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Smarter Navigation

Generates more specific previous / next post links based on referrer.

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Tested up to WordPress 3.5
Current version1.4
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 3.5
Minimum stackWP 3.2 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update18 Sept 201511y ago
Active installations300Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.7 / 5 from 10 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Smarter Navigation version 1.4 as active, updated 11y ago and tested up to WordPress 3.5.

Overview

About this plugin

When displaying a single post, you might want to show links to the previous and next posts in the same category.

That’s fine; WordPress let’s you do this with previous_post_link() and next_post_link().

But what if that post is in multiple categories?

What if the user came to that post from a tag page or from an author page? Wouldn’t it make more sense to display previous / next posts from that particular set?

Well, you can do this with a similar pair of functions, provided by this plugin: previous_post_smart() and next_post_smart().

Here’s how it works:

), the plugin notes which archive it is in a browser cookie.

Then, if the visitor goes to a single post from that archive page, the plugin generates the prev / next links based on the information in the cookie.

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WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

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  • navigation
  • next
  • previous
  • referrer
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 3.5

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 3.5.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to3.5
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.2 · PHP not listed
Update activity18 Sept 201511y ago

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