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How to Find WordPress Category ID

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What? Why would you have to find a WordPress category ID? Good question. Some themes or plugins ask you for this, and usually it is for things like excluding or including a category. You’d think that some of these themes and plugins have a drop down that will pull a list of your categories, but they don’t always do.

And frankly, some people aren’t actually using categories properly, so they might have a ton of categories to sort through, so the number method can sometimes be a nice fallback. Also, if you need to use the ID instead of the slug for the category when customizing a category template, you can use this method too.

How to Find WordPress Category ID

1. Go to Posts > Categories.

2. You will see a list of your categories. Hover over the category you want, and you can click on the link that says Edit.

3. In your browser’s address bar, you will see a long URL. I’ve given an example of my Blogging category’s URL, and have boxed the number to indicate where to find the category ID number.


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About Nile Flores

Nile is a 43-year old female from the greater St. Louis (Southern Illinois side) area. Nile is a mother of 1 son. She is also a web designer and developer, a graphic designer, and a public speaker, who exclusively designs and develops using WordPress. She also blogs at GoDaddy's Blog, Verpex Hosting's blog and her very personal sites, Pixelled and Nail Polish Happy.




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