Using WordPress ‘get_edit_tag_link’ PHP filter

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The get_edit_tag_link WordPress PHP filter allows you to modify the edit link for a tag (or term in another taxonomy).

Usage

add_filter('get_edit_tag_link', 'your_custom_function', 10, 1);

function your_custom_function($link) {
  // your custom code here
  return $link;
}

Parameters

  • $link (string): The term edit link that you want to modify.

More information

See WordPress Developer Resources: get_edit_tag_link

Examples

This example adds a custom query parameter named source with a value of example to the tag edit link.

add_filter('get_edit_tag_link', 'add_custom_query_param', 10, 1);

function add_custom_query_param($link) {
  $link = add_query_arg('source', 'example', $link);
  return $link;
}

Change the edit tag link to a custom admin page

This example changes the edit tag link to a custom admin page with the slug my_custom_page.

add_filter('get_edit_tag_link', 'change_to_custom_admin_page', 10, 1);

function change_to_custom_admin_page($link) {
  $link = admin_url('admin.php?page=my_custom_page');
  return $link;
}

This example appends a custom HTML element (an icon) to the tag edit link.

add_filter('get_edit_tag_link', 'append_custom_html_element', 10, 1);

function append_custom_html_element($link) {
  $link .= ' <i class="fas fa-edit"></i>';
  return $link;
}

This example adds a CSS class called custom_class to the edit tag link.

add_filter('get_edit_tag_link', 'add_css_class', 10, 1);

function add_css_class($link) {
  $link = str_replace('<a ', '<a class="custom_class" ', $link);
  return $link;
}

This example changes the edit tag link to redirect to a frontend page with a custom URL structure /tag/{tag_id}/edit.

add_filter('get_edit_tag_link', 'frontend_edit_tag_link', 10, 1);

function frontend_edit_tag_link($link) {
  if (preg_match('/tag_ID=(\d+)/', $link, $matches)) {
    $tag_id = $matches[1];
    $link = home_url("/tag/{$tag_id}/edit");
  }
  return $link;
}