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Permalink Shortcode is a relatively simple plugin that implements a shortcode that you can use to link to existing posts and pages on your site. The shortcode also supports a number of HTML attributes (see below).
While WordPress does include a feature that allows you to link to existing content, this feature only inserts a “static” link. If you were to change the slug for that post or page, previously inserted links would no longer be valid.
The permalink shortcode can be used in two forms:
<ol>
<li>Standard: <code><a href="[permalink wpid='123']">link text</a></code></li>
<li>Enclosing: <code>[permalink wpid="123"]link text[/permalink]</code></li>
</ol>
(Note the single quotes used in the standard form example above. Using double quotes in this situation will not work.)
<h4>Supported Attributes</h4>
The following attributes are available in both the shortcode’s standard form and its enclosing form:
<ul>
<li><code>wpid</code>: The ID number of the post or page to which you want a link.</li>
<li><code>query</code>: The part of a URL that comes after the ‘?’ (e.g. “?foo=bar”). The ‘?’ is optional and will be added automatically if not included.</li>
<li><code>fragment</code>: The part of the URL that comes after the ‘#’ (e.g. “#comments”). The ‘#’ is optional and will be added automatically if not included.</li>
</ul>
The following HTML attributes are available only in the shortcode’s enclosing form:
<ul>
<li><code>accesskey</code></li>
<li><code>charset</code></li>
<li><code>class</code></li>
<li><code>dir</code></li>
<li><code>hreflang</code></li>
<li><code>id</code></li>
<li><code>lang</code></li>
<li><code>media</code></li>
<li><code>rel</code></li>
<li><code>rev</code></li>
<li><code>style</code></li>
<li><code>target</code></li>
<li><code>title</code></li>
<li><code>type</code></li>
</ul>
Things to be aware of with some of the above attributes:
<ul>
<li>In the enclosing form, the CSS class name <code>permalink-shortcode</code> is always added to the <code>class</code> attribute, even if you don’t specify any class names yourself.</li>
<li>In the enclosing form, if no value is given for the <code>title</code> attribute, the post or page title will be used.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Usage Examples</h4>
Simple link (standard form):
<blockquote>
<code><a href="[permalink wpid='123']">link text</a></code>
</blockquote>
Result:
<blockquote>
<code><a href="http://www.example.com/hello-world/">link text</a></code>
</blockquote>
Simple link (enclosing form):
<blockquote>
<code>[permalink wpid="123"]link text[/permalink]</code>
</blockquote>
Result:
<blockquote>
<code><a href="http://www.example.com/hello-world/" class="permalink-shortcode" title="Hello, world!">link text</a></code>
</blockquote>
Linking to the Comments section of a post (standard form):
<blockquote>
<code><a href="[permalink wpid='123']#comments">link text</a></code>
…or…
<code><a href="[permalink wpid='123' fragment='comments']">link text</a></code>
</blockquote>
Result:
<blockquote>
<code><a href="http://www.example.com/hello-world/#comments">link text</a></code>
</blockquote>
Adding a custom CSS class and title (enclosing form):
<blockquote>
<code>[permalink wpid="123" class="my-class" title="Some Other Page"]link text[/permalink]</code>
</blockquote>
Result:
<blockquote>
<code><a href="http://www.example.com/hello-world/" class="permalink-shortcode my-class" title="Some Other Page">link text</a></code>
</blockquote>

Permalink Shortcode

Provides a shortcode that allows you to insert permalinks into your content.

Fortes

The Top Level Categories plugin allows you to remove the prefix before the URL to your category page. For example, instead of http://fortes.com/category/work, I use http://fortes.com/work for the address my “work” category. WordPress doesn’t allow you to have a blank prefix for categories (they insert <code>category/</code> before the name), this plugin works around that restriction.
<h3>Known Issues / Bugs</h3>
<ol>
<li>This plugin will not work if you have a permalink structure like <code>%postname</code> or <code>%category%/%postname%</code> — there is currently no workaround</li>
</ol>
<h3>Uninstall</h3>
<ol>
<li>Deactivate the plugin</li>
<li>That’s it! 🙂</li>
</ol>

Top Level Categories

This plugin allows you to remove the prefix before the URL to your category page (e.g. example.com/dogs instead of example.com/category/dogs)

Permalink Shortcode vs Top Level Categories