Slash Edit
Quickly edit your posts, pages, post types, users, archives, and terms with a simple "/edit" shortcut at the end.
5(8 reviews)
·500 active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, Slash Edit is a WordPress edit plugin with 500 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 12K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Top alternative: Forget About Shortcode Buttons.
5/58 reviews
500active installs
12K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
Quickly edit posts, pages, custom post types, users, archives, and terms (tags and categories) by adding a “/edit” to the end of the URL. If you are not logged in, you will be prompted to log in in order to edit the item. Please note that only those with Editor privileges and above can quick-edit content.
Send clients pretty URLs to the admin instead of a ton of query variables!
https://domain.com/about/editinstead ofhttps://domain.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=5&action=edit
The “/edit” functionality also works on author, taxonomy archives, post type archives, and if you have a page assigned as your front page of your site. If you try to edit from a blog archive, you’ll be taken to Settings->Reading.
This is useful if:
- You are not logged in, and wa…
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Ratings & Reviews
58 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.9.1+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.2.0
- Updated 2025-12-06
- Security fix: Adding
/editcan expose IDs that are otherwise private. Update for a better login workflow. As a security precaution, only those with Editor privileges and above can quickly edit items. - New feature: Allow terms and child terms to be editable.
- New feature: Adding
/editto a blog archive redirects to Settings->Reading. - New feature: Editing a post type archive will redirect to post list screen for the archive.
…and 1 more changes
Contributors
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