next_posts_link( string $label = null, int $max_page )

Displays the next posts page link.

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Parameters

$label string Optional
Content for link text.

Default: null

$max_page int Optional
Max pages. Default 0.

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This function prints a link to the next set of posts within the current query.
If you need the values for use in PHP, use get_next_posts_link() .
Because post queries are usually sorted in reverse chronological order, next_posts_link() usually points to older entries (toward the end of the set) and previous_posts_link() usually points to newer entries (toward the beginning of the set).

Parameter $max_pages is the limit the number of pages on which the link is displayed. The default value “0” means “no limit”.

This function will not work (fail silently) if mysql.trace_mode is enabled in your php.ini. If you can’t edit that file, try adding ini_set( 'mysql.trace_mode', 0 ); to your theme’s functions.php.

See also: previous_posts_link()  and next_post_link() .

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Source

File: wp-includes/link-template.php. View all references 

function next_posts_link( $label = null, $max_page = 0 ) {
	echo get_next_posts_link( $label, $max_page );
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
0.71 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Codex —

    Usage when querying the loop with WP_Query

    Add the $max_pages parameter to the next_posts_link() function when querying the loop with WP_Query. To get the total amount of pages you can use the ‘max_num_pages’ property of the custom WP_Query object.

    // set the "paged" parameter (use 'page' if the query is on a static front page)
$paged = ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;

// the query
$the_query = new WP_Query( array(
	'cat'   => 1,
	'paged' => $paged
);

if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) :
	// the loop
	while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post();
		the_title();
		
	endwhile;

	// next_posts_link() usage with max_num_pages.
	next_posts_link( __( 'Older Entries', 'textdomain' ), $the_query->max_num_pages );
	previous_posts_link( __( 'Newer Entries', 'textdomain' ) );

	// Clean up after the query and pagination.
	wp_reset_postdata(); 

else:
	?>
	<p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.', 'textdomain' ) ); ?></p>
	<?php
endif;

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