WordPress:Template Tags/the ID

Description

Displays the numeric ID of the current post. This tag must be within WordPress:The Loop.

Usage

%%% <?php the_ID(); ?> %%%

Examples

Default Usage

<p>Post Number: <?php the_ID(); ?></p>

Post Anchor Identifier

Provides a unique anchor identifier to each post:

<h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></h3>

Note: In XHTML, the id attribute must not start with a digit. Since the_ID returns the post ID as numerical data, you should include at least one alphabetical character before using it in an id attribute, as in the example above.

Parameters

This tag has no parameters.