url_shorten( string $url, int $length = 35 ): string

Parameters

$urlstring

URL to shorten.

$lengthintoptional

Maximum length of the shortened URL. Default 35 characters.Default: 35

Return

string

Shortened URL.

Uses · 1

• untrailingslashit()Removes trailing forward slashes and backslashes if they exist.

Used by · 1

• WP_Links_List_Table::column_url()Handles the link URL column output.

Source

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6192function url_shorten( $url, $length = 35 ) {6193	$stripped  = str_replace( array( 'https://', 'http://', 'www.' ), '', $url );6194	$short_url = untrailingslashit( $stripped );6195 6196	if ( strlen( $short_url ) > $length ) {6197		$short_url = substr( $short_url, 0, $length - 3 ) . '…';6198	}6199	return $short_url;6200}

History

Introduced in 1.2.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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