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Update paginate_links() to explicitly return null instead of void when the total number of pages is less than 2, and update the @return docblock to reflect this change.

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64694#ticket

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Update `paginate_links()` to explicitly return `null` instead
of void when the total number of pages is less than 2, and
update the `@return` docblock to reflect this change.

Fixes #64694.
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$total = (int) $args['total'];
if ( $total < 2 ) {
return;
return null;
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Does it raise backward compatibility issue?

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pento pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Feb 23, 2026
Developed in #10999

Follow-up to r32598.

Props apermo, mukesh27, westonruter
See #64238.
Fixes #64694.


git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@61719 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
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A commit was made that fixes the Trac ticket referenced in the description of this pull request.

SVN changeset: 61719
GitHub commit: fdafcd3

This PR will be closed, but please confirm the accuracy of this and reopen if there is more work to be done.

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markjaquith pushed a commit to markjaquith/WordPress that referenced this pull request Feb 23, 2026
Developed in WordPress/wordpress-develop#10999

Follow-up to r32598.

Props apermo, mukesh27, westonruter
See #64238.
Fixes #64694.

Built from https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@61719


git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@61027 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
@apermo apermo deleted the trac-64694 branch February 23, 2026 19:15
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