page_ID variable?

$page_id;

Or you could assign to your own variable:

$my_page_id = get_query_var(‘page_id’);

Note that page_id is available when on a Page *and* using the default permalink structure (/?page_id=1).

cool. I want to get wp_list_pages() to give me parent page information. is this possible?

Example:

I am on page 13, and page 13 is a child of 10 with a sibling of 12 and 11.

I want to have a link to 10 when I am on 13 or 12 or 11.

also, I have default permalinkage

I have a workaround.

What needs to be modified to show a page id as the id in the

• element when using wp_list_pages()?

?

I assume you mean as the value for the ‘child_of’ parameter? Just make sure the parameter list is in double-quotes:

<?php wp_list_pages("child_of=$page_id"); ?>

Note that if you are not using the default permalink structure, $page_id will not be available, and you’ll need a little PHP to collect it for you:

<?php
global $post;
$page_id = $post->ID;
wp_list_pages("child_of=$page_id");
?>

Ah… a little more detail. I am attempting to give each page link in my horizontal navigation a unique icon. So I wanted to ad an id to the list element.

Right now it appears as
<li class="page_item"><a href="https://localhost/wordpress/?page_id=3" title="Archives">About</a></li>

What I need is
<li id="about" class="page_item"><a href="https://localhost/wordpress/?page_id=3" title="Archives">About</a></li>


It doesn’t really matter what the id is as long as each

list element receives a unique id identifying the page.

Hmm. So you’re looking to modify the output of wp_list_pages() to add the id? Got it.

You’ll probably need to modify template-functions-post.php (in wp-includes/). Around line 365 you’ll find the function _page_level_out(). This is where the Page link list is generated. Look for this line:

$output .= $indent . '<li class="' . $css_class . '"><a href="' . get_page_link($page_id) . '" title="' . wp_specialchars($title) . '">' . $title . '</a>';

and add in your id attribute. We’ll use the Page ID as part of it (for uniqueness, you know):

$output .= $indent . '<li class="' . $css_class . '" id="page-' . $page_id . '"><a href="' . get_page_link($page_id) . '" title="' . wp_specialchars($title) . '">' . $title . '</a>';

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