Title: self_link
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘self_link’, string $feed_link )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/self_link/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/self_link/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/self_link/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [More Information](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/self_link/?output_format=md#more-information)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/self_link/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/self_link/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/self_link/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/self_link/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

Filters the current feed URL.

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

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/self_link/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [set_url_scheme()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/set_url_scheme/)
 * [wp_unslash()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unslash/)

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

 `$feed_link`string

The link for the feed with set URL scheme.

## 󠀁[More Information](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/self_link/?output_format=md#more-information)󠁿

The filter function **must** return a value after it is finished processing or the
result will be empty.

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

    ```php
    echo esc_url( apply_filters( 'self_link', get_self_link() ) );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/feed.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/feed.php#L699)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/feed.php#L699-L699)

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

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

Displays the link for the currently displayed feed in a XSS safe way.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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