Thesis Tip #8 – Change Next and Previous Post Text

The Previous Post and Next Post links are generated by the function thesis_prev_next_posts(). So to change the text, we’ll remove that function, create a custom function that duplicates it (but with our modifications), and then add it back where the original function was. In this example I’m going to change “Previous Post / Next Post” to just “Previous / Next” (see the bold text).

function custom_prev_next_posts() {

global $thesis;

if (is_single() && $thesis['display']['posts']['nav']) {
$previous = get_previous_post();
$next = get_next_post();

if ($previous || $next) {
echo '<div class="prev_next post_nav">' . "\n";

if ($previous) {
if ($previous && $next)
$add_class = '';

echo '<p class="previous" >' . __('Previous:', 'thesis') . ' ';
previous_post_link('%link', '%title');
echo '</p>' . "\n";
}

if ($next) {
echo '<p>' . __('Next:', 'thesis') . ' ';
next_post_link('%link', '%title');
echo '</p>' . "\n";
}

echo '</div>' . "\n";
}
}
}
remove_action('thesis_hook_after_content','thesis_prev_next_posts');
add_action('thesis_hook_after_content','custom_prev_next_posts');

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All Thesis Tips:

• Adding “nofollow” to Category Links
• Thesis Tip #18 – Full Width Navigation
• Thesis Tip #17 – Adding Content Between Posts
• Thesis Tip #16 – Redirect Pages
• Thesis Tip #15 – Custom Author Pages
• Thesis Tip #14 – Add Related Posts Before Comments Link
• Thesis Tip #13 – Using Gravatars in WordPress
• Thesis Tip #12 – Adding Custom Headers to Category Pages
• Thesis Tip #11 – Clickable Logo in Header
• Thesis Tip #10 – Filter Categories from Homepage
• Thesis Tip #9 – Custom Options Page
• Thesis Tip #8 – Change Next and Previous Post Text
• Thesis Tip #7 – Import and Export Your Design
• Thesis Tip #6 – Print Stylesheets
• Thesis Tip #5 – Featured Content Rotator
• Thesis Tip #4 – Adding Classes to Body
• Thesis Tip #3 – Multiple content areas
• Thesis Tip #2 – Additional Sidebars
• Thesis Tip #1 – Custom Images and Category Pages

Bill Erickson is a WordPress Consultant who builds custom websites using WordPress as a CMS and Thesis or Genesis as a framework. He’s a cofounder and resident of The Creative Space, and a cofounder of the BIL Conference (the open analog to the TED Conference).