Shortcode for generating topic link on WordPress?

[Festinger]

Hi,

Would it be possible to use a shortcode that automatically generates the assigned topic URL of Discourse to WordPress?

So let’s say, I have a WordPress post and I do like to directly link to this assigned topic, how do I do this?

[angus (Angus McLeod)]

Hello @Festinger,

Please see

How to link to Discourse topics without displaying comments

The WP Discourse plugin now has an option to link to Discourse topics without displaying comments underneath the post. This is enabled by selecting the Link to Comments Without Displaying Them option from the plugin’s Commenting settings tab. When you do that, you will find something like this displayed underneath your posts: [20%20PM] That doesn’t look great, but you can add some styles to the link by targeting the .wpdc-join-discussion-link class. [01%20PM] As comments are added to the Dis…

If you want more granular control, you can retrieve the discourse permalink directly from the post meta:

get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'discourse_permalink', true );

Alternatively you can use the shortcodes in

GitHub - communiteq/wp-discourse-shortcodes: Extends the wp-discourse plugin...