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1. LeLLow
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   This may sound a little retarded, lol, but I was testing out my wordpress and instead of "editing" the first post (like I should've) I kept messing around with posts by deleting and writing, lol. (It's obvious I'm new to wordpress and love it, lol). But I was wondering when you click it says ?p=4 (that's where mine starts at number 4) Can I reset it back to 1? Or do I have to remove ALL my files and re-upload EVERYTHING, again in order to get it back to 1?

2. podz
   Support Maven
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Is there a reason for the order?

   You could reset to #1, but if you later save a draft and in the meantime publish a post the publish will have greater number so the draft will have a lessre number but come later.
   If you delete a post the order will be affected too.

   You would need to go into phpmyadmin, find the wp_posts table and alter the ID there.

3. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   "You would need to go into phpmyadmin, find the wp_posts table and alter the ID there."

   There's also wp_post2cat, where a post is tied to one or more categories. And wp_postmeta, where any custom field or WordPress-attached meta information to posts or Pages is saved. And wp_comments -- of course!

   Unless you have an extremely important reason for keeping your post IDs so orderly and you *really* know what you're doing, I would not recommend changing them.

4. LeLLow
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks :)

   Since I'm new to wp, and other people have reccommended me to just leave it I will. It's not *that* important ... I now know for the next time :D

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