How can i add title attributes to next and previous post link functions

Question

It's a pretty simple question really! For some reason a title attribute is not appended to next_post_link and prev_post_link calls in Wordpress.

Anyone got any tips on this?

Thanks

Answer 1

Update

As I deleted the Repo on GitHub, here's a new answer.

add_filter( 'previous_post_link', 'wpse13044_adjacent_post_link_tooltip', 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'next_post_link', 'wpse13044_adjacent_post_link_tooltip', 10, 2 );
function wpse13044_adjacent_post_link_tooltip( $format, $link )
{
    $previous = 'previous_post_link' === current_filter();
    // Get the next/previous post object
    $post = get_adjacent_post(
         false
        ,''
        ,$previous
    );
    // Copypasta from cores `get_adjacent_post_link()` fn
    '' === $title = get_the_title( $post->ID );
        AND $title = $previous 
            ? sprint( __( 'Previous Post: %s', 'your_textdomain' ), $title )
            : sprint( __( 'Next Post: %s', 'your_textdomain' ), $title );

    $format = str_replace(
         'rel="'
        ,sprintf(
             'title="%s" rel="'
            ,$title
         )
        ,$format
    );

    return "<span class='some classes'>{$format}</span>";
}

Answer 2

I'm trying to do this right now as well. The filter function seems like the best bet.

This is where I'm at now, but I can't seem to get the title of the next or previous post and pass it to the filter.

Edit: Figured it out. A bit hackey probably, but it works.

add_filter('next_post_link','add_title_to_next_post_link');
function add_title_to_next_post_link($link) {
global $post;
$post = get_post($post_id);
$next_post = get_next_post();
$title = $next_post->post_title;
$link = str_replace("rel=", " title='".$title."' rel", $link);
return $link;
}

add_filter('previous_post_link','add_title_to_previous_post_link');
function add_title_to_previous_post_link($link) {
global $post;
$post = get_post($post_id);
$previous_post = get_previous_post();
$title = $previous_post->post_title;
$link = str_replace("rel=", " title='".$title."' rel", $link);
return $link;
}

Answer 3

A bit old perhaps, and I wasn't really sure on how to make a comment on a reply...

In short, after looking for the same solution I've modified Picard102's suggestion just a tiny bit:

/**
 * Filter previous_post_link and next_post_link
 */
function filter_next_post_link($link) {
    global $post;
    $post = get_post($post_id);
    $next_post = get_next_post();
    $title = $next_post->post_title;
    $link = str_replace("rel=", 'title="' . $title . '" rel=', $link);
    return $link;
}
add_filter('next_post_link', 'filter_next_post_link');

function filter_previous_post_link($link) {
    global $post;
    $post = get_post($post_id);
    $previous_post = get_previous_post();
    $title = $previous_post->post_title;
    $link = str_replace("rel=", 'title="' . $title . '" rel=', $link);
    return $link;
}
add_filter('previous_post_link', 'filter_previous_post_link');

Answer 4

you could use this plugin: post link plus. Has many additional configuration options that can come in handy for post navigation.

Answer 5

add_filter('next_posts_link_attributes', 'buckneked_posts_link_next_class');
function buckneked_posts_link_next_class() {
    return 'title="next-paginav"';
} 
add_filter('previous_posts_link_attributes', 'buckneked_posts_link_prev_class');
function buckneked_posts_link_prev_class() {
    return 'title="prev-paginav"';
} 

Answer 6

 add_filter('next_posts_link_attributes', '**function_name_for_next**');

 function **function_name_for_next**() {
     return 'title="next-paginav"';
 } 

 add_filter('previous_posts_link_attributes', '**function_name_for_prev**');

 function **function_name_for_prev**() {
     return 'title="prev-paginav"';
 }

next_posts_link_attributes and previous_posts_link_attributes are the hooks.

The return on the function adds that into the link's attributes... you can do almost anything you want with it.

Answer 7

No need for functions and filters all you need to do is to use get_adjacent_post instead of next_post_link and prev_post_link, Note that get_adjacent_post is used to get previous and next post, you can read about it here To get previous post and it's title attribute use this

$prev_post = get_adjacent_post(false, '', true);
if(!empty($prev_post)) {
echo '<a href="' . get_permalink($prev_post->ID) . '" title="' . $prev_post->post_title . '">' . $prev_post->post_title . '</a>'; }

To get next post and it's title attribute use this

$next_post = get_adjacent_post(false, '', false);
if(!empty($next_post)) {
echo '<a href="' . get_permalink($next_post->ID) . '" title="' . $next_post->post_title . '">' . $next_post->post_title . '</a>'; }