{"id":709,"date":"2022-01-21T02:20:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T20:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/?p=709"},"modified":"2022-01-21T02:20:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T20:50:17","slug":"how-to-find-page-id-in-wordpress-or-post-id-in-wordpress-3-easy-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-find-page-id-in-wordpress-or-post-id-in-wordpress-3-easy-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Find Page Id In WordPress Or Post Id in WordPress? 3 Easy Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever wonder how WordPress stores millions of pages, posts, and media? Then the answer is page id, and today in this article, you will know what page id is and <strong>how to find page id in WordPress or post id in WordPress<\/strong> using simple methods.<\/p>\n<p>Page ids are not something that is looked at regularly by bloggers or WordPress users, but it doesn&#8217;t mean that you never need one. On the contrary, there are <strong>unknown situations<\/strong> when you need them, as these are the essential part of WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>WordPress never discloses any straightforward way to get your page id. But I will tell you the easiest method to find page id in WordPress.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_61 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-find-page-id-in-wordpress-or-post-id-in-wordpress-3-easy-ways\/#What_is_Page_Id\" title=\"What is Page Id?\">What is Page Id?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-find-page-id-in-wordpress-or-post-id-in-wordpress-3-easy-ways\/#Why_do_you_need_a_Page_id\" title=\"Why do you need a Page id?\">Why do you need a Page id?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-find-page-id-in-wordpress-or-post-id-in-wordpress-3-easy-ways\/#How_to_find_page_id_in_WordPress\" title=\"How to find page id in WordPress?\">How to find page id in WordPress?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-find-page-id-in-wordpress-or-post-id-in-wordpress-3-easy-ways\/#1_How_To_find_page_id_using_WordPress_dashboard\" title=\"1. How To find page id using WordPress dashboard?\">1. How To find page id using WordPress dashboard?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-find-page-id-in-wordpress-or-post-id-in-wordpress-3-easy-ways\/#2_How_to_find_page_id_using_an_editor\" title=\"2. How to find page id using an editor?\">2. How to find page id using an editor?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-find-page-id-in-wordpress-or-post-id-in-wordpress-3-easy-ways\/#3_How_to_find_page_id_using_a_plugin\" title=\"3. How to find page id using a plugin?\">3. How to find page id using a plugin?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-find-page-id-in-wordpress-or-post-id-in-wordpress-3-easy-ways\/#How_to_find_post_id_in_WordPress\" title=\"How to find post id in WordPress?\">How to find post id in WordPress?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-find-page-id-in-wordpress-or-post-id-in-wordpress-3-easy-ways\/#Final_Words\" title=\"Final Words\">Final Words<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Page_Id\"><\/span><strong>What is Page Id?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Before you get the answer on how to find a page id in WordPress, I wish to let you know some basic information regarding page id. As I said earlier, WordPress stores every piece of your data, including <strong>pages, posts, media, etc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>WordPress <strong>track, access, and manages all the pages using page id<\/strong>, and every page (or post) has a unique id and unique identity. The page id of two pages is never is same. There are specific situations when you require the page id of a particular page.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_you_need_a_Page_id\"><\/span><strong>Why do you need a Page id?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Page id or post id is not something you require all the time, but in some specific situations, you might need it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First &#8211;<\/strong> When you build a custom code to create a shortcut for a specific post or page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second &#8211;<\/strong> When you want to do a structural change in the homepage through CSS system settings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0When you wish to <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-change-the-background-color-of-a-single-page-in-wordpress\/\">change the background color of a specific page or post<\/a><\/span> and do other particular modifications to a page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourth &#8211;<\/strong> If you wish to add a particular widget or feature to a specific page (which must not be displayed on every page), then you need the page id of that page or posts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fifth &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0You may require a page or post id for Google analytics and search console where you can allow or disallow a particular post or page to be submitted as well as allow or disallow to crawl posts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There can be many other situations too which depend on individual to individual.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_find_page_id_in_WordPress\"><\/span><strong>How to find page id in WordPress?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You get an idea of what is page id or why you need a page id of WordPress. Now, you will learn popular but straightforward methods to find a page id in WordPress.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_How_To_find_page_id_using_WordPress_dashboard\"><\/span><strong>1. How To find page id using WordPress dashboard?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is the easiest method to find a page id in WordPress with a few clicks. Just log in to your WordPress account and locate the pages section of the WordPress (at the right side of the dashboard).<\/p>\n<p>Click on <strong>All pages,<\/strong> which leads you to the new page where all of your WordPress pages are stored. Hover your mouse over the page whose page id you wish to know. Take your mouse edit button just below the page title.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-716 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-08-121637-1.png\" alt=\"How to find page id in WordPress\" width=\"799\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-08-121637-1.png 799w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-08-121637-1-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-08-121637-1-768x177.png 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-08-121637-1-20x5.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the bottom of the page, you can see the particular page URL and page id displayed, which started as <strong>post=id<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The digit after (=) shows your page id; however, all the pages and posts are stored in the form of posts, that&#8217;s why it is displayed as the post above.