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Description
Displays the numeric ID of the current post. This tag must be within The Loop.
Note: This function displays the ID of the post, to return the ID use get_the_ID().
Usage
<?php the_ID(); ?>
Parameters
This tag has no parameters.
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.
Change Log
Since: 0.71
Source File
the_ID() is located in wp-includes/post-template.php.
Related
body_class(), next_image_link(), next_post_link(), next_posts_link(), post_class(), post_password_required(), posts_nav_link(), previous_image_link(), previous_post_link(), previous_posts_link(), single_post_title, sticky_class(), the_category(), the_category_rss(), the_content(), the_content_rss(), the_excerpt(), the_excerpt_rss(), the_ID(), the_meta(), the_shortlink(), the_tags(), the_title(), the_title_attribute(), the_title_rss(), wp_link_pages()
