wordpress get all publish pages permalinks - php

Question

I want to get the permalinks of all published pages and export it to an excel file.
What is the best solution?
Should I go to wp-admin panel and copy-paste the permalinks from the on Page editor?
Can I get the export data using a mysql query?

Answer 1

It is possible but very difficult to do via a SQL query, because WordPress allows you to change your Permalink structure - so the SQL query would need to regard all permalink options to build the correct permalink when the query is executed.
And I guess you are looking for a way that does not require you to copy paste links from the admin page ;-)
By far the best and easiest thing to do is write a small script that runs the export for you within WordPress and uses the functions get_pages and get_permalink:
// Get a list of all published pages from WordPress.
$pages = get_pages( 'post_status=publish' );
// Loop through all pages and fetch the permalink for each page.
foreach ( $pages as $page ) { //fixed this too
$permalink = get_permalink( $page->ID );
// Do something with the permalink now...
}
Note: This code will only run inside WordPress, i.e. as as Plugin or inside a Theme. Also how to do the excel export is beyond the scope of my answer...
Personally I'd create a WordPress plugin (there are many guides out there on how this works, like this one).
In the plugin you could simply check for a URL param, and if this param is present then export the data. Additionally I would check if the user that requests the export has admin permissions before exporting the data.
A bit like this:
/**
* The WordPress plugin header...
*/
$allowed = false;
$requested = false;
// Check if the current user has admin capabilies.
if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) { $allowed = true; }
// Check if the user requested the export.
// i.e. by calling URL http://yoursite.com?export_permalinks=1
if ( 1 == $_GET['export_permalinks'] ) { $requested = true; }
if ( $requested && $allowed ) {
// 1. Get a list of all published pages from WordPress.
$pages = get_pages( 'post_status=publish' );
// 2. Build the export data.
$export = array();
foreach ( $pages as $page ) {
$permalink = get_permalink( $page->ID );
$export[] = array( $page->ID, $permalink );
}
// 3. Export the data (I just var_dump it as example).
var_dump( $export );
// We're done, so don't execute anything else.
exit;
}
Please note that this code should only explain my suggested workflow. It does not use best practices and I don't recommend to use it like this on a live site