In your plugins folder create a folder named “previous”. In this folder you create the file syntax.php with the following content

<?php
/**
 * DokuWiki Plugin previous (Syntax Component)
 *
 * @license GPL 2 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 * @author  Theo Klein <tr.klein@tvm.nl>
 */
 
// must be run within Dokuwiki
if (!defined('DOKU_INC')) die();
 
if (!defined('DOKU_LF')) define('DOKU_LF', "\n");
if (!defined('DOKU_TAB')) define('DOKU_TAB', "\t");
if (!defined('DOKU_PLUGIN')) define('DOKU_PLUGIN',DOKU_INC.'lib/plugins/');
 
require_once DOKU_PLUGIN.'syntax.php';
 
class syntax_plugin_previous extends DokuWiki_Syntax_Plugin {
    function getType()  { return 'substition'; }
    function getPType() { return 'block'; }
    function getSort()  { return 304; }
 
 
    function connectTo($mode) { $this->Lexer->addSpecialPattern('{{goback>.*?}}',$mode,'plugin_previous'); }
 
 
    function handle($match, $state, $pos, &$handler){
		$match = substr($match, 8, -2);
        list($url, $alt)   = explode('>',$match,2);
 
 
        // set defaults
        $opts = array(
                    'alt'    => $alt,
                );
        return $opts;
    }    
 
 
	function render($mode, &$R, $data) {
        if($mode != 'xhtml') return false;
 
        if(!$data['url']){
            $R->doc .= '<div class="plugin_previous">';
            $R->doc .= '<a href="javascript:history.go(-1)" title="'.hsc($data['alt']).'">';
            $R->doc .= hsc($data['alt']);
            $R->doc .= '</a>';
            $R->doc .= '</div>';
        }else{
            $opts = array(
                        'title' => $data['alt'],
                        'src'   => $data['url'],
                        'style' => 'width:'.$data['width'].'; height:'.$data['height'],
                        );
            if(!$data['border']) $opts['frameborder'] = 0;
            if(!$data['scroll']) $opts['scrolling'] = 'no';
            if($data['align'])   $opts['align'] = $data['align'];
            $params = buildAttributes($opts);
 
            $R->doc .= '<div class="plugin_previous">';
            $R->doc .= '<a href="javascript:history.go(-1)" title="'.hsc($data['alt']).'">';
            $R->doc .= hsc($data['alt']);
            $R->doc .= '</a>';
            $R->doc .= '</div>';
        }
        return true;
	}
}
 
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If you want an other color or anything; create a style.css file within the Previous map, with for example:

div.plugin_previous a{
  color: #007500 !important;
}

The use is fairly easy, since this plugin was created for one purpose only: go back!

Syntax examples:

{{goback>TEXT}}

or

{{goback>or multiple words..}}

You can use any text you want, it will display as a ordinary link.

Keep in mind this plugin will only go back one page in your current browser (or tab) history. It does not work on breadcrumbs (which can be a combination of various sessions in multiple windows/tabs).

Should anyone have questions… here's the place