Are you looking for a way to add post ID column to admin posts list?
You need the post IDs for multiple purposes like adding a post ID to some shortcode. Normally, it’s not available with the posts and pages. You can add another admin column to show post ID information.
Instructions: Add the following code to the functions.php file of your WordPress theme.
add_filter('manage_posts_columns', 'posts_columns_id', 5);
add_action('manage_posts_custom_column', 'posts_custom_id_columns', 5, 2);
add_filter('manage_pages_columns', 'posts_columns_id', 5);
add_action('manage_pages_custom_column', 'posts_custom_id_columns', 5, 2);
function posts_columns_id($defaults){
$defaults['wps_post_id'] = __('ID');
return $defaults;
}
function posts_custom_id_columns($column_name, $id){
if($column_name === 'wps_post_id'){
echo $id;
}
}
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Thanks this links works for me.
Hey James, you’re welcome!
This is great in it’s simplicity. But would you know how to do the same for the post excerpt? I’ve been looking a clean working solution for days with no luck….
You may be able to use this function inside the
posts_custom_id_columns()function: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_the_excerpt/Can I assign custom ID to post or start id from one series.
While this is possible to do by editing the database, generally it’s not recommended to assign a custom ID to a post. Doing so incorrectly could cause problems.
Is there a way to show the IDs for only 1 post type? e.g. a custom post type?
Hi Adam,
if you want to only display it with a custom post type, remove the add_action, add_filter in the above and replace them with this eg:
add_filter(‘manage_edit-POSTTYPENAME_columns’, ‘posts_columns_id’, 5);
add_action(‘manage_posts_custom_column’, ‘posts_custom_id_columns’, 5, 2);
replace POSTTYPENAME with your post type name and your good to go.
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For those asking how to reduce the width of the column, add the following to your functions.php file:
add_action(‘admin_head’, ‘custom_admin_styling’);
function custom_admin_styling() {
echo ”;
echo ‘th#wps_post_id{width:50px;}’;
echo ”;
}
Or whatever width you want.
Great! Like glvr, would it be possible to reduce the width of the extra column? Thanks Kevin!
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