How to Find Permalinks of Blog Articles: 12 Easy Ways
A newbie blogger once asked us how to find permalinks of blog articles he wanted to quote as sources. A permalink is the permanent URL of a single post – the link you share, cite or bookmark. It should always be easy to find, but on many sites (and especially inside apps) it still isn’t. Here are 12 easy ways to find the permalink of any blog post or article in 2026, on desktop and mobile.
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What is a permalink?
A permalink (“permanent link”) is the unique URL of one article, such as example.com/2026/05/my-post/. It should never change, so links and citations keep working. Home pages, category pages and feeds change every day, so linking to them instead of the permalink sends readers to the wrong place later.
How to find permalinks of blog articles
1. Copy it from the browser address bar
Open the full article on its own page and copy the URL from the address bar. This is the fastest method and works almost everywhere.
2. Click or right-click the post title
On home pages, archives and search results, the post title nearly always links to the permalink. Hover to see the URL at the bottom of the browser, then right-click and choose Copy link address.
3. Use Share > Copy link on mobile
On Android and iPhone, tap the browser’s share icon and choose Copy link. In apps like Feedly, Google News or social apps, use the article’s share menu or Open in browser first, so you copy the real article URL rather than an app redirect.
4. Look for a “Copy link” or share button
Many blogs show share buttons near the title or at the end. A “copy link” button copies the permalink directly. Share buttons for X, Facebook or WhatsApp also contain the permalink inside their URL, for example https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=PERMALINK&text=TITLE.
5. Check the canonical URL in the page source
Press Ctrl+U (or Cmd+Option+U on Mac) to view the page source and search for rel="canonical". The URL there is the site’s official permalink, without tracking codes or AMP versions. Learn more in our guide to canonical URLs in WordPress.
6. Clean up tracking parameters
Links copied from newsletters or social media often end with ?utm_source=... or ?fbclid=.... Delete everything from the ? onward (unless the site needs it to load the page) to get a clean permalink.
7. Use the date or “posted on” link
Many themes link the post date or “Posted on” text to the permalink. It’s a handy fallback when titles aren’t linked.
8. Get it from the comments link
Comment links like https://example.com/my-post/#respond or #comments contain the permalink. Remove the part from # onward.
9. Find it in the RSS feed
Every post in a feed must include its link, so feeds are useful when a site doesn’t link its articles clearly. Try adding /feed/ to a WordPress site’s address, and look for the <link> of each item. Back in 2009 we needed to cite the php.net announcement that PHP 4 support had ended; the page had no clear permalink, but the site’s news feed listed each article with its own link.
10. Search the site on Google
Search site:example.com "post title" on Google. The search result links straight to the article’s permalink.
11. Use the Wayback Machine for missing pages
If a post has moved or been deleted, search the old URL on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine and link to an archived copy instead.
12. In WordPress, use the permalink under the title
For your own posts, WordPress shows the permalink just below the title in the Classic Editor, and under Post > Link (or URL) in the block editor sidebar. You can also click View Post after publishing.
Tips for bloggers: make your permalinks easy to find
- Link post titles and dates to the permalink.
- Add a simple “copy link” share button.
- Use a clean, readable WordPress permalink structure, and don’t change it later without redirects.
- Output a correct canonical tag on every post (SEO plugins like Rank Math and Yoast do this).
FAQ
What is the difference between a URL and a permalink?
Every page has a URL. A permalink is the specific, permanent URL of one post or article, intended to stay the same forever.
How do I find the permalink of a post on my phone?
Open the article, tap the share icon in your browser and choose Copy link. If you are in an app, use Open in browser first.
Why should I link to the permalink and not the home page?
The home page changes as new posts are added. Linking to the permalink ensures readers land on the exact article you mean, today and years later.
How do I find the permalink of a WordPress post I wrote?
Look below the title in the Classic Editor, or in the block editor’s post settings sidebar, or use View Post after publishing.
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Thank you so much! This helped a lot as I’m relatively new to blogging and just heard about permalinks, let alone how to find them. Excellent information. I was able to find my own permalink on Blogger.
Blogger service gives you permalinks automaticaly.
When the new version of Blogger was released, permalinks started appearing in the title field. Readers of any Blogger Blog can now activate the link where the post title is displayed, and be on the page of the blog entry. From that page, users who want to blog about the entry should go to the address bar, and copy the address of the entry from there. The recently released version of Windows Live Spaces now also displays the permalink in the title field. I think all blogging platforms should do that, because people who don’t have much knowledge about blogging will find it easier to locate permalinks if they are always in the same place. If the link is always in the title, it needn’t appear anywhere in the footer. Having the same link twice is in my opinion unnecessary.