rel="prev" and rel="next" Links on Paginated Archives
Adds rel prev and next link tags to paginated blog, category and archive pages, which Bing and other crawlers use to understand page series.
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Code
add_action( 'wp_head', function () {
global $wp_query;
if ( is_singular() || is_404() || ! ( is_home() || is_archive() || is_search() ) ) {
return;
}
$paged = max( 1, (int) get_query_var( 'paged' ) );
$max = (int) $wp_query->max_num_pages;
if ( $paged > 1 ) {
echo '<link rel="prev" href="' . esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $paged - 1 ) ) . '">' . "\n";
}
if ( $paged < $max ) {
echo '<link rel="next" href="' . esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $paged + 1 ) ) . '">' . "\n";
}
} );Notes
Skip this if your SEO plugin already prints these links.
How to add this snippet
- Install WPIDE on your WordPress site (it is free) and open Code Snippets.
- Use snippet above adds it from the library in one click. Or copy the code into a new snippet with the same code type.
- It is added inactive: review the code and settings, then switch it on.