How to get Book author, category, series ID in WordPress
If you’re utilizing the RS WP Book Showcase plugin, you might find yourself in need of retrieving the IDs for Book Authors, Book Categories, and Book Series for customization and display purposes. This article will walk you through the simple process of effortlessly retrieving these IDs directly from your admin dashboard.
Methods to Get Book Author, Category, and Series IDs:
Retrieving Book Author ID:
- Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
- Navigate to the “RS WP Book Showcase” menu in the admin sidebar.
- Click on “Book Authors” to view the list of authors.
- Hover over the author whose ID you want to find and click on “Edit” or simply click on the author’s name.
- Look at the URL in your browser’s address bar. The author ID is typically visible in the URL. It appears after the “tag_ID=” parameter. For example, if the URL is “https://yoursite.com/wp-admin/term.php?taxonomy=book_author&tag_ID=123&post_type=book“, then the author ID is 123.
Retrieving Book Category ID:
- Follow similar steps as above but navigate to the “Book Categories” section in the RS WP Book Showcase menu.
- Click on the category whose ID you want to find.
- Look at the URL in your browser’s address bar to locate the category ID.
Retrieving Book Series ID:
- Similarly, navigate to the “Book Series” section in the RS WP Book Showcase menu.
- Click on the series whose ID you want to find.
- Locate the series ID in the URL as described in the previous steps.