First of all, this is not a question of 'how to remove', it's a question of 'should I remove'.
I've just noticed rel next
and prev
links on our single WordPress blogs. I'm not sure if they are new from an update, or if I have just never noticed them before.
Our blogs do not relate to each other in the way of a large blog written over many pages. They are all individual, with the first not having anything to do with the next.
My understanding of the rel next
/prev
tag is that they are used to link grouped pages together - like if you spread a single big blog over many pages. Or pagination on the WordPress archive pages.
As this is not the case in any of our single blogs, I want to know if I should remove the rel next
/prev
as I fear it could be sending the wrong message to search engines.
From my experience I would say it shouldn't be there, but as WordPress is the one adding it in, I thought I'd get some second opinions first.