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URL Params

Short Code to grab any URL parameter from the Query String and display it or display conditional content.

By Jeremy B. Shapiro·URL·Free
5(37 reviews)
·8.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, URL Params is a WordPress url plugin with 8.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 37 reviews. It has been downloaded 101K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Custom Post Type Permalinks.

5/537 reviews
8.0K+active installs
0%resolved
15 yearssince 2011

Overview

The URL Params WordPress Plugin allows you to access URL parameters in the Query String of the URL.

The plugin even allows you to specify a default value in the shortcode if the parameter isn’t set, so if you want to say “Hello, FirstName” and FirstName isn’t set, it could say something like “Hello, Friend!”

To specify a backup url parameter, enter multiple parameters seperated by commas. The plugin will check for each parameter, in order, until a matching one is found and return that. Failing finding any of the parameters you listed, the default will be returned. For example, you can specify [urlparam param="FirstName, First, name" default="Friend" /] to check for FirstName, and if not found, then First, if not found, then name, and if not, then just r…

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Ratings & Reviews

537 reviews
5 ★
37
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Recent Reviews

Works well, very straightforward
by Larry Daniele·1 year ago·1 reply

I love when a plugin does just what it needs to do, simply and elegantly. Well done!

Love the advanced features
by Clifford Paulick·1 year ago

Thanks for making this a great free option!

Great!
by mikenco·2 years ago

This plugin works great and has got me out of a hole a few times now.

Great !
by thomas1999·2 years ago

Usefull and Easy

Very useful
by tompon·2 years ago

Quick and simple solution how to forward parameters to a post/page

Download Trends

Today: 22Yesterday: 19This week: 101Period total: 7K

Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v2.5
85.5%
Other
8.9%
v2.2
5.6%

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Changelog

  • 2.5: Released 4/20/2023 Security update to sanitize keys, attributes, and output tags. Added options page for custom tags and attributes. Special thanks to the Security Research team @ Automattic for the responsible disclosure and testing!
  • 2.4: Released 3/1/2023. Security update to patch against setting javascript event attributes (like onclick, onmouseover, etc)
  • 2.3: Released 1/21/2022. Bumped Tested Version to WordPress 5.8.3
  • 2.2: R…
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Contributors

Jeremy B. ShapiroJeremy B. Shapiro
Plugin Info
Version
2.5
Last Updated
Dec 17, 2024
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
6.7.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
8.0K+
Downloads
101K+
Added
Jun 26, 2011
Business
Free

Tags

urlurlparamurl paramsquery stringurl parameters

Developer

J
Jeremy B. Shapiro
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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