WordPress Code to Get the Privacy Policy URL

With WordPress version 4.9.6 a number of Privacy Related Options, Hooks and Capabilities were added (predominantly in response to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation.

Specifically, a new option wp_page_for_privacy_policy has been introduced, which stores the page id of the site’s privacy policy page.

Setting the Option

If you are running, WordPress 4.9.6 or newer, you can go to Settings > Privacy (wp-admin/privacy.php) where you will see something like the following

Here you can select (or create) the Privacy Policy page for your website. This will populate the wp_page_for_privacy_policy option.

Using the Option

To use this value to display the Privacy Policy URL, you can use something like

echo esc_url( get_permalink( get_option( 'wp_page_for_privacy_policy' ) ) );

a more complex example might look like

printf(
    '<a href="%s">%s</a>',
    get_permalink( get_option( 'wp_page_for_privacy_policy' ) ),
    esc_html( __( 'Privacy Policy' ) )
);

Resources

WordPress Privacy Related Options, Hooks and Capabilities

Sal Ferrarello (@salcode)

Sal is a PHP developer with a focus on the WordPress platform. He is a conference speaker with a background including Piano Player, Radio DJ, Magician/Juggler, Beach Photographer, and High School Math Teacher. Sal can be found professionally at WebDevStudios, where he works as a senior backend engineer.