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the_ID()

Displays the ID of the current item in the WordPress Loop.

Source

function the_ID() { // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName.FunctionNameInvalid
	echo get_the_ID();
}

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Uses	Description
get_the_ID()`wp-includes/post-template.php`	Retrieves the ID of the current item in the WordPress Loop.

Used by	Description
WP_Posts_List_Table::column_cb()`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php`	Handles the checkbox column output.

Changelog

Version	Description
0.71	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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Codex 9 years ago

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Default usage.
```
<p>Post Number: <?php the_ID(); ?></p>
```
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Codex 9 years ago

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This example shows how to provide a unique anchor identifier to each post.
```
<h3 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
```
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