Best prev-next plugins for WordPress
The most popular prev-next plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Post Category Prev-Next Link Fix leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Custom Menu Driven Prev/Next Links (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “prev-next” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 prev-next plugins
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Post Category Prev-Next Link FixThe most installed prev-next plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.Custom Menu Driven Prev/Next Links
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 2 plugins tagged “prev-next”

Post Category Prev-Next Link Fix
Up in the last 7 days:13#6,607by ketanambaliya1 year ago
Fixes the bug in category listing page pagination. When you are using permalink structure as %category%/%postname% , second page URL of category listi …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Menu Driven Prev/Next Links
Down in the last 7 days:1,276#32,038by CodingBee11 years ago
This plugin lets you display prev/next links at the bottom of your posts, and they are dictated by a custom menu.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day