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get_privacy_policy_url()

get_privacy_policy_url(): string

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Retrieves the URL to the privacy policy page.

Return

string The URL to the privacy policy page. Empty string if it doesn’t exist.

Source

function get_privacy_policy_url() {
	$url            = '';
	$policy_page_id = (int) get_option( 'wp_page_for_privacy_policy' );

	if ( ! empty( $policy_page_id ) && get_post_status( $policy_page_id ) === 'publish' ) {
		$url = (string) get_permalink( $policy_page_id );
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the URL of the privacy policy page.
	 *
	 * @since 4.9.6
	 *
	 * @param string $url            The URL to the privacy policy page. Empty string
	 *                               if it doesn't exist.
	 * @param int    $policy_page_id The ID of privacy policy page.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'privacy_policy_url', $url, $policy_page_id );
}

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Hooks

apply_filters( ‘privacy_policy_url’, string $url, int $policy_page_id )

Filters the URL of the privacy policy page.

UsesDescription
get_permalink()wp-includes/link-template.php

Retrieves the full permalink for the current post or post ID.

apply_filters()wp-includes/plugin.php

Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

Used byDescription
get_the_privacy_policy_link()wp-includes/link-template.php

Returns the privacy policy link with formatting, when applicable.

Changelog

VersionDescription
4.9.6Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

  1. Skip to note 4 content
    Oscar Abad Folgueira
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    /* Basic example */
/* Get the privacy policy page link*/
// We store the privacy policy link in a variable
$privacy_policy_page_link = get_the_privacy_policy_link();

// Our variable will contain something like this
// <a class="privacy-policy-link" href="http://www.wpdev.local/politica-privacidad/">Política de privacidad</a>
// Now we can work with this link
  3. Skip to note 6 content
    Alberuni Azad.
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    // Save privacy page info into separate variables
$policy_page_title  = '';
$policy_page_url    = '';
$policy_page_id     = (int) get_option( 'wp_page_for_privacy_policy' );

if ( $policy_page_id && get_post_status( $policy_page_id ) === 'publish' ) {
    $policy_page_title  = get_the_title( $policy_page_id );
    $policy_page_url    = get_permalink( $policy_page_id );
}
    // Example Uses:
<?php if($policy_page_id): ?>
<a href="<?php echo esc_url(get_permalink($policy_page_id)) ?>" target="_blank"><?php echo esc_html(get_the_title($policy_page_id)); ?></a>
<?php endif; ?>

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