WordPress Plugin — Restore Id
In the latest version of the WordPress blogging system, the administrative UI was completely revamped. One of the biggest differences comes with the manage posts screen. The Id column was removed from the posts table, making it somewhat ponderous to attempt to find the Id of a specific post. This is bad news for designers, as the Id of a post sometimes determines what kind of styling to apply to the content.
The WordPress community’s solution to this problem is the following:
Q. How can I find the Post ID or Page ID?
A. If your browser shows the URL in the status bar, when you mouse over a link, you can see the ID in the as part of the URL displayed in the browser status bar. In FireFox you can show the status bar by checking the Status bar choice under View. A more complicated method to finding the ID is to use something like phpMyAdmin to look at the database table wp_posts–look down the column of post_title to find your Post or Page Title. The ID field on that row will be your Post (or Page) ID.
(from WordPress 2.5 FAQ)
Someone on the WordPress ideas page suggested that the Id column be restored, and that’s exactly what this plugin does. You can download the plugin from it’s official plugin page on WordPress.org. Please let me know if you have any problems.
April 12th, 2008
Thanks for this plugin. I use anothe plugin,”One-click Plugin Updater”, and that plugin shows that your plugin won’t tell whether an update is available.
Soon,
Chris Masse
April 13th, 2008
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April 15th, 2008
I don’t think that your ID will show if your permalinks are setup. Not to sure.
April 15th, 2008
@jzl – I’ll try to check that out if I get a chance. Thanks for the heads up.
April 17th, 2008
I haven’t tried your plugin yet, but if it works–thank you, thank you, thank you !!!
April 17th, 2008
@Paul W – Hope it works out for you.
April 21st, 2008
This lugin is great, but doesnt restore the category id’s, would it be possible to do this too?
Cheers
A
April 21st, 2008
@A – I’m not sure if that is going to happen. Unfortunately, there is no plugin hook for the categories management table like there is for the posts and pages management table. I looked through the source code, and the generation of the categories table is completely different than for the other two that this plugin affects.
April 24th, 2008
Thank you for taking the time to make this plugin. Cheers.
April 24th, 2008
@mercime – I’m happy to help. I’m glad you found it useful.
May 3rd, 2008
Very useful plugin. Thanks!
I have recommended it to my blog readers!
May 3rd, 2008
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May 3rd, 2008
@Leo – Glad you find the plugin helpful. Thanks for recommending it :)
May 4th, 2008
Hey Nick,
I suggested the ID to be shown during the RC mode. They never listen to me. Nice work. It’s the little things, like…. the ID. O.K. Now I can upgrade. Changing the core code gets to be a pain.
Big Thanks.
May 4th, 2008
@Brayne – Glad I could help. Always happy to see someone satisfied by my plugins.
May 22nd, 2008
You rock! This takes care of one of my biggest frustrations with 2.5’s interface overhaul.
June 14th, 2008
[...] Not a very elegant solution if you ask me. Help is at hand. Thanks to Nick Ohrn, there’s a plugin available to restore page ID’s. You can grab it from the official Restore ID WordPress plugin page. Share and Enjoy: These icons [...]
June 27th, 2008
Hi all great information here and good thread to comment on.
Can I ask though – how did you get this picked up and into google news?
Very impressive that this blog is syndicated through Google and is it something that is just up to Google or you actively created?
Obviously this is a popular blog with great data so well done on your seo success..
June 27th, 2008
@Dan – Glad I could help
@whatithink – I’m happy to see the plugin being used by its target audience.
@martialarts – I have no idea how that happened. Google must have just picked me up somehow.
October 13th, 2008
Many thanks for this plugin, it really makes post management page more informative.
Thanks again.
October 13th, 2008
@Milan – I’m glad you like it :)
February 7th, 2009
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