Displays the edit post link for post.

$text string Optional

Anchor text. If null, default is 'Edit This'.

Default: null

$before string Optional

Display before edit link.

Default: ''

$after string Optional

Display after edit link.

Default: ''

$post int|WP_Post Optional

Post ID or post object. Default is the global $post.

$class string Optional

Add custom class to link. Default 'post-edit-link'.

Default: 'post-edit-link'

Displays a link to edit the current post, if a user is logged in and allowed to edit the post. Can be used within The Loop or outside of it. If outside the loop, you’ll need to pass the post ID. Can be used with pages, posts, attachments, and revisions.

Use get_edit_post_link to retrieve the url.

File: wp-includes/link-template.php. View all references

function edit_post_link( $text = null, $before = '', $after = '', $post = 0, $class = 'post-edit-link' ) {
	$post = get_post( $post );

	if ( ! $post ) {
		return;
	}

	$url = get_edit_post_link( $post->ID );

	if ( ! $url ) {
		return;
	}

	if ( null === $text ) {
		$text = __( 'Edit This' );
	}

	$link = '<a class="' . esc_attr( $class ) . '" href="' . esc_url( $url ) . '">' . $text . '</a>';

	/**
	 * Filters the post edit link anchor tag.
	 *
	 * @since 2.3.0
	 *
	 * @param string $link    Anchor tag for the edit link.
	 * @param int    $post_id Post ID.
	 * @param string $text    Anchor text.
	 */
	echo $before . apply_filters( 'edit_post_link', $link, $post->ID, $text ) . $after;
}