Hi Randal,

Please notice that creating a custom column requires some developer skills. The repository you downloaded is an example and you really need to adjust the code to make it work. This example indeed just shows ‘something’ for every column since that is the example we put in there.

You’ll have to put in your custom logic in the get_value() and get_raw_value() methods to make it work. To display the permalink you can easily use the get_the_permalink( $id ) function in the get_raw_value() method. Addin inline editing is really an advanced step to make it work. And besides that, there is no default way to change the permalink in WordPress.

A permalink in WordPress is based on multiple settings and stored automatically. The following parameters can affect a permalink for a specific post:

– Permalink structure (Settings)
– Any parent posts (for hierarchical posts)
– The Slug of a post (the most important param for a specific post)

Please notice that there is a slug column available that also allows you to inline edit the slug. I believe this already solves most of your issue.

We indeed cannot help you with a downloadable add-on for this as there is no good standardized way to alter the permalink per post. Even in WordPress, there is no UI to do this, except for the slug part and that is already available in our Slug column.

Hi Randal,

1) I’m sorry, but we can’t give much support on creating your own column. We provided a toolkit to get you started, but of course you must have some knowlegde on how to develop custom code. Just search and replace is of course not enough to make a new column work. The ‘Custom Code’ part is the most important part to make the column ‘Custom’.

2) I can give you an example for the column class that contains all the logic to display the permalink. You can find the code below, but I can’t help you to make it editable. It is just not possible in WordPress to edit something in the DB that alters the complete permalink (including structure) unless you alter the way how permalinks work in WordPress. That’s also the reason that we don’t have a permalink column that is inline editable. Our plugin works with the default functionality of WordPress.

class AC_Column_Permalink extends AC_Column {

	public function __construct() {
		$this->set_type( 'column-custom_permalink' );
		$this->set_label( 'Permalink' );
	}

	public function get_raw_value( $post_id ) {
		return get_the_permalink( $post_id );
	}

}

3) I believe we have enough information on our website that tells that most columns are inline editable, filterable and sortable. We even provide lists per column that shows which features are supported. It’s not possible to add all features to all columns, so permalink is not the only exception.

4) I understand that the lack of this particular feature that you need may be a disappointment for you, so I can offer you a refund if you want. Please let me know at support@admincolumns.com how I can help you any further with this issue.