How to Get URL of Current Page in WordPress

When using functions with WordPress, you’ll sometimes need to get the URL of the page you’re currently on.

Whether it is for a custom PHP code, snippet, or script, knowing how to get the current page URL is handy.

In this article, you’ll learn how to get the URL of the current page in WordPress.

Why Getting Page’s URL

There are many reasons to get a page’s link, depending on what the function tries to achieve.

For example, you can display the page’s URL and create a copy to clipboard button.

Other popular functions will need the current URL to display related posts at the bottom of every blog post.

Knowing how to get the current page URL is necessary and will become handy at some point or another.

Whatever the reason, getting the current page URL is a simple task, and the next section will teach you exactly how.

Get the Current Page’s URL in WordPress

The first couple of snippets in this article will work with any WordPress template file. The second part will be template-specific.

The codes will get the URL for any page type like single post, single page, the home page, taxonomies templates, search templates, custom post types, etc.

Using a child theme when working with WordPress core files is highly recommended. Please create a child theme if you don’t already have one before moving forward.

Use the code snippets below inside the functions.php file or within a custom plugin.

Use the code below to get the current page URL:

global $wp;
$current_url = home_url( add_query_arg( array(), $wp->request ) );

To get the last slug only of the current URL without the base part, use this:

global $wp;
$current_url = add_query_arg( array(), $wp->request );

For example, if your website is https://pluginsforwp.com/post-name the code above will return just the /post-name.

You can also use the add_query_arg function to add multiple queries to the URL, which can be very useful for search and filter components.

Get current URL in specific templates

When working with WordPress templates, you can use the specific code snippets below to utilize the template and get the current URL of the page.

The snippets are very similar to each other. Make sure to replace the second line of the code based on the template you’re using.

$queried_id = get_queried_object_id();
//SECOND LINE GOES HERE

For single.php or page.php, replace the second line of the code with:

$current_url = get_permalink( $queried_id );

If you would like to get the taxonomy URLs like category or tag, replace the second line of the code with:

$current_url = get_term_link( $queried_id );

Last, for the archive page URL, replace the second line of the code with:

$current_url = get_author_posts_url( $queried_id );

To get the home page URL (it doesn’t matter which page you’re on), use the code snippet below (you don’t need the first line above):

$current_url = home_url( '/' );

Conclusion

In this article, you learn how to get the URL of the current page in WordPress.

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