How to get post slug from post in WordPress?

Question

I want to get \"abc_15_11_02_3\" from http://example.com/project_name/abc_15_11_02_3/. How can i do this?

Answer 1

Here is most advanced and updated version what cover many cases:

if(!function_exists('the_slug')):
    function the_slug($post_id=false, $echo=true) {
        global $product, $page;

        if(is_numeric($post_id) && $post_id == intval($post_id)) {} else {
            if(!is_object($post_id)){}else if(property_exists($post_id, 'ID')){
                $post_id = $post_id->ID;
            }
            if(empty($post_id) && property_exists($product, 'ID')) $post_id = $product->ID;
            if(empty($post_id)) $post_id =  get_the_ID();

            if(empty($post_id) && property_exists($page, 'ID')) $post_id =  $page->ID;
        }

        if(!empty($post_id))
            $slug = basename(get_permalink($post_id));
        else
            $slug = basename(get_permalink());
        do_action('before_slug', $slug);
        $slug = apply_filters('slug_filter', $slug);
        if( $echo ) echo $slug;
        do_action('after_slug', $slug);
        return $slug;
      }
endif;

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Answer 2

You can do this is in many ways like:

1- You can use Wordpress global variable $post :

<?php 
global $post;
$post_slug=$post->post_name;
?>

2- Or you can get use:

$slug = get_post_field( 'post_name', get_post() );

3- Or get full url and then use the PHP function parse_url:

$url      = "http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]";
$url_path = parse_url( $url, PHP_URL_PATH );
$slug = pathinfo( $url_path, PATHINFO_BASENAME );

I hope above methods will help you.

Answer 3

I came across this method and I use it to make div IDs the slug name inside the loop:

<?php $slug = basename( get_permalink() ); echo $slug;?>

Answer 4

Wordpress: Get post/page slug

<?php 
// Custom function to return the post slug
function the_slug($echo=true){
  $slug = basename(get_permalink());
  do_action('before_slug', $slug);
  $slug = apply_filters('slug_filter', $slug);
  if( $echo ) echo $slug;
  do_action('after_slug', $slug);
  return $slug;
}
?>
<?php if (function_exists('the_slug')) { the_slug(); } ?>