Title: wp_add_trashed_suffix_to_post_name_for_post
Published: April 12, 2016
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# wp_add_trashed_suffix_to_post_name_for_post( WP_Post $post ): string

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_add_trashed_suffix_to_post_name_for_post/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_add_trashed_suffix_to_post_name_for_post/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_add_trashed_suffix_to_post_name_for_post/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_add_trashed_suffix_to_post_name_for_post/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_add_trashed_suffix_to_post_name_for_post/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_add_trashed_suffix_to_post_name_for_post/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Adds a trashed suffix for a given post.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_add_trashed_suffix_to_post_name_for_post/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Store its desired (i.e. current) slug so it can try to reclaim it if the post is
untrashed.

For internal use.

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

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

The post.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_add_trashed_suffix_to_post_name_for_post/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string New slug for the post.

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

    ```php
    function wp_add_trashed_suffix_to_post_name_for_post( $post ) {
    	global $wpdb;

    	$post = get_post( $post );

    	if ( str_ends_with( $post->post_name, '__trashed' ) ) {
    		return $post->post_name;
    	}
    	add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_wp_desired_post_slug', $post->post_name );
    	$post_name = _truncate_post_slug( $post->post_name, 191 ) . '__trashed';
    	$wpdb->update( $wpdb->posts, array( 'post_name' => $post_name ), array( 'ID' => $post->ID ) );
    	clean_post_cache( $post->ID );
    	return $post_name;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/post.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/post.php#L8613)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/post.php#L8613-L8626)

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

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

Will clean the post in the cache.

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

Truncates a post slug.

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

Adds a meta field to the given post.

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| [wpdb::update()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/update/)`wp-includes/class-wpdb.php` |

Updates a row in the table.

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

Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_add_trashed_suffix_to_post_name_for_trashed_posts()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_add_trashed_suffix_to_post_name_for_trashed_posts/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Adds a suffix if any trashed posts have a given slug.

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

Inserts or updates a post in the database.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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