Post Navigation Link

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• Attributes
• Supports
• Context
• CSS Selectors
• Block Markup
• Source

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Displays the next or previous post link that is adjacent to the current post.

• Name: core/post-navigation-link
• Category: theme
• API Version: 3
• Block Type: Dynamic (server-rendered)

Attributes

Defined via the attributes property in block.json.

Attribute	Type	Default	Description
type	string	"next"	—
label	string	—	Role: content
showTitle	boolean	false	—
linkLabel	boolean	false	—
arrow	string	"none"	—
taxonomy	string	""	—

Supports

Defined via the supports property in block.json.

• anchor: true
• reusable: false
• html: false
• background:
  • backgroundImage: true
  • backgroundSize: true
  • gradient: true
• color:
  • link: true
• typography:
  • fontSize: true
  • lineHeight: true
  • textAlign: true
• shadow: true
• interactivity:
  • clientNavigation: true
• dimensions:
  • minHeight: true
  • minWidth: true
• spacing:
  • margin: true
  • padding: true

Context

Defined via the usesContext and providesContext properties in block.json.

Uses context:

• postType

CSS Selectors

Defined via the selectors property in block.json.

• background: .wp-block-post-navigation-link:not(:empty)
• border: .wp-block-post-navigation-link:not(:empty)
• dimensions: .wp-block-post-navigation-link:not(:empty)
• shadow: .wp-block-post-navigation-link:not(:empty)
• spacing: .wp-block-post-navigation-link:not(:empty)

Block Markup

This is a dynamic block. It is rendered on the server and does not save HTML in post content.

In post content, it is stored as a block comment:

<!-- wp:post-navigation-link {"type":"next"} /-->

Source

• block.json (reference)
• Source directory — browse the edit and save source files, index.php, and more.