A collection of shortcodes for building links, images, or URLs to a given post/archive of any type.
As of April 2026, Post Link Shortcodes is a WordPress post url plugin with 40 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Alternative Slug by 010Pixel.
This plugin dynamically adds a collection of helpful shortcodes for each registered post type. These shortcodes can be used to return URLs, or generate HTML elements like anchors and images to the related post!
Each post type will have 2 shortcodes created for it where {type} is the name of the post type. Eg: post or page
[{type}_url]
[{type}_link]
If the post type was registered with has_archive, two more shortcodes will also be created:
[{type}_archive_url]
[{type}_archive_link]
NEW in 0.4.0:
If the post type supports thumbnail (featured images) two more shortcodes will also be created:
[{type}_src]
[{type}_img]
NEW in 0.4.0:
Attachment shortcodes
[attachment_src]
[attachment_img]
[post_src hello-world]
[post_img hello-world size=medium]
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| WordPress | 3.6+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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