The Mystery of the “Post Slug”
Posted on January 20, 2008
Filed Under Blogging for Newbs
Have you ever wondered what exactly a Post Slug is? When you write a post you see it to the right of the WYSIWIG and if you are like me, you simple don't mess with it. Everything seems to work just fine without touching it so better left alone right?
Well maybe. The Post Slug is something that 99.9% of Wordpress users probably just don't bother messing with, but it does have a purpose and you may find it useful. The Post slug basically becomes part of your permalink. Normally your permalink is made up of your post title depending on how you set them up in your options.
Let's take this post for example...normally my permalink would look like http://bloggingessentials.com/the-mystery-of-the-post-slug. For this example I am going to put "post slugs explained" in the post slug title. You can see the permalink becomes http://bloggingessentials.com/post-slugs-explained
Why might this be useful? Well it has its place I guess, if one wanted a shorter permalink than the post title would allow you can use a one or two word post slug and this will become part of your permalink. Sometimes we get rather wordy with our post titles but would prefer a more concise permalink for that post.
Whatever use you might find for it, at least now you know...."The Mystery of the Post Slug."
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