As per @SinisterBeard‘s very valid comment to the question already a couple of years back now, this answer has long been outdated and the mentioned function(s) hence been replaced by a newer API: See wp_unique_post_slug. Original Answer Off the bat, I can’t give you a page/tutorial/documentation on how WP slugs are generated, but take a … Read more
From my experience and quick code search there are no deliberate ways WP identifies itself in headers. However there are some that seem distinct enough and not likely to be customized. HEAD to /wp-login.php will contain following for .org install: Set-Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check; path=/ And for .com: Set-Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check; path=/; domain=.wordpress.com Cookie name is customizable by … Read more
It was woocommerce, it has a setting “geolocalize users with cache support” which adds this parameter to every single url and link. I noticed that the hash appended was the same in every browser on my computer, so I realized it wasn’t a “session” hash, but an IP address hash.
Posts: sitename.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?slug=post-slug Pages: sitename.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages?slug=page-slug Custom post type: sitename.com/wp-json/wp/v2/POST_TYPE?slug=post-slug