Title: post_slug_meta_box
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# post_slug_meta_box( WP_Post $post )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/post_slug_meta_box/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/post_slug_meta_box/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/post_slug_meta_box/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/post_slug_meta_box/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/post_slug_meta_box/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Displays slug form fields.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/post_slug_meta_box/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$post`[WP_Post](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post/)required

Current post object.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/post_slug_meta_box/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function post_slug_meta_box( $post ) {
    	/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php */
    	$editable_slug = apply_filters( 'editable_slug', $post->post_name, $post );
    	?>
    <label class="screen-reader-text" for="post_name">
    	<?php
    	/* translators: Hidden accessibility text. */
    	_e( 'Slug' );
    	?>
    </label><input name="post_name" type="text" class="large-text" id="post_name" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $editable_slug ); ?>" />
    	<?php
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php#L936)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php#L936-L947)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/post_slug_meta_box/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [apply_filters( ‘editable_slug’, string $slug, WP_Term|WP_Post $tag )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/editable_slug/)

Filters the editable slug for a post or term.

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/post_slug_meta_box/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [_e()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_e/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Displays translated text.

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| [esc_attr()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/esc_attr/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Escaping for HTML attributes.

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| [apply_filters()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/apply_filters/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

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

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/post_slug_meta_box/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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