get_previous_post()
Retrieves the previous post (as object) from the specified taxonomy (the default is category).
Use get_next_post(), to get the object of the next post.
Uses: get_adjacent_post()
1 time — 0.001871 sec (very slow) | 50000 times — 2.00 sec (fast) | PHP 7.1.5, WP 4.8.1
No Hooks.
Return
WP_Post|null|String. Post object if successful. Null if global $post is not set. Empty string if no corresponding post exists.
Usage
get_previous_post( $in_same_term, $excluded_terms, $taxonomy );
- $in_same_term(true|false)
- Whether post should be in a same taxonomy term.
Default: false - $excluded_terms(int[]|string)
- Array or comma-separated list of excluded term IDs.
Default: '' - $taxonomy(string)
- Taxonomy, if $in_same_term is true.
Default: 'category'
Examples
#1 Get the previous post and output a link to it (demonstration of how the function works).
$prev_post = get_previous_post(); echo '<a href="' . get_permalink( $prev_post ) . '">'. esc_html($prev_post->post_title) .'</a>';
To get such a link, it is more convenient to use the function: previous_post_link().
Changelog
| Since 1.5.0 | Introduced. |
get_previous_post() get previous post code WP 6.1.1
function get_previous_post( $in_same_term = false, $excluded_terms = '', $taxonomy = 'category' ) {
return get_adjacent_post( $in_same_term, $excluded_terms, true, $taxonomy );
}