Yes, it’s a standard feature. For the most part it is safe to print them so people can type in the shorter URLs. But… if you will ever end up with duplicate slugs, say
www.example.com/about/contact
and
www.example.com/department/hr/contact
(so, both slugs are contact
WordPress can only show 1 page for each slug. So, if you’re ever going to end up with duplicate slugs – whether those are Posts, Pages, or Custom Post Types – or even Attachments – just know that you’ll need to test each link and make sure it’s pointing to the page you want it to.
And as far as digital links, always use the long version, to minimize the number of redirects a browser has to pass through to get to the actual end-result URL.
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