Yesterday I was customising my friend’s newly started WordPress blog. For that I need Category ID to tweak the template. I Goggled How To Get Category ID for WordPress Blog? And read few articles regarding it. But I did’t get clear Idea of getting Category ID.
I was viewing source code of his Site and to my surprise I found the Category ID. I think this is the simplest method. I would like to share it for Geekyard readers this tip,
1. Just open your WordPress blog homepage.
2. In your browser Click View –> Page Source ( CTRL+U)
3. A new windows opens with Source code.
4. For example If I need to find Category ID for Linux Category in Geekyard.
5. Press (CTRL+F) and search that category name(Here I search Linux).
6. Here you can find a code like cat-item-19
Note:
That 19 is my Category ID for Linux.
I hope this article is helpful for blog users faced problem like me. 🙂
I can see that you are an expert at your field! I am launching a website soon, and your information will be very useful for me.. Thanks for all your help and wishing you all the success.
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Nice finding buddy…
Good observation bro. The other way is to go to the admin panel and go to the Categories panel under the posts panel. When you move the cursor near to the edit link on each category the category ID will display with the URL in the status bar
Firebird (Firefox Plugin) is very useful to know about Category ID and other source codes.
Nice site you have, the articles here are very useful. Thank you! 😀