Change slug on post creation

I currently use Post name for the permalink structure. I want to add text from a field at the end of the permalink. Is there any hook for the permalink creation when a Post is published?

In my case, I use Advanced Custom Fields and every post has a Title and Subtitle. Currently, the permalink is /title/ but I wanted to be /title-subtitle/.

Edit: similar to this previous question, except that I only want to do it for post creation and not on future post editions, since this will modify the URL of the post which is a disaster for SEO.

Answers:

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Method 1

Here is what I did to implement this:

function slug_save_post_callback( $post_ID, $post, $update ) {
    // allow 'publish', 'draft', 'future'
    if ($post->post_type != 'post' || $post->post_status == 'auto-draft')
        return;

    // only change slug when the post is created (both dates are equal)
    if ($post->post_date_gmt != $post->post_modified_gmt)
        return;

    // use title, since $post->post_name might have unique numbers added
    $new_slug = sanitize_title( $post->post_title, $post_ID );
    $subtitle = sanitize_title( get_field( 'subtitle', $post_ID ), '' );
    if (empty( $subtitle ) || strpos( $new_slug, $subtitle ) !== false)
        return; // No subtitle or already in slug

    $new_slug .= '-' . $subtitle;
    if ($new_slug == $post->post_name)
        return; // already set

    // unhook this function to prevent infinite looping
    remove_action( 'save_post', 'slug_save_post_callback', 10, 3 );
    // update the post slug (WP handles unique post slug)
    wp_update_post( array(
        'ID' => $post_ID,
        'post_name' => $new_slug
    ));
    // re-hook this function
    add_action( 'save_post', 'slug_save_post_callback', 10, 3 );
}
add_action( 'save_post', 'slug_save_post_callback', 10, 3 );

It generates and updates the slug. Previous slug generated by WP can not be reused since it can have unique numbers if the title/slug was already used in another post. So, I sanitize the title. Then, wp_update_post makes sure there are no duplicates for the new slug with wp_unique_post_slug.

The only way I could find to only do this on publish is to compare the creation and the modified time. They are only equal when the post is created. The $update parameter is useless, since is true for the publish.

Method 2

in your functions.php file, you should be able to accomplish your desired functionality with something like this:

function adjust_permalinks() {
    global $wp_rewrite;
    $title = get_field( 'title_field' );
    $subtitle = get_field( 'sub_title_field' );
    $wp_rewrite->set_permalink_structure( $title . '-' . $subtitle );
    $wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
}
add_action('init', 'adjust_permalinks');

this will set your permalink structure to always use the $title & $subtitle

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