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How to check Category and Page ID’s

One of the major change of WordPress 2.5 was to remove the IDs on all admin pages. The reason of removing ID’s from admin pages was probably due to the fact that the common user don’t need them but since our templates are magazine/news style where we do have multiple loops on main pages, we will need to check category ID’s in order to set our templates.

If your browser shows the URL in the status bar, you can see the ID number when you mouse over the category link. If the status bar is disabled, you can activate it by checking the Status bar choice under View on both Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Check Category ID

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Check Page ID

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Use a Plugin to Check ID No’s

The other way of checking ID numbers is to download and install Reveal IDs for WP Admin. When you install that plugin, the ID numbers will be printed next to categories as in following screenshot.

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Comments (15)

  1. Brad Permalink Reply

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    Sweet Tip!!! I was having a hard time on my other blog uploading a plugin to get these ids. Thanks a lot!!!!!

  2. jason Permalink Reply

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    thanks! that's what i'm looking for.

  3. 365post Permalink Reply

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    this indeed is a sweet tip! I was looking for this all over the place and here it was.

  4. Mao Permalink Reply

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    thank you so much, now I know how to do it.. I appreciate it..

  5. James Ballard Permalink Reply

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    Awesome. This was by far the easiest solution. Others were requiring php craziness that I do not (and don't care to) understand.

  6. Sandi Masori Permalink Reply

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    Thank you for this! This solved an issue that I was having trying to get the categories show up in the theme I'm using. So much easier when you don't have to look up eah ID individually! Thanks!

  7. Alexis Permalink Reply

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    I've been looking for that for days. I got it now.

    Thanks

  8. ajundi14 Permalink Reply

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    this is a satisfactory explanation. thank you

  9. Manzara Resimleri Permalink Reply

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    I was looking for this, thanks for tip

  10. yasin erincik Permalink Reply

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    Thank you =))This theme is added to the video gallery is super =))

  11. sarajaff Permalink Reply

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    I like your idea it really works to solve practical problems…

  12. RUt Permalink Reply

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    I have a problem displaying the images on my website.

  13. Jeff Martin Permalink Reply

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    Thank the lord you posted this. I was doing trial and error to find all the correct numbers for categories/posts on my site.

  14. ben spak Permalink Reply

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    Thanks! Came in handy for my fiance’s WordPress site.

  15. Gibson Permalink Reply

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    I have been tinkering wordpress but never noticed it, thank you for making this article

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