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Get Next or Previous Collection Item Universal Filters

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getPreviousCollectionItem and getNextCollectionItem Jump to heading

Fetch the previous and next items in a collection when you pass in the current page object.

View this example in: Liquid Nunjucks 11ty.js Handlebars
Syntax Liquid
{% assign previousPost = collections.posts | getPreviousCollectionItem: page %}
{% assign nextPost = collections.posts | getNextCollectionItem: page %}

<!-- in v2.0.0-beta.1 the page argument is optional -->
{% assign previousPost = collections.posts | getPreviousCollectionItem %}
{% assign nextPost = collections.posts | getNextCollectionItem %}
Syntax Nunjucks
{% set previousPost = collections.posts | getPreviousCollectionItem(page) %}
{% set nextPost = collections.posts | getNextCollectionItem(page) %}

<!-- in v2.0.0-beta.1 the page argument is optional -->
{% set previousPost = collections.posts | getPreviousCollectionItem %}
{% set nextPost = collections.posts | getNextCollectionItem %}

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Useful when you’d like to link to the previous or next template in your collection:

View this example in: Liquid Nunjucks 11ty.js Handlebars

The Collections documentation outlines the default sorting algorithm and how to override it.

getCollectionItemIndex Added in v2.0.0-beta.1 Jump to heading

The getCollectionItemIndex filter returns the 0-based numeric index of the current (or passed) page in the collection.

View this example in: Liquid Nunjucks 11ty.js Handlebars
Syntax Liquid
{% assign index = collections.posts | getCollectionItemIndex %}

Or pass it in:
{% assign index = collections.posts | getCollectionItemIndex: page %}
Syntax Nunjucks
{% set index = collections.posts | getCollectionItemIndex %}

Or pass it in:
{% set index = collections.posts | getCollectionItemIndex(page) %}

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getCollectionItem Jump to heading

For completeness, a getCollectionItem filter is also included that fetches the current page from a collection.

View this example in: Liquid Nunjucks 11ty.js Handlebars
Syntax Liquid
{% assign currentPost = collections.posts | getCollectionItem: page %}

<!-- in 2.0 the page argument is optional -->
{% assign currentPost = collections.posts | getCollectionItem %}
Syntax Nunjucks
{% set currentPost = collections.posts | getCollectionItem(page) %}

<!-- in 2.0 the page argument is optional -->
{% set currentPost = collections.posts | getCollectionItem %}

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