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If you are not logged in, you will be prompted to log in in order to edit the item. Please note that only those with Editor privileges and above can quick-edit content.<\/p>\n\n<p>Send clients pretty URLs to the admin instead of a ton of query variables!<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p><code>https:\/\/domain.com\/about\/edit<\/code> instead of <code>https:\/\/domain.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=5&amp;action=edit<\/code><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>The \"\/edit\" functionality also works on author, taxonomy archives, post type archives, and if you have a page assigned as your front page of your site. If you try to edit from a blog archive, you'll be taken to Settings-&gt;Reading.<\/p>\n\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8LKFK5-FokE<\/p>\n\n<p>This is useful if:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>You are not logged in, and want an easy shortcut to edit an item.<\/li>\n<li>You hate the admin bar and have disabled it, but still want an easy shortcut to edit an item.<\/li>\n<li>You have clients. Send them a pretty URL with \"\/edit\" on the end.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>As a security precaution, only users with Editor privileges or above can edit items.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Just unzip and upload the \"slash-edit\" folder to your '\/wp-content\/plugins\/' directory<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id='how%20do%20i%20use%20the%20plugin%3F'><h3>How do I use the plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Just browse to the posts, pages, post types, users, archives, and terms and add \"\/edit\" to the end (e.g., http:\/\/domain.com\/posts\/edit).<\/p>\n\n<p>You'll need <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/customize-permalinks\/\">pretty permalinks enabled<\/a>, which pretty much everyone already does.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='who%20can%20edit%20items%3F'><h3>Who can edit items?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Only Editors and above. This can be overridden by filters <code>slash_edit_capability_check<\/code> and <code>slash_edit_can_edit<\/code>.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='will%20you%20allow%20quick%20editing%20of%20categories%20and%20other%20items%20later%3F'><h3>Will you allow quick editing of categories and other items later?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>You're able to edit any term or category item by adding <code>\/edit<\/code> to the end.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='what%20about%20attachment%20pages%3F'><h3>What about attachment pages?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>That one I couldn't figure out. Most themes disable this. Patches welcome.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='where%20are%20the%20options%3F'><h3>Where are the options?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No options :)<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='english%20is%20not%20my%20first%20language.%20%20can%20i%20change%20the%20%22%2Fedit%22%20into%20something%20else%3F'><h3>English is not my first language.  Can I change the \"\/edit\" into something else?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yep, just throw <a href=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/ronalfy\/cbbc1599bda2811c9a86\">this code<\/a> in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/beginners-guide\/what-why-and-how-tos-of-creating-a-site-specific-wordpress-plugin\/\">Site-specific plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Just keep in mind that whatever you choose to override with must be alphanumeric characters.  Something like edici\u00f3n will be parsed as edicion.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you choose to use this filter, you'll need to <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/settings-permalinks-screen\/\">update your permalinks<\/a> or deactivate and reactivate the Slash Edit plugin.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.2.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Updated 2025-12-06<\/li>\n<li>Security fix: Adding <code>\/edit<\/code> can expose IDs that are otherwise private. Update for a better login workflow. 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