Look Up Posts by URL Slug From Admin Lists
Lets you type slug:my-post-name into the search box of any admin post list to find the item with that URL slug, which is handy when you only have a link.
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Code
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function ( $query ) {
if ( ! is_admin() || ! $query->is_main_query() || ! $query->is_search() ) {
return;
}
$search = trim( (string) $query->get( 's' ) );
if ( 0 !== stripos( $search, 'slug:' ) ) {
return;
}
$slug = trim( substr( $search, 5 ) );
$path = wp_parse_url( $slug, PHP_URL_PATH );
$slug = sanitize_title( basename( untrailingslashit( $path ? $path : $slug ) ) );
$query->set( 's', '' );
$query->set( 'name', $slug );
$query->is_search = false;
} );Notes
You can also paste a full URL after "slug:"; only the last part of the path is used.
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