get_self_link() │ WP 5.3.0

Gets the URL (link) of the current page (request) that triggered the currently running code.

For example, it will return the URL https://example.com, if we call this function on the homepage of the site.

See also: self_link().

1 time — 0.0135138 sec (extremely slow) | 50000 times — 0.80 sec (very fast)

No Hooks.

Returns

String. The correct link for the element atom:self.

Usage

get_self_link();

Examples

1

#1 Demo of what the function outputs on different pages

In short, the function always outputs exactly what is currently in the browser line. If it is not a browser request, it will output the URL to which the request was made.

echo get_self_link();

// Home: http://wptest.loc/
// Post page: http://wptest.loc/template-sticky/
// Admin (home): http://wptest.loc/wp-admin/
// Category (with custom parameters): http://wptest.loc/category/uncategorized/?foo=bar

Changelog

Since 5.3.0 Introduced.

get_self_link() code WP 6.9

wp-includes/feed.php 
function get_self_link() {
	$parsed = parse_url( home_url() );

	$domain = $parsed['host'];
	if ( isset( $parsed['port'] ) ) {
		$domain .= ':' . $parsed['port'];
	}

	return set_url_scheme( 'http://' . $domain . wp_unslash( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) );
}

URL query (request)

Helper Functions