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_How_to_find_page_id_using_an_editor\"><\/span><strong>2. How to find page id using an editor?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you encountered any issues while finding the page id in the previous method, you must use your WordPress&#8217;s classic editor. Don&#8217;t worry; it is not difficult to do; you just have to open your editor where you wrote all of your articles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-717 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-183439.png\" alt=\"how to find page id in wordpress\" width=\"1150\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-183439.png 1150w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-183439-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-183439-1024x387.png 1024w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-183439-768x291.png 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-183439-20x8.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But before this, choose the page id whose page id you wish to find. Then, beneath the page title, <strong>click on the edit button,<\/strong> which leads to the editor of the WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, look at the top of the page where your page URL is displayed along with your page ID. Copy it and use it wherever you want.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_How_to_find_page_id_using_a_plugin\"><\/span><strong>3. How to find page id using a plugin?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although finding a page id or post id is quite simple, there is <strong>no need for a plugin<\/strong> precisely, as we discussed above. Yet if you have published thousands of posts or pages on your website, then it&#8217;s quite a lengthy task to find an id for the individual page or post.<\/p>\n<p>Then the need for plugins has become obvious; this is why I am discussing here the <strong>plugin method to find page id in WordPress<\/strong>. Using the plugin, you can see page ids in bulk in a few clicks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-722 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-194348.png\" alt=\"how to find page id in WordPress\" width=\"1075\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-194348.png 1075w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-194348-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-194348-1024x284.png 1024w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-194348-768x213.png 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-194348-20x6.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1075px) 100vw, 1075px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First of all, install and activate the <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/reveal-ids-for-wp-admin-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reveal IDs<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>plugin from the plugin directory of WordPress. As soon as you activate this plugin, it starts working. You don&#8217;t have to do anything, just visit your pages, posts, comments, and tags, and your IDs are displayed in a separate column.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-723 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-194729.png\" alt=\"how to find post id in WordPress\" width=\"1896\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-194729.png 1896w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-194729-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-194729-1024x379.png 1024w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-194729-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-194729-1536x569.png 1536w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-194729-20x7.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1896px) 100vw, 1896px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see in the above snapshot, there are title, author, date, and a separate column for page id. This column appears in all the posts and pages automatically, which makes revealing <strong>page IDs relatively easy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_find_post_id_in_WordPress\"><\/span><strong>How to find post id in WordPress?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Finding a post id is the same as finding the page id using the dashboard and editor method. For this, you have to locate the <strong>post section<\/strong> first on the left side of the dashboard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-718 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-185204.png\" alt=\"How to find page id in WordPress\" width=\"958\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-185204.png 958w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-185204-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-185204-768x279.png 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-185204-20x7.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the second method, open the particular post whose id you want to find. Then similarly, at the top of the page (at the URL), you can see the post id; <strong>post=id number<\/strong>. Likewise, WordPress owners can find tag id and categories id too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-719 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-185312.png\" alt=\"How to find page id in WordPress\" width=\"1156\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-185312.png 1156w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-185312-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-185312-1024x370.png 1024w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-185312-768x278.png 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-20-185312-20x7.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1156px) 100vw, 1156px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Final_Words\"><\/span><strong>Final Words<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is all about <strong>finding page id in WordPress or post id in WordPress,<\/strong> where I discussed various methods, including the plugin method. I hope you like this post and fully understand what is page\/post id, why you need a page id, and how to find a page id in the easiest method.<\/p>\n<p>We discussed finding the page id using WordPress dashboard, using WordPress editor, and using a plugin. However, the plugin is only recommended for large quantity pages or posts. On the other hand, the <strong>Reveal IDs plugin is entirely free<\/strong> and easy to use and can be installed from the plugin directory of WordPress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever wonder how WordPress stores millions of pages, posts, and media? Then the answer is page id, and today in this article, you will know what page id is and how to find page id in WordPress or post id in WordPress using simple methods. 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