How can I add my own 'read more' or 'after the jump' type of link to the article page?

Question

I will frequently add a line of text in my article sending the reader to the article page. This is separate from the actual produced permalink. The problem I'm having is that I can't get the permalink until the article is posted. I can copy the text from the displayed permalink, but if the title is too long that won't work. I can also copy that permalink but then I just get the generic ?p=123 type of link and I have to be sure to remove the 'preview' part of it.

Is there a nifty piece of code to put in the link field that will pull the permalink for that article? Kind of how it does in the PHP? This would also solve the issue if the permalink was changed and it broke the custom link.

Answer 1

I would customize the Read More tag (natively built into WordPress).

Instead of producing your own URL, this tag will render the permalink for you. If you want to customize the text that appears here you can follow these specific instructions as well.

function modify_read_more_link() {
    return '<a class="more-link" href="' . get_permalink() . '">Your Read More Link Text</a>';
}
add_filter( 'the_content_more_link', 'modify_read_more_link' );

Answer 2

You might see Get Post Permalink and Get Permalink.

You'd probably want to combine this with a custom shortcode. All of your code would go in your functions.php file, or you can make a plugin and put it there.

Answer 3

I was able to find a solution to this with this custom function for shortcode:

https://www.thewebtaylor.com/articles/wordpress-display-permalinks-in-posts-using-shortcode

I just tested it and it worked great! Thanks for the direction guys!