diff --git a/wp-includes/link-template.php b/wp-includes/link-template.php
index 9244cff8a3..52080ea018 100644
--- a/wp-includes/link-template.php
+++ b/wp-includes/link-template.php
@@ -2337,13 +2337,17 @@ function posts_nav_link( $sep = '', $prelabel = '', $nxtlabel = '' ) {
  * Return navigation to next/previous post when applicable.
  *
  * @since 4.1.0
+ * @since 4.4.0 Introduced the `in_same_term`, `excluded_terms`, and `taxonomy` arguments.
  *
  * @param array $args {
  *     Optional. Default post navigation arguments. Default empty array.
  *
- *     @type string $prev_text          Anchor text to display in the previous post link. Default `%title`.
- *     @type string $next_text          Anchor text to display in the next post link. Default `%title`.
- *     @type string $screen_reader_text Screen reader text for nav element. Default 'Post navigation'.
+ *     @type string       $prev_text          Anchor text to display in the previous post link. Default '%title'.
+ *     @type string       $next_text          Anchor text to display in the next post link. Default '%title'.
+ *     @type bool         $in_same_term       Whether link should be in a same taxonomy term. Default false.
+ *     @type array|string $excluded_terms     Array or comma-separated list of excluded term IDs. Default empty.
+ *     @type string       $taxonomy           Taxonomy, if `$in_same_term` is true. Default 'category'.
+ *     @type string       $screen_reader_text Screen reader text for nav element. Default 'Post navigation'.
  * }
  * @return string Markup for post links.
  */
@@ -2351,12 +2355,29 @@ function get_the_post_navigation( $args = array() ) {
 	$args = wp_parse_args( $args, array(
 		'prev_text'          => '%title',
 		'next_text'          => '%title',
+		'in_same_term'       => false,
+		'excluded_terms'     => '',
+		'taxonomy'           => 'category',
 		'screen_reader_text' => __( 'Post navigation' ),
 	) );
 
 	$navigation = '';
-	$previous   = get_previous_post_link( '<div class="nav-previous">%link</div>', $args['prev_text'] );
-	$next       = get_next_post_link( '<div class="nav-next">%link</div>', $args['next_text'] );
+
+	$previous = get_previous_post_link(
+		'<div class="nav-previous">%link</div>',
+		$args['prev_text'],
+		$args['in_same_term'],
+		$args['excluded_terms'],
+		$args['taxonomy']
+	);
+
+	$next = get_next_post_link(
+		'<div class="nav-next">%link</div>',
+		$args['next_text'],
+		$args['in_same_term'],
+		$args['excluded_terms'],
+		$args['taxonomy']
+	);
 
 	// Only add markup if there's somewhere to navigate to.
 	if ( $previous || $next ) {
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 3edff20577..2d4e273252 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-34714';
+$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-34715';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.