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1. JeroenOnstenk
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'd like to show the Post ID in the actual post title. So, for instance, post ID 3 could be shown in the title like this: "#3 This is the third post".

   Which piece of code do I have to add before

   <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>

2. JeroenOnstenk
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Pretty please?

3. s_ha_dum (was apljdi)
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Take a look at the the_title() function. Notice the '$before' and '$after' variables. Those behave just as their names suggest. Something like
   the_title('#'.$post->ID.' '); should give you what you want.

4. JeroenOnstenk
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks a lot! That did the trick exactly!

   The only downside is that uses the actual post ID and not the number of published post. So posts I deleted are counted as well.

   Nevertheless, thanks for your help.

5. s_ha_dum (was apljdi)
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Yes, that will show the Post ID. To get a post's place in the set of published posts I'm pretty sure you'll have to cook up a custom MySQL query. It shouldn't be too hard if you want to give it shot.

6. RyanRayLA
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Found this -- hope it helps

   Create a new function in the Functions.php as follows

   function Get_Post_Number($postID){
   	$temp_query = $wp_query;
   	$postNumberQuery = new WP_Query('orderby=date&order=<strong>DESC</strong>&posts_per_page=-1');
   	$counter = 1;
   	$postCount = 0;
   	if($postNumberQuery->have_posts()) :
   		while ($postNumberQuery->have_posts()) : $postNumberQuery->the_post();
   			if ($postID == get_the_ID()){
   				$postCount = $counter;
   			} else {
   				$counter++;
   			}
   	endwhile; endif;
   	wp_reset_query();
   	$wp_query = $temp_query;
   	return $postCount;
   }

   (Change above bolded ASC to DESC if you want to see the numbers in reverse (latest post as highest number).)

   Then in the index.php (or page template), anywhere after "<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>" just add the following code wherever you want the Post # to show up.

   <?php $currentID = get_the_ID(); ?>
   <?php $currentNumber = Get_Post_Number($currentID); ?>
   
   <?php echo $currentNumber; ?>

   Good luck!!!

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