How to find an object’s ID

How to find a Page, Post, Image, Category, or User ID.

How to find a Page or Post ID

Option 1

1. Install and activate Show IDs by 99 Robots plugin.
2. Navigate to your WordPress Dashboard > Pages or Posts list.
3. View the ID column in the list.

Option 2

1. Navigate to your WordPress Dashboard > Pages or Posts list.
2. Edit the page you need the ID from.
3. Look in the browser address bar for post="12345" 
4. In this example the page ID is 12345 

Example:

How to find a Category ID

Option 1

1. Install and activate Show IDs by 99 Robots plugin.
2. Navigate to your WordPress Dashboard > Posts > Categories list.
3. View the ID column in the list.

Option 2

1. Navigate to your WordPress Dashboard > Posts > Categories list.
2. Edit the category you need the ID from.
3. Look in the browser address bar for tag_ID="12345"
4. In this example the category ID is 12345 

How to find an Image ID

Option 1

1. Install and activate Show IDs by 99 Robots plugin.
2. Navigate to your WordPress Dashboard > Media > Library.
3. Toggle the List view if it’s not already set. 
4. View the ID column in the list.

Option 2

1. Navigate to your WordPress Dashboard > Media > Library.
2. Find the image you want to use and click on it to open the media modal.
3. Look in the browser address bar for item="12345"
4. In this example the image ID is 1234 

How to find a User ID

Option 1

1. Use Show IDs by 99 Robots plugin.
2. Navigate to your WordPress Dashboard > Users list.
3. View the ID column in the list.

Option 2

1. Navigate to your WordPress Dashboard > Users list.
2. Edit the user you need the ID from.
3. Look in the browser address bar for user_id="12" 
4. In this example the category ID is 12