WordPress "Next Post" URL and Thumbnail

Question

I am a noobie. Building my new theme. I just need to get 3 separate data:

• $image = direct link to the next post thumb image (just the link)
• $name = Next post name
• $url = Next post URL

Looked at previous / next post with thumbnail dosnt work for me....

Thank you for any help)

Answer 1

You can use get_adjacent_post function for retrieving that data. This function retrieve adjacent post. Can either be next or previous post.

For previous post

<?php

  $prevpost = get_adjacent_post( false, '', true, 'category' );

  $image = get_the_post_thumbnail( $prevpost );
  $name = get_the_title( $prevpost );
  $url = get_permalink( $prevpost );

?>

For next post

<?php

  $nextpost = get_adjacent_post( false, '', false, 'category' );

  $image = get_the_post_thumbnail( $nextpost );
  $name = get_the_title( $nextpost );
  $url = get_permalink( $nextpost );

?>