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When displaying a single post, you might want to show links to the previous and next posts in the same category.
That’s fine; WordPress let’s you do this with <code>previous_post_link()</code> and <code>next_post_link()</code>.
But what if that post is in multiple categories?
What if the user came to that post from a tag page or from an author page? Wouldn’t it make more sense to display previous / next posts from that particular set?
Well, you can do this with a similar pair of functions, provided by this plugin: <code>previous_post_smart()</code> and <code>next_post_smart()</code>.
Here’s how it works:
Whenever a visitor goes to an archive page (category, tag, date, author, search etc.), the plugin notes which archive it is in a browser cookie.
Then, if the visitor goes to a single post from that archive page, the plugin generates the prev / next links based on the information in the cookie.
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Smarter Navigation

I have been looking into code this functionality myself but have been not able to make it work properly than i came across this plugin and it worked liked a charm on just installing it.



Worked like a charm

Generates more specific previous / next post links based on referrer.

Denis Buka

Creates navigation to next and previous posts specific to the category or tag a visitor came from. You can embed the navigation automatically or use a custom function <code>addIntNav()</code> in your template files. Customize the appearance with post thumbnails and labels. Swap next and previous post links mirror-wise. Bold links to the current category or tag. Optimized for use with caching plugins.
Features overview:
<ul>
<li>Add next/previous navigation links to your post specific to the category or tag a visitor came from. </li>
<li>Optionally highlight referrer link occurrances on page. </li>
<li>Insert navigation automatically above or below post content or use a custom function – <code>addIntNav()</code>. </li>
<li>Choose wheather navigation should contain labels and post thumbnails. </li>
<li>Swap next and previous links mirror-wise. </li>
<li>Optionally load navigation links in a frame if you’re using caching plugins on your site. </li>
</ul>
My other plugins:
<ul>
<li>Generate Cache (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/generate-cache/) </li>
<li>Drop in Dropbox (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/drop-in-dropbox/) </li>
</ul>
Links: <a href="http://steamingkettle.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Steaming Kettle Website Design & Video Production Studio</a>

Intuitive Navigation

Creates navigation to next and previous posts based on the category or tag a visitor came from.

Smarter Navigation vs Intuitive Navigation