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get_permalink( int|WP_Post $post, bool $leavename = false ): string|false

Retrieves the full permalink for the current post or post ID.

Parameters

$postint|WP_Postoptional
Post ID or post object. Default is the global $post.
$leavenamebooloptional
Whether to keep post name or page name.

Default:false

Return

string|false The permalink URL. False if the post does not exist.

More Information

In a Plugin or Theme, it can be used as early as the setup_theme Action. Any earlier usage, including plugins_loaded, generates a Fatal Error.

Note that when used outside The Loop on a posts page (index, archive, etc.) without the ID parameter, it will return the URL of the last post in The Loop, not the permalink for the current page.

Source

function get_permalink( $post = 0, $leavename = false ) {
	$rewritecode = array(
		'%year%',
		'%monthnum%',
		'%day%',
		'%hour%',
		'%minute%',
		'%second%',
		$leavename ? '' : '%postname%',
		'%post_id%',
		'%category%',
		'%author%',
		$leavename ? '' : '%pagename%',
	);

	if ( is_object( $post ) && isset( $post->filter ) && 'sample' === $post->filter ) {
		$sample = true;
	} else {
		$post   = get_post( $post );
		$sample = false;
	}

	if ( empty( $post->ID ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	if ( 'page' === $post->post_type ) {
		return get_page_link( $post, $leavename, $sample );
	} elseif ( 'attachment' === $post->post_type ) {
		return get_attachment_link( $post, $leavename );
	} elseif ( in_array( $post->post_type, get_post_types( array( '_builtin' => false ) ), true ) ) {
		return get_post_permalink( $post, $leavename, $sample );
	}

	$permalink = get_option( 'permalink_structure' );

	/**
	 * Filters the permalink structure for a post before token replacement occurs.
	 *
	 * Only applies to posts with post_type of 'post'.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param string  $permalink The site's permalink structure.
	 * @param WP_Post $post      The post in question.
	 * @param bool    $leavename Whether to keep the post name.
	 */
	$permalink = apply_filters( 'pre_post_link', $permalink, $post, $leavename );

	if (
		$permalink &&
		! wp_force_plain_post_permalink( $post )
	) {

		$category = '';
		if ( str_contains( $permalink, '%category%' ) ) {
			$cats = get_the_category( $post->ID );
			if ( $cats ) {
				$cats = wp_list_sort(
					$cats,
					array(
						'term_id' => 'ASC',
					)
				);

				/**
				 * Filters the category that gets used in the %category% permalink token.
				 *
				 * @since 3.5.0
				 *
				 * @param WP_Term  $cat  The category to use in the permalink.
				 * @param array    $cats Array of all categories (WP_Term objects) associated with the post.
				 * @param WP_Post  $post The post in question.
				 */
				$category_object = apply_filters( 'post_link_category', $cats[0], $cats, $post );

				$category_object = get_term( $category_object, 'category' );
				$category        = $category_object->slug;
				if ( $category_object->parent ) {
					$category = get_category_parents( $category_object->parent, false, '/', true ) . $category;
				}
			}
			/*
			 * Show default category in permalinks,
			 * without having to assign it explicitly.
			 */
			if ( empty( $category ) ) {
				$default_category = get_term( get_option( 'default_category' ), 'category' );
				if ( $default_category && ! is_wp_error( $default_category ) ) {
					$category = $default_category->slug;
				}
			}
		}

		$author = '';
		if ( str_contains( $permalink, '%author%' ) ) {
			$authordata = get_userdata( $post->post_author );
			$author     = $authordata->user_nicename;
		}

		/*
		 * This is not an API call because the permalink is based on the stored post_date value,
		 * which should be parsed as local time regardless of the default PHP timezone.
		 */
		$date = explode( ' ', str_replace( array( '-', ':' ), ' ', $post->post_date ) );

		$rewritereplace = array(
			$date[0],
			$date[1],
			$date[2],
			$date[3],
			$date[4],
			$date[5],
			$post->post_name,
			$post->ID,
			$category,
			$author,
			$post->post_name,
		);

		$permalink = home_url( str_replace( $rewritecode, $rewritereplace, $permalink ) );
		$permalink = user_trailingslashit( $permalink, 'single' );

	} else { // If they're not using the fancy permalink option.
		$permalink = home_url( '?p=' . $post->ID );
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the permalink for a post.
	 *
	 * Only applies to posts with post_type of 'post'.
	 *
	 * @since 1.5.0
	 *
	 * @param string  $permalink The post's permalink.
	 * @param WP_Post $post      The post in question.
	 * @param bool    $leavename Whether to keep the post name.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'post_link', $permalink, $post, $leavename );
}

Hooks

apply_filters( ‘post_link’, string $permalink, WP_Post $post, bool $leavename )

Filters the permalink for a post.

apply_filters( ‘post_link_category’, WP_Term $cat, array $cats, WP_Post $post )

Filters the category that gets used in the %category% permalink token.

apply_filters( ‘pre_post_link’, string $permalink, WP_Post $post, bool $leavename )

Filters the permalink structure for a post before token replacement occurs.

Changelog

VersionDescription
1.0.0Introduced.

User Contributed Notes