Best previous next posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular previous next posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Keep Pagination in Same Taxonomy (100+). All 2 plugins tagged “previous next posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 previous next posts plugins
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Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGensThe most installed previous next posts plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 48 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
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Keep Pagination in Same Taxonomy100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 2 plugins tagged “previous next posts”
Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens
Down in the last 7 days:34#9,984by Goran873 years ago
Adds sticky bar at the bottom of post that shows category,post title, author, time needed to read article, share buttons and previous/next post links
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(48)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Keep Pagination in Same Taxonomy
Up in the last 7 days:68#16,595by keith_wp1 year ago
Makes any previous/next post links use the same taxonomy as the current post.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day