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How to Display Post and Page IDs in the WordPress Admin

One way to grab it is to visit the edit page of a post and check out the URL. It should look something like this: https://yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=137171&action=edit The 137171 in the example above is the ID of the post – the main identifier in the database. Surely there must be an easier way to figure it out right? Fortunately, there is. The easiest solution is to use a plugin. Second option: DIY - Display Post IDs with Code

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Have fun.

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If you’ve read SEOmoz’s Beginner’s Guide to SEO and want more, or you’ve read my other basic guides to SEO and want more - this Advanced Guide To SEO is for you.

If you’ve already mastered the basics of SEO like writing title tags, the basics of link building or data research on the web and want more - this guide is for you!

It’s for anyone looking to take their success on the web to the next level; bloggers, business owners, eCommerce and even affiliate marketers.

This guide provides you with dozens and dozens of things you can sit down and do right now to improve your traffic from organic search on the web.

I would suggest reading the whole thing! While you may not have to apply every section to your site, you will gain an understanding of the concepts in each part.

SEO can be broken into pieces, but it definitely fits together as one big picture, so you’ll want to read it all.

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Add a submenu to the WordPress Dashboard

By creating a custom top bar menu, you can mix and match links the way you want.

Like adding functionality to your theme and other admin area, the directives will go in your theme's functions.php file.  The code itself should be self explanatory:

function create_dwb_menu() { global $wp_admin_bar; $menu_id = 'dwb'; $wp_admin_bar->add_menu(array('id' => $menu_id, 'title' => __('DWB'), 'href' => '/')); $wp_admin_bar->add_menu(array('parent' => $menu_id, 'title' => __('Homepage'), 'id' => 'dwb-home', 'href' => '/', 'meta' => array('target' => '_blank'))); $wp_admin_bar->add_menu(array('parent' => $menu_id, 'title' => __('Drafts'), 'id' => 'dwb-drafts', 'href' => 'edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=post')); $wp_admin_bar->add_menu(array('parent' => $menu_id, 'title' => __('Pending Comments'), 'id' => 'dwb-pending', 'href' => 'edit-comments.php?comment_status=moderated')); } add_action('admin_bar_menu', 'create_dwb_menu', 2000);

Setting an id on the parent menu item allows you to use the parent key for submenu items; the rest of the keys are easy to figure out. With the menu created, you simply need to add the WordPress hook and specificity to add it!

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WordPress has a spam problem. Which means that sooner or later, if we aren't paying attention, we're going to have one as well. Or even worse we could dramatically compound the existing ugliness.

WordPress has a spam problem. These are tips to help you improve comments on your blog.

Hope it helps you.

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Add Drafts shortcut to the Dashboard

The existing menus in WordPress are solid but one annoyance is that I need to click "All Posts" and then the "Drafts" link to get to my drafts. 

I simply want to get there as quickly as possible via the Posts menu. 

I did some quick research on the topic and in two minutes I was able to add a "Drafts" submenu item to the "Posts" menu.  Here's how I did it!

Within the functions.php file of my current theme (this file gets loaded even for admin!), I added the following:

// Add menu item for draft posts function add_drafts_admin_menu_item() {  // $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $callback_function  add_posts_page(__('Drafts'), __('Drafts'), 'read', 'edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=post'); } add_action('admin_menu', 'add_drafts_admin_menu_item');

The add_posts_page method is actually a shortcut for add_submenu_page, which allows you to add a submenu item for any existing menu item.  And WordPress allows you to get pretty detailed with your own menus, as you can see here.

This added "Drafts" link will save me click after click after click throughout my time using WordPress.  Take the few moments to add links to existing menus as you'd like -- there's nothing like a fresh shortcut to get you moving faster!

P.S.  :  I tried this piece of code and it works

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Exclude pages from the search results

File to Edit: Functions.php

By default, WordPress includes pages in search results. This means that pages such as about, contact, privacy, etc, will be included in search results. These types of pages are not necessary if they are linked in your main navigation menu. WordPress will also include private pages in search results too. For example, a newsletter confirmation page or an eBook download page.

To remove all pages from WordPress search, simple add the snippet below to your theme functions.php file.

function SearchFilter($query) { if ($query->is_search) { $query->set('post_type', 'post'); } return $query; } add_filter('pre_get_posts','SearchFilter');