{"id":3341,"date":"2014-07-07T15:45:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T15:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2014\/07\/07\/get-permalink-wordpress-function\/"},"modified":"2021-05-26T09:43:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T13:43:29","slug":"get-permalink-wordpress-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/get-permalink-wordpress-function\/","title":{"rendered":"The get_permalink() WordPress function"},"content":{"rendered":"

Within your WordPress theme or plugin, you may need to obtain the post permalink. In this article, we will introduce you to the get_permalink()<\/em> function which you may use to obtain the permalink of either your current post or another desired post.<\/p>\n

If you would like more information on creating WordPress plugins, see our tutorial series on creating your first WordPress plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Basic usage<\/h2>\n

<?php $permalink = get_permalink( $id ); ?><\/p>\n

This this example, we are simply getting the post permalink from a desired post using the $id<\/em> parameter, and assigning it to the $permalink<\/em> variable.<\/p>\n

Parameters<\/h3>\n

$id<\/strong>: This optional parameter allows you to manually define the ID of the post that you want to get the permalink of. This parameter takes an integer such as 5<\/em> for post ID 5.<\/p>\n

$leavename<\/strong>: This optional parameter takes a true<\/em> or false<\/em> boolean operator. Instead of displaying the full permalink, it will display your permalink structure such as https:\/\/example.com\/%postname%\/<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Examples<\/h2>\n

Display the permalink of a specific post<\/h3>\n

In the following code example, we are getting the permalink of the post with ID 5, and assigning it to a variable. Then, we are displaying the contents of that variable:<\/p>\n

<?php
\n$permalink = get_permalink(5);
\necho $permalink;
\n?><\/p>\n

Display the permalink structure of a specific post<\/h3>\n

In this example, we are getting the permalink structure of the post with ID 5 and assigning it to a new variable. Then, we are displaying that permalink structure:<\/p>\n

<?php
\n$permalink = get_permalink(5, true);
\necho $permalink;
\n?><\/p>\n

References<\/h2>\n

For more information on the get_permalink()<\/em> WordPress function, take a look at the get_permalink()<\/em> WordPress Codex page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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