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Add class to links generated by next_posts_link and previous_posts_link

These two functions create anchor links, and you can customize a lot of it, but it's impossible to add a class through just using their parameters alone. Gotta add a function to functions.php:

add_filter('next_posts_link_attributes', 'posts_link_attributes');
add_filter('previous_posts_link_attributes', 'posts_link_attributes');

function posts_link_attributes() {
    return 'class="styled-button"';
}

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  1. Chris Perryman

    Once again, thanks! I changed this a bit to accommodate different styles for next/previous. Here is what I did in case anyone else needs to have a class for each:

    add_filter('next_posts_link_attributes', 'posts_link_attributes_1');
add_filter('previous_posts_link_attributes', 'posts_link_attributes_2');

function posts_link_attributes_1() {
    return 'class="prev-post"';
}
function posts_link_attributes_2() {
    return 'class="next-post"';
}
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