From 422fee0bc003a597697f5328c61b335159687472 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muhibul Haque <muhib.b4m@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 16:41:35 +0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Tests: Cover the_posts_navigation(). See #65819. Props
 devmuhib009.

---
 .../tests/link/getThePostsNavigation.php      | 44 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/link/getThePostsNavigation.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/link/getThePostsNavigation.php
index 0cb39b07453ee..4357d31062452 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/link/getThePostsNavigation.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/link/getThePostsNavigation.php
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 
 /**
- * Tests the `get_the_posts_navigation()` function.
+ * Tests for get_the_posts_navigation() and the_posts_navigation().
  *
  * @since 6.2.0
  *
  * @group link
  *
  * @covers ::get_the_posts_navigation
+ * @covers ::the_posts_navigation
  */
 class Tests_Link_GetThePostsNavigation extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
@@ -104,4 +105,45 @@ public static function data_get_the_posts_navigation() {
 			),
 		);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests that the_posts_navigation() echoes the navigation markup.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 65819
+	 *
+	 * @covers ::the_posts_navigation
+	 */
+	public function test_the_posts_navigation_echoes() {
+		$this->set_permalink_structure( '' );
+		$this->go_to( home_url( '/' ) );
+
+		global $wp_query, $paged;
+
+		$paged    = 2;
+		$wp_query = new WP_Query(
+			array(
+				'post_type'      => 'post',
+				'posts_per_page' => 1,
+				'paged'          => $paged,
+			)
+		);
+
+		add_filter(
+			'navigation_markup_template',
+			static function () {
+				return '<nav class="%1$s" aria-label="%4$s"><h2>%2$s</h2>%3$s</nav>';
+			}
+		);
+
+		$expected = '<nav class="echo-navigation" aria-label="Echo ARIA"><h2>Echo Reader</h2><div class="nav-previous"><a href="http://example.org/?paged=3" >Older posts</a></div><div class="nav-next"><a href="http://example.org/" >Newer posts</a></div></nav>';
+
+		$this->expectOutputString( $expected );
+		the_posts_navigation(
+			array(
+				'class'              => 'echo-navigation',
+				'screen_reader_text' => 'Echo Reader',
+				'aria_label'         => 'Echo ARIA',
+			)
+		);
+	}
 }

From aa9f085ebcff6127d7810cc2eeccf19597137da5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muhibul Haque <muhib.b4m@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 15:20:06 +0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Tests: Derive expected pagination URLs from home_url() in
 the_posts_navigation() tests.

---
 tests/phpunit/tests/link/getThePostsNavigation.php | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/link/getThePostsNavigation.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/link/getThePostsNavigation.php
index 4357d31062452..f3e1077e81015 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/link/getThePostsNavigation.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/link/getThePostsNavigation.php
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ public static function data_get_the_posts_navigation() {
 	 * Tests that the_posts_navigation() echoes the navigation markup.
 	 *
 	 * @ticket 65819
-	 *
-	 * @covers ::the_posts_navigation
 	 */
 	public function test_the_posts_navigation_echoes() {
 		$this->set_permalink_structure( '' );
@@ -135,7 +133,7 @@ static function () {
 			}
 		);
 
-		$expected = '<nav class="echo-navigation" aria-label="Echo ARIA"><h2>Echo Reader</h2><div class="nav-previous"><a href="http://example.org/?paged=3" >Older posts</a></div><div class="nav-next"><a href="http://example.org/" >Newer posts</a></div></nav>';
+		$expected = '<nav class="echo-navigation" aria-label="Echo ARIA"><h2>Echo Reader</h2><div class="nav-previous"><a href="' . esc_url( home_url( '/?paged=3' ) ) . '" >Older posts</a></div><div class="nav-next"><a href="' . esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ) . '" >Newer posts</a></div></nav>';
 
 		$this->expectOutputString( $expected );
 		the_posts_navigation(