get_next_comments_link() │ WP 2.7.1

Gets a link (A tag) to the next comments page. Should be used on the post page.

To get a link to the previous comments page, use get_previous_comments_link()

Uses: get_comment_pages_count(), get_comments_pagenum_link()
Used By: next_comments_link(), get_the_comments_navigation()
1 time — 0.00019 sec (fast) | 50000 times — 2.7 sec (fast)
Hooks from the function

Returns

String|null. If the link exists, it will return the HTML code of the link (A tag).

Usage

get_next_comments_link( $label, $max_page );
$label(string)
Anchor of the link.
Default: '' ("Next comments →")
$max_page(int)
Total number of comments pagination pages.
Default: 0 (value get_comment_pages_count())

Examples

0

#1 Get a link to the current post comments next page

Let's say the post has 44 comments, and we are on page two of the comments, then:

$link = get_next_comments_link();

/* $link will be equal to
<a href="http://example.com/foo/comment-page-3#comments">Next comments →</a>
*/

Notes

  • Global. WP_Query. $wp_query WordPress Query object.

Changelog

Since 2.7.1 Introduced.
Since 6.7.0 Added the page parameter.

get_next_comments_link() code WP 6.8.3

wp-includes/link-template.php 
function get_next_comments_link( $label = '', $max_page = 0, $page = null ) {
	global $wp_query;

	if ( ! is_singular() ) {
		return;
	}

	if ( is_null( $page ) ) {
		$page = get_query_var( 'cpage' );
	}

	if ( ! $page ) {
		$page = 1;
	}

	$next_page = (int) $page + 1;

	if ( empty( $max_page ) ) {
		$max_page = $wp_query->max_num_comment_pages;
	}

	if ( empty( $max_page ) ) {
		$max_page = get_comment_pages_count();
	}

	if ( $next_page > $max_page ) {
		return;
	}

	if ( empty( $label ) ) {
		$label = __( 'Newer Comments &raquo;' );
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the anchor tag attributes for the next comments page link.
	 *
	 * @since 2.7.0
	 *
	 * @param string $attributes Attributes for the anchor tag.
	 */
	$attr = apply_filters( 'next_comments_link_attributes', '' );

	return sprintf(
		'<a href="%1$s" %2$s>%3$s</a>',
		esc_url( get_comments_pagenum_link( $next_page, $max_page ) ),
		$attr,
		preg_replace( '/&([^#])(?![a-z]{1,8};)/i', '&#038;$1', $label )
	);
}

Comments pagination (navigation)

Comments

Link (URL)

Comments