rel="next" attribute in Shop page with no pagination

[maybellyne]

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When the WooCommerce Shop page is set to display only categories, and you have a few that shouldn't result in pagination, we add the rel="next" attribute. However, there's no real /page/2/.

To Reproduce

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Create a few product categories
2. In WordPress > Appearance > Customize > WooCommerce > Product Catalog > Shop page display, choose Categories

Expected results

1. Categories are displayed on the Shop page
2. rel="next" attribute is not added since there are only a few categories that don't warrant pagination

Actual results

1. rel="next" attribute is added with non-existent /page/2/

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• WordPress version: 6.5.2
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• Yoast SEO version: 22.5
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• Relevant plugins in case of a bug: WooCommerce v8.8.2

[maybellyne]

+1 https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-rel-even-if-no-previous-or-next-page/