Jason

<p>This plugin retrieves the permalink URL for a page or post based on the ID with the shortcode [permalink].</p>
<h4>What’s the point of this plugin?</h4>
<p>In creating my own sites with WordPress, I started noticing that I like to link to articles within other articles. Then I’m always changing my mind about stuff, messing around with page/post slugs, and screwing with my permalinks. It’s very annoying to then have to go back and change links wherever I placed them.</p>
<p>This plugin is pretty simple. It just retrieves the URL of a page or post based on WordPress’s unique, numerical ID for it, which never changes. For me personally, using the [permalink] shortcode every time I link to another page or post within my site makes life easier because I don’t have to worry about the URL changing. Also, when I move my site from my local dev server to the live web server, I don’t have to worry about any of these links.</p>
<p>Anyways, I thought what the heck, why not share? — I keep pasting this code snippet in all my personal website themes anyway.</p>
<p>However, keep in mind this plugin will be more useful for people like me who are always working under the HTML tab when editing pages and posts. If you’re looking for a similar shortcode that constructs the entire HTML link for you, check out <a href="http://justintadlock.com/archives/2008/09/19/get-permalink-wordpress-plugin" title="Get Permalink Plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">this plugin</a> by Justin Tadlock.</p>
<h4>Usage Examples</h4>
<p>Since all this plugin does is retrieve the URL to the post or page, you need to format a standard HTML link in whatever way you normally would. Then, instead manually writing in the post or page’s URL, you retrieve it with the [permalink] shortcode. Inside, you reference the WordPress’s numeric ID for the post or page.</p>
<pre><code><a href="[permalink id="123"]">Your Text</a>

<a href="[permalink id="123"]" title="Your Link Title">Your Text</a>

<a href="[permalink id="123"]#some_section_of_page">Your Text</a>
</code></pre>
<h4>Extended Usage Examples</h4>
<p>In v1.0.1, I added the optional feature to allow you to use a page’s slug to reference the permalink you’re trying to retrieve.</p>
<pre><code><a href="[permalink slug="your-page"]">Your Text</a>
</code></pre>
<p>If you’re referencing anything other than a page, you need to specify the post type with the optional “post_type” parameter.</p>
<pre><code><a href="[permalink slug="your-post" post_type="post"]">Your Text</a>
</code></pre>
<p><strong>If you can use the Post ID, it will consume less resources on your server to retrieve the permalinks that way.</strong></p>
<p>So why use the slug at all? Why not just always use the ID? Well personally, I added this in for myself. When I setup demo websites for my WordPress themes, I’m always importing many of the same pages that innerlink with eachother. As you know, when importing pages and posts between different websites, ID’s will generally change. By using this shortcode and referencing page/post slugs, I can keep URL’s intact when I’m importing/exporting pages to different websites.</p>


Simple Permalink

WORK

This plugin retrieves the permalink URL for a page or post based on the ID with the shortcode [permalink].

<p>When using a theme with Theme Blvd framework version 2.1+, this plugin allows you to set featured image link options globally throughout your site.</p>
<h4>The Problem</h4>
<p>The Theme Blvd framework has an intricate internal system for displaying posts and their respective featured images. You can choose from many different options as far as what link wraps each post’s featured image. However, this can only be done individually for each post. By default, when you create a new post, this setting will always start at “Featured Image is not a link.”</p>
<p>This is a problem if you’re creating a site where you want all featured images to do one action because then you’d have to change the “Featured Image Link” setting for each post you create, one-by-one. Unfortunately, with the logic of the framework the way it is, there’s really no good way for us to accommodate this without losing other aspects.</p>
<h4>The Solution</h4>
<p>So, this plugin is your solution — a bit of a “hack” to allow you do to accomplish this. When you install the plugin, two new options will be added to your Theme Options at <em>Appearance > Theme Options > Configuration</em>.</p>
<p>The two options will apply to <strong>ALL</strong> of your posts that currently have the default setting, “Featured Image is not a link.” — See screenshots tab for a quick peak.</p>


Theme Blvd Featured Image Link Override

When using a theme with Theme Blvd framework version 2.1+, this plugin allows you to set featured image link options globally throughout your site.

Simple Permalink vs Theme Blvd Featured Image Link Override