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waughj/wp-post-link
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A simpler way to get link HTML by passing a post slug, ID, or WP\_Post object.

v0.2.8(6y ago)0841AGPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Jun 4Pushed 6y agoCompare

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WP Post Link
============

[](#wp-post-link)

A simpler way to get link HTML by passing a post slug, ID, or WP\_Post object.

Example
-------

[](#example)

Get post by slug:

```
use WaughJ\WPPostLink\WPPostLink;
$link = new WPPostLink([ 'slug' => 'contact-us' ]);
echo $link;

```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

### 0.2.8

[](#028)

- Fix getting post by slug so that it works for children of other pages
    - Previous version using slug inadvertedly seeked page by path, not slug. Now using a slug seeks by slug specifically

### 0.2.7

[](#027)

- Update TestHashItem dependency

### 0.2.6

[](#026)

- Make compatible with WordPress plugin rules

### 0.2.5

[](#025)

- Make compatible with WordPress plugin rules

### 0.2.4

[](#024)

- Make compatible with WordPress

### 0.2.3

[](#023)

- Make compatible with WordPress plugin rules

### 0.2.2

[](#022)

- Make default post\_type mo' inclusive
    - Make default post\_type mo' inclusive so that it includes all types o' posts 'stead o' just pages.

### 0.2.1

[](#021)

- Incorporate bugfix from HTMLLink

### 0.2.0

[](#020)

- Add PostType

### 0.1.0

[](#010)

- Create initial usable release

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~26 days

Recently: every ~59 days

Total

10

Last Release

2299d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11161078?v=4)[waughj](/maintainers/waughj)[@waughj](https://github.com/waughj)

---

Tags

wordpresslinkhtmlpost

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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