wp_shortlink_wp_head()WP 3.0.0

Outputs a short link of the post as meta information. It is customary to output it in the HEAD part of the page.

Example of what the function outputs:

<link rel='shortlink' href='http://example.com/?p=253' />

The function is automatically called on the hook wp_head:

add_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_shortlink_wp_head', 10, 0 );

No Hooks.

Returns

null. Nothing (null). Outputs text on the screen.

Usage

wp_shortlink_wp_head();

Examples

0

#1 Cancel the short link to the post in the HTML <head> part of the web page

remove_action( 'wp_head', 'wp_shortlink_wp_head' );

Changelog

Since 3.0.0 Introduced.

wp_shortlink_wp_head() code WP 7.0

function wp_shortlink_wp_head() {
	$shortlink = wp_get_shortlink( 0, 'query' );

	if ( empty( $shortlink ) ) {
		return;
	}

	echo "<link rel='shortlink' href='" . esc_url( $shortlink ) . "' />\n";
}