Previous & Next links use different templates for pages and categories

  • Resolved get_username

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    12 years, 7 months ago

    I’m trying to figure out which page template is being used when I click on my previous_posts_link or next_posts_link on a page template and category template?

    For my blog page template it successfully pulls my (page-blog.php) template and I’m able to click back and forth without issue.

    When I click on a category page it successfully pulls my (category.php) template, but when I go to a sub-category and click on the next or previous links, it automatically takes me to (index.php). It doesn’t go through my list of categories like it does on the blog page.

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  • This happens when the posts have multiple categories, the next prev links go to the current post’s first category.

    WP-PageNavi resolves this.

    Thread Starter get_username

    (@get_username)

    Is there any way to resolve this without a plugin? In not doing anything outside the normal usage of WordPress.

    My solution was above, maybe another can help with some custom PHP.

    Thread Starter get_username

    (@get_username)

    Thanks for the replay. I guess I’m not understanding why this wouldn’t work with WordPress built-in features? I’m not doing anything custom and am only adding what WordPress suggests to use when navigating a page.

    An update to my original posts shows that my blog page no longer works either. If I click on the Next page link(next_posts_link) it still shows the first page posts. It is no longer specific to categories.

    I would at least like to learn what I’m doing wrong, and find out the limitations to WordPress before installing a plugin to complicate matters. Hope you can understand that.

    Thread Starter get_username

    (@get_username)

    So after a little more searching I did find this, and it works with my blog section. Apparently you have to input this into your query. Unfortunately, all the WordPress books I have been reading do not mention this. It is, however, hidden within the WordPress query_posts documentation under subhead Pagination.

    query_posts( array( 'cat' => 8, 'paged' => get_query_var('paged') ) );

    I will test this when I’m on my categories page and see if it does the same thing.

    Thread Starter get_username

    (@get_username)

    This issue has been resolved. I tested the code above on a category page and it works there as well. No need for a plugin as I believe it’s just a matter of calling the correct query. Glad I figured this one out, as these forums are pretty quiet when it comes to help.

    Hopefully this helps others that might have the same problem.

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