How can I add Prev/Next buttons to articles in Webflow and link them to nearby articles/posts using a modified solution with additional variables?

You can add Prev/Next buttons to Webflow blog posts by using Collection Lists and custom attributes to retrieve nearby items dynamically. Since Webflow doesn’t provide built-in previous/next linking, we can achieve this using JavaScript and CMS sorting.

1. Create the CMS Collection Structure

• Ensure your Blog Posts CMS Collection has fields for Name (Title) and Published Date (or another ordering criteria).
• Optionally, add a Unique ID field (e.g., Slug or Auto-generated number).

2. Add Collection List with Sorting in Webflow

• Add a Collection List inside your blog post template.
• Bind it to the Blog Posts Collection.
• Sort the list by Published Date (Newest to Oldest) to ensure chronological order.

3. Add Custom Attributes for Retrieval

• Inside the Collection List Wrapper, add a custom attribute to each blog link block (or div) containing:
• data-post-id = Slug or unique post identifier.
• data-prev-id = Webflow CMS field for the previous post slug.
• data-next-id = Webflow CMS field for the next post slug.

4. Add Prev/Next Buttons in the Template

• Place two buttons below the article:
• A Previous Post button with the class .prev-post
• A Next Post button with the class .next-post
• Optionally, set placeholder visibility to display: none until a link is available.

5. Use JavaScript to Dynamically Link Buttons

• Add a custom embed in your page’s Footer or in a Code Embed section:
  ```js
  document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
  let currentPost = document.querySelector("[data-post-id]");
  if (!currentPost) return;

  let prevID = currentPost.getAttribute("data-prev-id");let nextID = currentPost.getAttribute("data-next-id");let prevButton = document.querySelector(".prev-post");let nextButton = document.querySelector(".next-post");if (prevID) {    prevButton.href = `/blog/${prevID}`;    prevButton.style.display = "block";}if (nextID) {    nextButton.href = `/blog/${nextID}`;    nextButton.style.display = "block";}

  });
  ```

• Adjust /blog/ if your collection URL uses a different slug format.

6. Publish and Test

• Publish your Webflow site.
• Navigate between blog posts and verify that the Prev/Next buttons appear only when applicable.
• Ensure the buttons navigate correctly to adjacent posts.

Summary

You can add Prev/Next buttons to a Webflow blog using CMS fields, Collection Lists, and JavaScript to retrieve nearby post data dynamically. This solution works well as Webflow does not natively support inline navigation between CMS items.