How to Find Blog ID, Widget ID, Section ID & Post ID in Blogger

What is an ID? Simply, it is the short from of identification. IDs are usually unique in nature and is used to identify specific elements. IDs are generally a collection of numbers and alphabets. In blogger, each and everything from a simple blog post to a blog has an unique ID. In this post, I will show you how to find out the IDs of your blogs, widgets, posts and sections.

What is Blog ID & Post ID?

Each and every posts of your blog have an unique ID and that is referred as post ID. Where as blog ID is the unique ID of your blog, each and every blogger blogs have a unique ID.

How to Find Blog ID & Post ID?

1) Go to your blogger dashboard, Posts >> Click on the Edit button below any of your post.

2) Carefully look into the URL, which will be something like http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2221137549901974272#editor/target=post;postID=3209053198020903311. Here, 3209053198020903311 is the post ID and 2221137549901974272 is the blog ID.

What is Section ID & Widget ID?

Most probably you will be familiar with the widgets, they are the elements which you add to you blog using Add a Gadget link in the layout. Some of the widgets are popular posts widget, search widget... Now, you will be asking what this section is? If you have played with blogger then you know that too. Simply you are adding the widgets to particular sections, some sections are header, sidebar, etc. If you still have any doubts, the below picture will clarify it.

How to Find Section ID & Widget ID?

1) Go to your blogger dashboard, layout >> click the 'Edit' button corresponding to a widget, and a window will popup.

2) Here too look in to the URL, which will be something like http://www.blogger.com/rearrange?blogID=2221137549901974272&action=editWidget&sectionId=sidebar-right-1&widgetType=null&widgetId=PopularPosts1. Here, the widget ID is PopularPosts1 and section ID is sidebar-right-1.

That's it! This is how we can understand the blog ID, Post IDs, Widget IDs and Section IDs of a blog. Hope this will help you a lot. If you have faced any difficulties amidst, please let me know it through the comment box!