How to get post slug from post in WordPress?

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1. You can get that using the following methods:

   <?php $post_slug = get_post_field( 'post_name', get_post() ); ?>
   

   Or You can use this easy code:

   <?php
       global $post;
       $post_slug = $post->post_name;
   ?>
   

2. If you want to get slug of the post from the loop then use:

   global $post;
   echo $post->post_name;
   

   ---

   If you want to get slug of the post outside the loop then use:

   $post_id = 45; //specify post id here
   $post = get_post($post_id); 
   $slug = $post->post_name;
   

3. You can do this is in many ways like:

   1- You can use WordPress global variable $post :

   <?php 
   global $post;
   $post_slug=$post->post_name;
   ?>
   

   2- Or you can get use:

   $slug = get_post_field( 'post_name', get_post() );
   

   3- Or get full url and then use the PHP function parse_url:

   $url      = "http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]";
   $url_path = parse_url( $url, PHP_URL_PATH );
   $slug = pathinfo( $url_path, PATHINFO_BASENAME );
   

   I hope above methods will help you.

4. this simple code worked for me:

   $postId = get_the_ID();
   $slug = basename(get_permalink($postId));
   echo $slug;
   

5. Best option to do this according to WP Codex is as follow.

   Use the global variable $post:

   <?php 
       global $post;
       $post_slug = $post->post_name;
   ?>
   

6. WordPress: Get post/page slug

   <?php 
   // Custom function to return the post slug
   function the_slug($echo=true){
     $slug = basename(get_permalink());
     do_action('before_slug', $slug);
     $slug = apply_filters('slug_filter', $slug);
     if( $echo ) echo $slug;
     do_action('after_slug', $slug);
     return $slug;
   }
   ?>
   <?php if (function_exists('the_slug')) { the_slug(); } ?>
   

7. You can retrieve it from the post object like so:

   global $post;
   $post->post_name;
   

8. use global variable $post

   <?php 
       global $post;
       $post_slug=$post->post_name;
   ?>
   

9. Here is most advanced and updated version what cover many cases:

   if(!function_exists('the_slug')):
       function the_slug($post_id=false, $echo=true) {
           global $product, $page;
   
           if(is_numeric($post_id) && $post_id == intval($post_id)) {} else {
               if(!is_object($post_id)){}else if(property_exists($post_id, 'ID')){
                   $post_id = $post_id->ID;
               }
               if(empty($post_id) && property_exists($product, 'ID')) $post_id = $product->ID;
               if(empty($post_id)) $post_id =  get_the_ID();
   
               if(empty($post_id) && property_exists($page, 'ID')) $post_id =  $page->ID;
           }
   
           if(!empty($post_id))
               $slug = basename(get_permalink($post_id));
           else
               $slug = basename(get_permalink());
           do_action('before_slug', $slug);
           $slug = apply_filters('slug_filter', $slug);
           if( $echo ) echo $slug;
           do_action('after_slug', $slug);
           return $slug;
         }
   endif;
   

   This is collections from the best answers and few my updates.

10. I came across this method and I use it to make div IDs the slug name inside the loop:

    <?php $slug = basename( get_permalink() ); echo $slug;?>
    

11. <?php
    $args = array(
        'post_type' => 'your_postype',
        'orderby' => 'title',
        'order' => 'ASC',
    );
    $the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
    if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) :
        while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); 
            global $post;
            $post_slug=$post->post_name;
            echo $post_slug;
        endwhile;
        wp_reset_query();
    endif;
    ?>
    

12. Current Post object.

    global $post;
    $slug = $post->post_name;
    

    Other Options:

    Any Post using ID.

    $post = get_post($post_id);
    $slug = $post->post_name;
    

    In the loop

    while (have_posts()) {
        the_post();
        $slug = get_post_field( 'post_name' );
    }
    

    Outside the loop using ID

    $page_slug = get_post_field( 'post_name', $post_id );
    

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