Bulk Rebuild Slugs From Titles
Adds a "Rebuild slug from title" bulk action that regenerates the URL slug of the selected drafts or posts from their current titles, handy after importing content with messy slugs.
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Code
add_filter( 'bulk_actions-edit-post', function ( $actions ) {
$actions['wpide_rebuild_slug'] = 'Rebuild slug from title';
return $actions;
} );
add_filter( 'bulk_actions-edit-page', function ( $actions ) {
$actions['wpide_rebuild_slug'] = 'Rebuild slug from title';
return $actions;
} );
$wpide_rebuild_slugs = function ( $redirect, $action, $post_ids ) {
if ( 'wpide_rebuild_slug' !== $action ) {
return $redirect;
}
$done = 0;
foreach ( $post_ids as $post_id ) {
$post = get_post( $post_id );
if ( ! $post || ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id ) || '' === trim( $post->post_title ) ) {
continue;
}
$slug = wp_unique_post_slug( sanitize_title( $post->post_title ), $post->ID, $post->post_status, $post->post_type, $post->post_parent );
if ( $slug !== $post->post_name ) {
wp_update_post( array( 'ID' => $post->ID, 'post_name' => $slug ) );
$done++;
}
}
return add_query_arg( 'wpide_slugs_rebuilt', $done, $redirect );
};
add_filter( 'handle_bulk_actions-edit-post', $wpide_rebuild_slugs, 10, 3 );
add_filter( 'handle_bulk_actions-edit-page', $wpide_rebuild_slugs, 10, 3 );
add_action( 'admin_notices', function () {
if ( isset( $_GET['wpide_slugs_rebuilt'] ) ) {
printf( '<div class="notice notice-success is-dismissible"><p>Rebuilt %d slugs.</p></div>', absint( $_GET['wpide_slugs_rebuilt'] ) );
}
} );Notes
Changing the slug of a published post changes its URL; WordPress remembers the old slug and redirects it, but update internal links too.
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