WordPress links and permalink
A customised URL style can not only increase customer satisfaction but also make it easier to identify the location when issues occured.
Permalink Types
- Plain
http://example.com/?p=N - Pretty
http://example.com/2012/post-name/ - Almost Pretty
http://example.com/index.php/yyyy/mm/dd/post-name/
Structure Tags
- %year%
- %monthnum%
- %day%
- %hour%
- %minute%
- %second%
- %post_id%
- %postname%
- %category%
- %author%
check permalink structure
<?php if ( get_option('permalink_structure') ) { echo 'permalinks enabled'; } ?>
Category Base and Tag Base
example.net/wp/category_base/category_name
example.net/wp/tag_base/tag_name
Using Links
Bacis
<!-- Post -->
<a href="/index.php?p=123">Post Title</a>
<!-- Categories -->
<a href="/index.php?cat=7">Category Title</a>
<!-- Pages -->
<a href="/index.php?page_id=42">Page title</a>
<!-- Date-based Archives -->
<a href="/index.php?m=2015">2015</a>
<a href="/index.php?m=201501">Jan 2015</a>
<a href="/index.php?m=20150101">Jan 1, 2015</a>
Permalinks
<!-- Post -->
<a href="/index.php/archives/2005/04/22/my-sample-post/">Post Title</a>
<!-- Categories -->
<a href="/index.php/categories/testing/">Category Title</a>
<!-- Pages -->
<a href="/index.php/a-test-page">Page title</a>
<!-- Date-based Archives -->
<a href="/index.php/archives/2015">2015</a>
<a href="/index.php/archives/2015/01/">Jan 2015</a>
<a href="/index.php/archives/2015/01/01/">Jan 1, 2015</a>
Related Functions
wp_list_pages
<?php wp_list_pages('exclude=4&depth=1&sort_column=menu_order&title_li='); ?>
get_permalink
<?php echo get_permalink(ID); ?>