Next Page, Not Next Post
Easily create navigation to sibling pages. Similar to next_post_link() and previous_post_link() but for pages.
5(12 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, Next Page, Not Next Post is a WordPress cms plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 12 reviews. It has been downloaded 33K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: White Label CMS.
5/512 reviews
1.0K+active installs
33K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
Next Page, Not Next Post is a very simple plugin that creates navigation between sibling pages.
This plugin gives you two new functions, next_page_not_post($anchor_text, $loop, $sort) & previous_page_not_post($anchor_text, $loop, $sort). Each function has three simple options.
- Anchor Text – Either set the anchor text manually or use the page title. Use %title to use page title with other strings. Defaults to page title, just leave blank for that.
- Looping – Link the first element to the last and the last to the first, or not. Defaults to not looping. Set to true for looping, cousins for cousin based navigation and cousinsloop for cousins navigation that loops.
- Get Pages – This is used to determine how to sort your results. Use the documentation at Get Pages to find a…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
It works
by tommcgee·8 years ago
I was happy to find this solution!
Excellent plugin
by Jon Dennis·9 years ago
Have been looking for something like this for ages.
Ignore the out of date notice on the WordPress website, this plugin is excellent if you want next previous links for Pages (and not posts).
The loop parameter even offers a ‘cousins’ feature which allows the next/prev links to traverse child pages with the same grandparent!
So easy
by enky·10 years ago
So Easy to use. Helped me a lot and saving me a lot of time!
Simple solution to a common problem
by prunly·11 years ago
I’ve always found WP’s native functions for next/previous posts to be a bit lacking. This plugin does a great job of solving these problems, especially for sets of pages within a parent page. Thanks!
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by mikehas·11 years ago
Great little plugin. Easy to implement and does what it says.
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.7+ requiredTested up to 4.0.38 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.3
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Other
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