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.
Check Category ID
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 Page ID
Use a Plugin to Check ID No’s
The other way of checking ID numbers is to download and install 99 Robots Show IDs. When you install that plugin, the ID numbers will be printed next to categories.
Sweet Tip!!! I was having a hard time on my other blog uploading a plugin to get these ids. Thanks a lot!!!!!
thanks! that's what i'm looking for.
this indeed is a sweet tip! I was looking for this all over the place and here it was.
thank you so much, now I know how to do it.. I appreciate it..
Awesome. This was by far the easiest solution. Others were requiring php craziness that I do not (and don't care to) understand.
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!
I've been looking for that for days. I got it now.
Thanks
this is a satisfactory explanation. thank you
I was looking for this, thanks for tip
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I like your idea it really works to solve practical problems…
I have a problem displaying the images on my website.
Thank the lord you posted this. I was doing trial and error to find all the correct numbers for categories/posts on my site.
Thanks! Came in handy for my fiance’s WordPress site.
I have been tinkering wordpress but never noticed it, thank you for making this article
If you look at the url in the browser after you have clicked on a page or post link it will display the id there as well.
Does this work for post IDs as well?
Yes, it works just fine for posts, Shalu.
thanks for tutorial. i will try now. 🙂
thanks for information like it
Thanks! Came in handy for my fiance’s WordPress site
Glad to hear @ctgtimes! All the best.
I am having trouble getting the authorship avatars and all to appear in the Author section of the theme….City Desk….any suggestions? I cannot find a tutorial page on the author section to get the gravatar and posts to appear. Thanks
Hi, would you please submit this question to our support forums at forums.gabfirethemes.com ?
Thanks for the plugin option, will try it out
Been using this plugin on all of my blogs. You can also check the post ID using this plugin.