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WordPress WordPress Theme Development The WordPress Loop Common WordPress Functions Used with the Loop

Eloise Adler
Eloise Adler
372 Points
Posted by Eloise Adler
Eloise Adler
372 Points

Wordpress 'get_permalink' not working?

Hi,

I want to link the title of the blog post to the blog post url, in my index page.

I have used the following code: <h1><a href><?php get_permalink(); ?><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>

However, this just links to the index page, that I am on. How can I get it to link to the page of the post?

Thanks, Eloise

2 Answers

Kenneth Kinsey
Kenneth Kinsey
14,897 Points
Kenneth Kinsey
Kenneth Kinsey
14,897 Points

With the get_permalink() function, it defaults to the root if not provided a post. I recommend reading through the WP docs if you're ever having issues with something like this: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_permalink/

Also, the <a> tag is a little off if that's how you're using it, and the finished line should look something like this: <h1><a href="<?php echo get_permalink($post); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>

Or, if you're using it within a WP loop (which it looks like you are), you could instead just use the_permalink() like this: <h1><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

The above should work at as well. I would "wrap" the a tag around the h1 and for the href use <?= get_post_permalink(); ?> that should also work. The main issue is wrapping the the h1 inside the anchor not the h1 wrapping inside the anchor.