(WARNING: Semi-Advanced Content Below)
Whenever I shoot a really fantastic wedding or a completely rocking portrait session I always find myself struggling to pick just a few photos for posting to my blog. I hate to leave out even one shot that is an important part of telling the story. Of course, I don’t want to drive my viewers crazy with 15 minute loading times either.
So in order to satisfy my obsessive posting disorder (OPD) as well as keep sane loading times a priority I need to split my posts into multiple pages. This will allow an unlimited number of photos as well as keep the loading times to a minimum.
Sounds great, right!? Sounds complicated, right?
Basically there are 3 steps –
- Choose where to split the post.
- Tell WP where to put my page links.
- Make my page links pretty.
And here is the beautiful part! You only have to do steps 2 & 3 one time! After the first time you will only ever need to do step 1 on your large posts!
Check out the video for the details:
As promised, here is the various code you will need.
<!–nextpage–> < -- Should be 2 dashes on either side. If your browser shows it incorrectly you will need to fix it before adding it to your posts.
<? php wp_link_pages(); ?>
For more, in-depth information on styling page-links check out the WordPress Codex.
Post your questions and links to your own successfully split posts in the comments please!
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