WordPress post ID
Last updated on November 28, 2011. Tags: WordPress post ID
Post IDs are numerical values that WordPress assigned to all posts and all pages that it generates. Each post or page has a unique post ID, and even a post and a page cannot have the same post ID.
You can check the post ID by logging-in to your WordPress dashboard and opening the list of page or post, whichever entry you would like to check for post ID. Hover the mouse on the post or page title and check the URL in the status bar. The number at the end of that URL is the post ID for that post or page.
In the illustration above, the post ID of the post entitled "Distance and displacement" is 18, as seen in the status bar at the bottom (encircled with red).
The post IDs are useful in a handful of WordPress tricks, such as, but not limited to the following:
- How to exclude certain pages or posts in built-in WordPress search results
- Preventing search engines from indexing certain pages or posts in your WordPress-powered website or blog
Posted by Greten on April 1, 2009 under Definitions, WordPress
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