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

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# previous_comments_link( string $label )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/previous_comments_link/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/previous_comments_link/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/previous_comments_link/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/previous_comments_link/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Displays the link to the previous comments page.

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

 `$label`stringoptional

Label for comments link text. Default empty.

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

    ```php
    function previous_comments_link( $label = '' ) {
    	echo get_previous_comments_link( $label );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/link-template.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/link-template.php#L3244)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/link-template.php#L3244-L3246)

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

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

Retrieves the link to the previous comments page.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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