How do I make “next post” not a link, title a link?

What theme are you using? Can you post a link to your site?

My blog is Living Well NLP.

I use a modified WP-Andreas01 theme.

Here’s the code I currently use on the Single Post template (single.php):

<div class="navigation">
<p><span class="prevlink"><?php previous_post(); ?></span></p>
<p><span class="prevlink"><?php next_post(); ?></p>
</div>

…and yes, I deliberately use the “prevlink” style on both Previous and Next links. ??

I’m guessing a little here, but is this what you want?

<div class="navigation">
<p><span class="prevlink">My Previous Post: <?php previous_post_link('%link'); ?></span></p>
<p><span class="prevlink">My Next Post: <?php next_post_link('%link'); ?></span></p>
</div>

See this reference.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/previous_post_link:
use <?php previous_post_link('%link'); ?> to get just the link;
write your fixed text infront of it.

workaround for the the first and last post:
(thanks to: https://digwp.com/2009/12/optimizing-wordpress-post-navigation/ ) – i leave it to you to get your formatting around it ??

<?php if(get_adjacent_post(false, '', false)) { echo 'Next article: '; next_post_link('%link'); } ; ?>
<br />
<?php if(get_adjacent_post(false, '', true)) { echo 'Previous article: '; previous_post_link('%link'); } ; ?>

@vtxyzzy:
i had my editing window open, so i missed your reply.
searching and reading the codex always helps ??

@alchymyth – like your answer with the first/last post workaround.

not mine – credits go to Jeff Starr ??