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

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# wp_ajax_get_permalink()

## In this article

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

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Handles retrieving a permalink via AJAX.

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

    ```php
    function wp_ajax_get_permalink() {
    	check_ajax_referer( 'getpermalink', 'getpermalinknonce' );
    	$post_id = isset( $_POST['post_id'] ) ? (int) $_POST['post_id'] : 0;
    	wp_die( get_preview_post_link( $post_id ) );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php#L2041)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php#L2041-L2045)

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

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

Retrieves the URL used for the post preview.

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

Verifies the Ajax request to prevent processing requests external of the blog.

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

Kills WordPress execution and displays HTML page with an error message.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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