Wordpress rel next & previous for SEO

[SEOhughesm]

Hi,

I have implemented this function into my wordpress theme. However,  I can only get the prev rel to show up. Does anyone have an idea?

function rel_next_prev(){
global $paged;

if ( get_previous_posts_link() ) { ?>
}

if ( get_next_posts_link() ) { ?>
}

}
add_action( 'wp_head', 'rel_next_prev' );
?>

[Andy.Drinkwater]

I know this might sound like a bit of a daft question, but you do have a page 2 of your blog? And if so, when you view the source of that page, do you see something like this?"prev"` `href="http://example.com/"> **``"next" href=``"http://example.com/page/2/"``>``** -Andy

[SEOhughesm]

I have page 2, 3, 4 etc.

Somehow the get_next_posts_link() is not fetching anything.  In my source, I only have no matter what page I'm on, and it's always fetching the prev link correctly.

[Andy.Drinkwater]

This exact question has also been asked on here previously, but without a solution I'm afraid.

I would guess it is something within the theme that is causing this - but what, I do not know. The Yoast SEO plugin is supposed to handle this somehow, but it seems no-one knows how.

Sorry I can't be more help on this one.

-Andy

[evolvingSEO]

Hi There

I also do not know how this is done at the coding level in WordPress. The Yoast plugin handles it automatically - that's probably the least painful to get it implemented!