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title: Pages Methods
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description: Pages is the core page collection in Hugo and has many useful methods.
date: 2019-10-20
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title: "methods defined on a page collection"
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Also see [List templates](/templates/lists) for an overview of sort methods.
## .Next PAGE
`.Next` and `.Prev` on `Pages` work similar to the methods with the same names on `.Page`, but are more flexible (and slightly slower) as they can be used on any page collection.
`.Next` points **up** to the next page relative to the page sent in as the argument. Example: `{{with .Site.RegularPages.Next . }}{{.RelPermalink}}{{end}}`. Calling `.Next` with the first page in the collection returns `nil`.
## .Prev PAGE
`.Prev` points **down** to the previous page relative to the page sent in as the argument. Example: `{{with .Site.RegularPages.Prev . }}{{.RelPermalink}}{{end}}`. Calling `.Prev` with the last page in the collection returns `nil`.