Make get_adjacent_post() work across custom post types
The previous answer it's not longer working. Check this one out
I came up with a new one, quite more simple:
- Paste this into your functions.php
function custom_posttype_get_adjacent_ID($direction = 'next', $type = 'post', $current) {
// Get all posts with this custom post type
$posts = get_posts('posts_per_page=-1&order=DESC&post_type='.$type);
$postsLength = sizeof($posts)-1;
$currentIndex = 0;
$index = 0;
$result = 0;
// Iterate all posts in order to find the current one
foreach($posts as $p){
if($p->ID == $current) $currentIndex = $index;
$index++;
}
if($direction == 'prev') {
// If it's 'prev' return the previous one unless it's the first one, in this case return the last.
$result = !$currentIndex ? $posts[$postsLength]->ID : $posts[$currentIndex - 1]->ID;
} else {
// If it's 'next' return the next one unless it's the last one, in this case return the first.
$result = $currentIndex == $postsLength ? $posts[0]->ID : $posts[$currentIndex + 1]->ID;
}
return $result;
}
Now wherever you need the next-prev post ID just use the function like this:
custom_posttype_get_adjacent_ID('prev', 'project', get_the_ID());
Comments:
- Feel free to replace the
get_the_ID()
for your current post ID if you feel like it. - First parameters expects to be 'next' or 'prev', it falls back to 'next'.
- Second parameter needs to be the custom post type name. You can find it in your
register_post_type()
function. It falls back to 'post'. - If the last parameter it's empty it won't work.
Examples:
If you want the next or prev post permalink you can use it like this:
<?php echo get_permalink(custom_posttype_get_adjacent_ID('prev', 'project', get_the_ID())); ?>
So with the tag it would look something like this:
<a href="<?php echo get_permalink(custom_posttype_get_adjacent_ID('prev', 'project', get_the_ID())); ?>">Previous Project</a>
Could not test it a lot so if it's not working in some cases let me know and I'll try to fix it / improve it.
It appears this question has been asked all over the interweb with no definite answer. So I created my own function from the original get_adjacent_post
and customized it for anyone else who needs it.
The Function
Drop this in your functions.php
/*
* Replacement for get_adjacent_post()
*
* This supports only the custom post types you identify and does not
* look at categories anymore. This allows you to go from one custom post type
* to another which was not possible with the default get_adjacent_post().
* Orig: wp-includes/link-template.php
*
* @param string $direction: Can be either 'prev' or 'next'
* @param multi $post_types: Can be a string or an array of strings
*/
function mod_get_adjacent_post($direction = 'prev', $post_types = 'post') {
global $post, $wpdb;
if(empty($post)) return NULL;
if(!$post_types) return NULL;
if(is_array($post_types)){
$txt = '';
for($i = 0; $i <= count($post_types) - 1; $i++){
$txt .= "'".$post_types[$i]."'";
if($i != count($post_types) - 1) $txt .= ', ';
}
$post_types = $txt;
}
$current_post_date = $post->post_date;
$join = '';
$in_same_cat = FALSE;
$excluded_categories = '';
$adjacent = $direction == 'prev' ? 'previous' : 'next';
$op = $direction == 'prev' ? '<' : '>';
$order = $direction == 'prev' ? 'DESC' : 'ASC';
$join = apply_filters( "get_{$adjacent}_post_join", $join, $in_same_cat, $excluded_categories );
$where = apply_filters( "get_{$adjacent}_post_where", $wpdb->prepare("WHERE p.post_date $op %s AND p.post_type IN({$post_types}) AND p.post_status = 'publish'", $current_post_date), $in_same_cat, $excluded_categories );
$sort = apply_filters( "get_{$adjacent}_post_sort", "ORDER BY p.post_date $order LIMIT 1" );
$query = "SELECT p.* FROM $wpdb->posts AS p $join $where $sort";
$query_key = 'adjacent_post_' . md5($query);
$result = wp_cache_get($query_key, 'counts');
if ( false !== $result )
return $result;
$result = $wpdb->get_row("SELECT p.* FROM $wpdb->posts AS p $join $where $sort");
if ( null === $result )
$result = '';
wp_cache_set($query_key, $result, 'counts');
return $result;
}
Usage
Basic use
// Custom post types can be array() or string
$post1 = mod_get_adjacent_post('prev', array('post', 'custom1', 'custom2'));
$post2 = mod_get_adjacent_post('next', 'custom2');
For creating prev/next links
<?php
$prev = mod_get_adjacent_post('prev', array('post', 'custom1', 'custom2'));
$next = mod_get_adjacent_post('next', array('post', 'custom1', 'custom2'));
?>
<?php if($prev) : ?>
<a href="<?php echo get_permalink($prev->ID)?>">« Go back in time</a>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if($next) : ?>
<a href="<?php echo get_permalink($next->ID)?>">Next: <?php echo $next->post_title; ?> »</a>
<?php endif; ?>
You can still modify the code if you still want to include the variables $in_same_cat
and $excluded_categories
but if you do then I suggest you use get_adjacent_post
instead since that's what it's for.