how to retrieve the Slug of a page outside the loop

  • This is the most common tasks i have to do – how can i do it outside the loop (by passing the page ID)

    in other words:

    function get_parentSlug()
{
	global $post;
	$parentID = $post->post_parent;
        get_post_slug($parentID);
	return $parentSlug;
}

    except why is there no function called simply “get_post_slug”?! or even “get_post_name”

    it boggles the mind

    jake

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  • Thread Starter jake.carvey

    (@jakecarvey)

    i can easily retireve the title – but that is nearly worthless:

    function get_parentSlug()
{
	global $post;
	$parentSlug = get_the_title($post->post_parent);
	return $parentSlug;
}

    you might be able to do this via ‘get_post()’:

    function get_parentSlug()
{
  global $post;
  $parentSlug = '';
    if($post->post_parent) {
      $post_parent = get_post($post->post_parent);
      $parentSlug = $post_parent->post_name;
    } ;
  return $parentSlug;
}
    Thread Starter jake.carvey

    (@jakecarvey)

    excellent – that did the trick.

    I could have sworn I tried

    $post_parent->post_name;

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