Simply Show IDs

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1. ★★★★★ WP-Dummie

   2.9y ago

   Macht das, was der Name sagt: Es zeigt im Backend die IDs von Seiten und Beiträgen. Diese braucht eins häufiger für Shortcodes. Es wird im Backend einfach eine Spalte hinzugefügt. Das Plugin ist zwar uralt, aber ich hatte keine Probleme in den aktuellen Versionen.

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2. ★★★★★ Mizner

   9.7y ago

   Thanks for making life just a little easier one ID at a time.

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3. ★★★★★ another-webmaster

   10.5y ago

   Working flawless, no errors, 2 years old and still no update needed.

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4. ★★★★★ akatsura

   11.6y ago

   Maybe not the latest super trick plugin – but it still does what it says it will do, even if it hasn’t been updated in years. Why fix it if it isn’t broken. Who gave it three stars?

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5. ★★★★★ pbear

   11.6y ago

   Activate this plugin, or cull together scraps of code from across the internet? There’s no contest. This plugin does the job perfectly, even for custom taxonomies.

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6. ★★★★★ Ben Huson

   11.9y ago

   Simple, lightweight and very handy. Please update the readme to confirm WP 4.0 compatibility. As it’s not been updated for over 2 years it currently won’t be showing for most searches in the WP.org repository.

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7. ★★★★★ Jeff Cohan

   13.8y ago

   I hope this plugin doesn’t get removed from the repository. It’s one of those that doesn’t need updating because it is so basic, so simple. Frankly, it’s hard to understand why the functionality of this plugin wasn’t incorporated into WordPress’ core many revisions ago. It’s a standard for my clients’ sites. Thanks much to the developer.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2010-06-25 Version 1.3.3 More WordPress 3.0 improvements Increase minimum required WordPress version to 3.0 1.3.3
2. 2010-05-12 Version 1.3.2 Fix conflict with other plugins that add custom columns, props Jeremy Hou 1.3.2
3. 2010-04-04 Version 1.3.1 Fix incompatibilities with WordPress version prior to 3.0 1.3.1
4. 2010-04-04 Version 1.3 Add support to show IDs on comments and custom taxonomies 1.3
5. 2009-06-08 Version 1.2 Add support for WordPress 2.8 to show IDs for categories, tags and users. 1.2
6. 2009-02-05 Version 1.1 Increase the width of the new column to 50px from 20px to support longer IDs 1.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-06-08 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-06-07 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2025-06-05 4K+ → 3K+ down after 376 days in tier
4. 2024-05-25 5K+ → 4K+ down after 330 days in tier
5. 2023-06-30 6K+ → 5K+ down after 253 days in tier
6. 2022-10-20 7K+ → 6K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• S ShowID for Post/Page/Category/Tag/Comment 7K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• Show User ID 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• OKCOM Sort and Show ID Slug Thumbnails 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Gmt Post IDs — installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• Reveal IDs 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Catch IDs 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A

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Simply Show IDs: 3K+ active installs, 5.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simply-show-ids