How-To Link to the First and Last Posts for the Category of the Current Page

FIRST:

<?php
$categories = get_the_category();
if ( count( $categories ) ) {
$category = array_shift( $categories );
$cat_id = $category->cat_ID;

//get array of Posts for Category, default is ‘order by date’, set it to Ascending instead of default Descending
$args = array( ‘category’ => $cat_id, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’ );
$posts = get_posts( $args );

//display

• link that jumps to first item in Posts Array
  $link = $posts[0]->guid;
  echo ‘<anch href=’.$link.’>FIRST</anch>’;
  }
  ?>

LAST:

<?php
$categories = get_the_category();
if ( count( $categories ) ) {
//get array of Posts for Category, default is ‘order by date’, set it to Ascending instead of default Descending
$args = array( ‘category’ => $cat_id, ‘order’ => ‘DESC’ );
$posts2 = get_posts( $args );

//display

link that jumps to first item in Posts Array
$link2 = $posts2[0]->guid;
echo ‘<anch href=’.$link2.’>LATEST</anch>’;
}
?>

I asked about this a few times here and never got a response. In case someone from the future comes a’lookin’, here’s how I actually did it.