Previous/next post navigation error

  • Resolved bobjones

    (@bobjones)


    9 years, 5 months ago

    Previous/next post navigation for my latest post is skipping the previous post and going back three posts before that one.

    The second most-recent post (the one before the latest post) does not show a next post link at all, but does link correctly to previous posts.

    I just updated to WordPress 4.7. Any idea of this created the problem, or could there be another issue?

    I’ve tried de-activating plugins, with no effect.

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    9 years, 5 months ago

    – Flushing any caching plugins you might be running, as well as server and/or browser caches. Not just your browser, but any op cache or content network cache as well such as Cloudflare. If your host provider has a “Purge Varnish” option or if you can ask your provider to flush memcache on your server.
    – If that does not resolve the issue, keep all plugins deactivated and try switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty Seventeen) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins). If you don’t have access to your admin area, use FTP , or your web-host’s cPanel or whatever file management application your host provides (no Dashboard access required). Navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and switch to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder by adding “-old” to the end of the folder name. Alternately, you can remove other themes except the default theme. That will force your site to use it.

    Thread Starter bobjones

    (@bobjones)

    9 years, 5 months ago

    If that does not resolve the issue, keep all plugins deactivated and try switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty Seventeen) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).

    The WordPress update did not install the 2017 theme. That’s another issue entirely.

    However, I did try 2016 and 2015 and sure enough, post navigation works fine.

    Thanks for your reply!

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    9 years, 5 months ago

    You are welcome 🙂

    Thread Starter bobjones

    (@bobjones)

    9 years, 5 months ago

    I’ve alerted the theme developer.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    9 years, 5 months ago

    Thanks 🙂

    Thread Starter bobjones

    (@bobjones)

    9 years, 4 months ago

    Well, now I face a conundrum.

    The developer refuses to acknowledge the issue, although it’s clearly related to the Colorlib Sparkling theme. When I change to any of the default WordPress themes, page navigation works correctly.

    Any idea where I might look in the theme templates to try to track down the navigation issue myself?

    Thanks.

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