Almost EVERY part of your website has a unique, system-generated ID assigned to it. If you're looking for something on your site & you know the ID; this article will show you how to quickly find it in the backend of your site.
These are the areas covered in this article
Instructions
Step 1: Identify the ID
- Many of WSM's IDs are hiding in plain site.
- Order IDs can be found in your New Order Notification email, your customer's Order Confirmation email, & the Order Confirmation page:
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- Products, Categories, & Site Pages can all be found in the URL:
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Step 2: Find the right area in the backend of the site
Are you looking for an order?
- In the top navigation bar, hover over "Orders" & click "All Orders"

- Click the edit icon for ANY order

- SEE: In the URL window, the ID of the order

- Change the ID in the URL to the ID you want to find & click enter

Are you looking for a category?
- Use the front-end URL to find the category ID

- Go to the back-end of your site. In the top navigation bar, hover over "CATALOG" & click "Categories"

- Click the edit icon for ANY category

- SEE: In the URL window, the ID of the category

- Change the ID in the URL to the ID you want to find & click enter

Are you looking for a list of products in a category?
Click here for instructions to find the products in a category...
- Use the front-end URL to find the category ID

- Go to the back-end of your site. In the top navigation bar, hover over "CATALOG" & click "Categories"

- Click the products icon for ANY category

- SEE: In the URL window, the ID of the category

- Change the ID in the URL to the ID you want to find & click enter

Are you looking for a content page?
Click here for instructions to find a content page...
- Use the front-end URL to find the content page ID

- Go to the back-end of your site. In the top navigation bar, hover over "CONTENT" & click "Site Pages"

- Click the pages icon for ANY topic

- Click the edit icon for ANY page

- SEE: In the URL window, the ID of the content page

- Change the ID in the URL to the ID you want to find & click enter

Are you looking for a product?
Click here for instructions to find a product...
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- Use the front-end URL to find the product ID

- Go to the back-end of your site. In the top navigation bar, hover over "CATALOG" & click "Products"

- Click the edit icon for ANY product

- SEE: In the URL window, the ID of the product

- Change the ID in the URL to the ID you want to find & click enter

- Use the front-end URL to find the product ID