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Problem: I would like to get the slug of a View which was crated in the Blocks editor, but I cannot find it.
Solution: If the View's name is a simple Latin character text string, you can usually guess it. It will usually be all lowercase letters, with spaces replaced by hyphens (-). You can find the slug in the posts table of the database under the column "post_name".
Otherwise, edit the post or page where the View was created. Open the browser JavaScript console and run the following code:
WPViews.dataCache.views
You can dig around through the various items to find the slug that corresponds to the name of the View you created in wp-admin.
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Last updated by 4 years, 7 months ago.
Assisted by: Christian Cox.
When you create a new View in the Block Editor, you give it a name (see screenshot1.png). Once the View has been created, you can find that name in the right column, General panel, when you select the View block in the Block Editor (see screenshot2.png).
I wanted to know the slug field
Oh I don't think it's displayed in wp-admin anywhere, but you can find it by digging around in the browser inspector or the MySQL the database. Or if it's a simple latin text string you can usually just guess it. It's usually the same as the name of the View but all lower case, with hyphens instead of spaces.
Otherwise, in wp-admin edit the post or page where the View was created. Open the browser JavaScript console and type:
WPViews.dataCache.views
Press return to run the code, then you should be able to find your View in the list of results. Each item contains a slug, a title and a id. Example screenshot attached.
