Next Page, Not Next Post
by Matt McInvale 5 (12 reviews)

Next Page, Not Next Post

Easily create navigation to sibling pages. Similar to next_post_link() and previous_post_link() but for pages.

Next Page, Not Next Post ranks #6,896 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 12 reviews, and was last updated Sep 4, 2014. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4 (Current: 7.1.4)
vtrunk Current Version vtrunk
Updated 12 years ago Last Update on 04 Sep, 2014
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
Top 10% by installs Downloads -39.2% this week No update in over a year
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#6,896
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Active Installs
1K+
-8.7%
KW Avg Position
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Downloads
33.9K
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Support Resolved
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Rating
100%
Review 5 out of 5
5 (12 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 9.8%
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Rank Changes

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Peak 0,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

5.0
12 reviews
Overall 100%
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

  1. UNPATCHED

    Next Page, Not Next Post [next-page-not-next-post] <= 0.3.0 (unfixed + closed)

    CVE-2025-62943 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version
trunk
Last Updated
Sep 04, 2014
Requires WP
2.7+
Tested Up To
4
PHP Version
N/A
Author
Matt McInvale

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Rating
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Reviews
12
Support Threads
0
Resolved
0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and theme developers who want navigation links between sibling pages. It solves the lack of a native next_post_link()/previous_post_link() equivalent for pages by adding functions and shortcodes to link between adjacent pages.

  • Sibling page navigation
  • Custom anchor text support
  • Page title in anchor text
  • Looping navigation option
  • Cousin-based navigation
  • Custom sort via Get Pages
  • next_page shortcode
  • previous_page shortcode

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Next Page, Not Next Post

Next Page, Not Next Post has 1,000+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Next Page, Not Next Post holds a 5 out of 5 star rating based on 12 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Next Page, Not Next Post is developed by Matt McInvale and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Next Page, Not Next Post requires WordPress 2.7 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 4.
Next Page, Not Next Post has been downloaded 33,895+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Next Page, Not Next Post is trunk. It was last updated on September 4, 2014.
Yes. Next Page, Not Next Post is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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