How can I get the current page name in WordPress?

Question

The WordPress global variable $pagename should be available for you. I have just tried with the same setup you specified.

$pagename is defined in the file wp-includes/theme.php, inside the function get_page_template(), which is of course is called before your page theme files are parsed, so it is available at any point inside your templates for pages.

• Although it doesn't appear to be documented, the $pagename var is only set if you use permalinks. I guess this is because if you don't use them, WordPress doesn't need the page slug, so it doesn't set it up.

• $pagename is not set if you use the page as a static front page.

• This is the code inside /wp-includes/theme.php, which uses the solution you pointed out when $pagename can't be set:

--

if ( !$pagename && $id > 0 ) {
  // If a static page is set as the front page, $pagename will not be set. Retrieve it from the queried object
  $post = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
  $pagename = $post->post_name;
}

My approach to get the slug name of the page:

$slug = basename(get_permalink());

<?php wp_title(''); ?>

This worked for me.

If I understand correctly, you want to get the page name on a page that has post entries.

Ok, you must grab the page title before the loop.

$page_title = $wp_query->post->post_title;

Check for the reference: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Query#Properties.

Do a

print_r($wp_query)

before the loop to see all the values of the $wp_query object.

You can get the current page, post, or custom post type with the global variable $post:

echo $post->post_title

Note: In a function or class you'll need to specify global $post; prior to trying to use $post.

If you have loops on your page, make sure you end each loop with wp_reset_postdata(); to set $post back to the default item being displayed (the page).

Note, the 'post_title' variable is also available for any custom loop / query... including menu items and media attachments... everything in WordPress is a 'post'.

If you're looking to access the current page from within your functions.php file (so, before the loop, before $post is populated, before $wp_query is initialized, etc...) you really have no choice but to access the server variables themselves and extract the requested page from the query string.

$page_slug = trim( $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] , '/' )

Note that this is a "dumb" solution. It doesn't know, for instance that the page with the slug 'coming-soon' is also p=6. And it assumes that your permalink settings are set to pagename (which they should be anyway!).

Still, can be a useful little trick if you have a controlled scenario. I'm using this in a situation where I wish to redirect non-logged in visitors to a "coming soon" page; but I have to make sure that I'm not throwing them into the dreaded "redirect loop", so I need to exclude the "coming soon" page from this rule:

global $pagenow;
if (
        ! is_admin() &&
        'wp-login.php' != $pagenow &&
        'coming-soon' != trim( $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] , '/' ) &&
        ! is_user_logged_in()
){
   wp_safe_redirect( 'coming-soon' );
}

I believe that the Roots starter theme has a fantastic function to get the current page title. It is very hackable, covers all bases, and can be easily used with the wp_title hook.

/**
 * Page titles
 */
function roots_title() {
  if (is_home()) {
    if (get_option('page_for_posts', true)) {
      echo get_the_title(get_option('page_for_posts', true));
    } else {
      _e('Latest Posts', 'roots');
    }
  } elseif (is_archive()) {
    $term = get_term_by('slug', get_query_var('term'), get_query_var('taxonomy'));
    if ($term) {
      echo $term->name;
    } elseif (is_post_type_archive()) {
      echo get_queried_object()->labels->name;
    } elseif (is_day()) {
      printf(__('Daily Archives: %s', 'roots'), get_the_date());
    } elseif (is_month()) {
      printf(__('Monthly Archives: %s', 'roots'), get_the_date('F Y'));
    } elseif (is_year()) {
      printf(__('Yearly Archives: %s', 'roots'), get_the_date('Y'));
    } elseif (is_author()) {
      $author = get_queried_object();
      printf(__('Author Archives: %s', 'roots'), $author->display_name);
    } else {
      single_cat_title();
    }
  } elseif (is_search()) {
    printf(__('Search Results for %s', 'roots'), get_search_query());
  } elseif (is_404()) {
    _e('Not Found', 'roots');
  } else {
    the_title();
  }
}