Post Navigation

Displays previous and next post navigation links for the current post. It is shown in the block inserter as Post Navigation and registered as canvas-core/post-navigation.

Select the block on a page and its own settings open in the sidebar, in the panels below:

The Post Navigation settings in the block editor sidebar

Settings

Each setting is named exactly as the block editor names it, followed by what it does and what it starts as. Where a setting carries a Shown when line, it stays hidden until that condition is met, which is the usual reason a setting looks missing from the sidebar:

Settings

  • Show Post TitleDefaultOn

    Names the neighbouring post beside each arrow, so a reader knows what they are moving to.

  • Show ThumbnailDefaultOn

    Not part of the current layout: has no visible effect.

  • LayoutDefaultInline arrows

    Bordered cards give each neighbour half the row, with a small caption over its title: the shape a long article closes on.

    ChoicesInline arrowsTwo bordered cards

  • Previous LabelDefaultPrevious

    Caption over the older neighbour's title. Shown by the bordered-cards layout only.

    Shown when Layout is "Two bordered cards"

  • Next LabelDefaultNext

    Caption over the newer neighbour's title. Shown by the bordered-cards layout only.

    Shown when Layout is "Two bordered cards"

Every Canvas block also carries the Animation, Scroll Effects and Advanced panels, which are described in Controls every Canvas block has.

Other blocks in Posts: Blog Archive Loop, Blog Loop, Blog Single Post, Post Archive Index, Post Author, Post Comments.

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