The edit_tag_link() WordPress PHP function displays or retrieves the edit link for a tag with formatting.
Usage
Here’s a generic example of how to use the function:
edit_tag_link('Edit Tag', '<p>', '</p>', $tag);
In this example, ‘Edit Tag’ is the anchor text, ‘
‘ and ‘
‘ are the HTML elements before and after the link respectively, and $tag is the term object.
Parameters
$link(string) Optional: This is the anchor text. If empty, default is ‘Edit This’. Default:''$before(string) Optional: This is displayed before the edit link. Default:''$after(string) Optional: This is displayed after the edit link. Default:''$tag(WP_Term) Optional: This is the term object. If null, the queried object will be inspected. Default:null
More information
See WordPress Developer Resources: edit_tag_link()
Note: This function is included in WordPress since version 2.7.0.
Examples
Default Usage
This example will display the edit tag link with the default settings.
edit_tag_link();
Custom Link Text
This example will display the edit tag link with custom link text “Edit Tag”.
edit_tag_link('Edit Tag');
With HTML Tags
This example will display the edit tag link with custom link text “Edit Tag” within a paragraph <p> tag.
edit_tag_link('Edit Tag', '<p>', '</p>');
With Specific Tag
This example will display the edit tag link for a specific tag object $tag.
edit_tag_link('Edit Tag', '<p>', '</p>', $tag);
Without Link Text
This example will display the edit tag link with default link text “Edit This” within a div <div> tag for a specific tag object $tag.
edit_tag_link('', '<div>', '</div>', $tag);