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krang

Hi guys, got a quite frustrating issue!

I have post navigation to go to the next/prev post on the single of a custom post type. It works perfectly for all posts EXCEPT the very first and the very last item. On these pages there should only be a next OR a prev post, but in my case get_previous_post and get_next_post are returning the same post.

Here's my code:

$prevPost = get_previous_post();  
$nextPost = get_next_post();  

 if ($prevPost) {
   echo previous_post_link('<span class="prev-item">%link</span>');  
 }
 if ($nextPost){              
    echo  next_post_link('<span class="next-item">%link</span>');
 }

Any ideas?

sloveland

I have this same problem on the archive pages of my own site. Looking forward to what some smarter people have to say on the subject!

tomrogers123

Straight from http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_next_post.

<?php
  $next_post = get_next_post();
  if (!empty( $next_post )): ?>
  <a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $next_post->ID ); ?>"><?php echo $next_post->post_title; ?></a>
<?php endif; ?>

Or, I am I missing something?

krang

Thanks, I did see that in the Codex but unfortunately get_next_post() is returning a post even when there is no 'next' post (and likewise for get_previous_post()), rather than null as per the docs.

I came across the Ambrosite Next/Previous Post Link Plus http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ambrosite-nextprevious-post-link-plus/, which has solved my problem :)

Cheers

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