How to find a WordPress category ID
Many WordPress themes, especially those in magazine style, need to have some configurations in terms of category IDs in order to show things properly. They will often ask you for a Category ID in the theme option panel. And you might be wandering how on earth to find those IDs.
That is, in fact, a quite easy task – even though it might be a little tricky. This post is all about those IDs and how to find them in no time. Here we go:
- On your dashboard, under the Posts menu, click Categories;
- Keep the mouse over the category whose ID you need;
- Look at your browser’s status bar and you will see something like this in the shown URL: tag_ID=160 – all you need is the number.
So that you know, this is true for WordPress tags and other custom taxonomies you might be using in your site – the ID finding process is the same.
This is all for this time. I hope you enjoyed it. And good luck!
Hi, thanks for this hint. I had to use a plug-in to get it
. Maybe now it’s time to turn it off, and keeping WP faster.
Welcome! Yes, WordPress has to be fast to succeed, so make it as light as possible. Good luck!
thanks for the tip:))
This was SUPER easy and SUPER helpful. Thank You!
You’re most welcome! I’m happy that was helpful to you.
Thanks for this post! I like it
I used this in my other website. You can check it out, it’s http://www.dreamhousewebsolutions.com. It worked for me.
It’s a easy info that I was looking for. I thought to use plugin but i didn’t know there are sweet tricks are waiting for me.
Thanks bro……
I searched everywhere for this info, but I found it after reading how to display recent comments without using a plugin or widget.
Thanks
Thanks – this was really useful and saved me a lot of time!
Welcome! I’m happy to hear that.
thanks man for tutorial
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