How can I grab th post ID from my wp blog, without changing the htaccess?

**JamesK** · 11-09-2009, 06:20 AM

You can look it up from the admin panel. Mouseover the post links and you'll see the ID's.

Another option is to modify the template slightly and put the post ID in a HTML comment (for example ) so you can view it from the source. You can see the ID tag and how to call it in your templates here:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts

You could even make it so only logged in admins could see it.

**darksoul** · 11-09-2009, 06:20 AM

in /wp-admin/ go and edit the post
it will look like:
wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=435
post=xxx its your id

**HowlingWulf** · 11-09-2009, 06:28 AM

If it's a wordpress plugin just use the wordpress functions to get the id in or out of the loop. A google search will show you how.

If you need to use the url then try
function get_post_by_title($page_title, $output = OBJECT) {
global $wpdb;
$post = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_title = %s AND post_type='post'", $page_title ));
if ( $post )
return get_post($post, $output);

return null;
}

**fris** · 11-09-2009, 06:28 AM

comon, give us a challenge :p

in the loop of course

Code:

<? echo $post->ID; ?>

or you could add it to functions.php in your theme

Code:

function print_postid() {
     global $post;
     $postid = $post->ID;
     return $postid;
}

Si · 11-09-2009, 06:29 AM

Thanks guys, thats me sorted

Simple yet easy to miss.

Si · 11-09-2009, 06:39 AM

Originally posted by fris

comon, give us a challenge :p

LOL its one of them things thats right in front of you yet you forget, but nevermind

Speaking of challenges, haven't had one of them with wordpress for a while so can't help you there

How can I grab th post ID from my wp blog, without changing the htaccess?

How can I grab th post ID from my wp blog, without changing the htaccess?

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