelink`stringoptional

Default:`'%'`

`$more_file`stringoptional

Default:`''`

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

 string

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

    ```php
    function link_pages($before='<br />', $after='<br />', $next_or_number='number', $nextpagelink='next page', $previouspagelink='previous page',
    					$pagelink='%', $more_file='') {
    	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0', 'wp_link_pages()' );

    	$args = compact('before', 'after', 'next_or_number', 'nextpagelink', 'previouspagelink', 'pagelink', 'more_file');
    	return wp_link_pages($args);
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/deprecated.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/deprecated.php#L833)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/deprecated.php#L833-L839)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [wp_link_pages()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_link_pages/)`wp-includes/post-template.php` |

The formatted output of a list of pages.

  | 
| [_deprecated_function()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_deprecated_function/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.1.0/) | Deprecated. Use [wp_link_pages()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_link_pages/)  | 
| [0.71](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.71/) | Introduced. |

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