Grade C

Reveal IDs

Name: Reveal IDs
Rating: 5.0 (61 reviews)
Author: wpseek

⤓ Download v1.6.2 on WordPress.org ↗

by wpseekupdated 2026-05-23🌟The Rising Star

A tiny developer essential with a suspiciously perfect track record.

Growing

75/100

The plugin performs its single task well but the reviews lack any real depth.

Loved30/40

Trustworthy10/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum12/12

Composite 85, adjusted to 75 (×0.88) for a low verified rating or signs of review manipulation.

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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// Add an ID column to posts, pages, and other post-type list tables
add_filter( 'manage_posts_columns', 'reveal_ids_add_column' );
add_filter( 'manage_pages_columns', 'reveal_ids_add_column' );
function reveal_ids_add_column( $columns ) {
    $columns['reveal_id'] = 'ID';
    return $columns;
}

add_action( 'manage_posts_custom_column', 'reveal_ids_render_column', 10, 2 );
add_action( 'manage_pages_custom_column', 'reveal_ids_render_column', 10, 2 );
function reveal_ids_render_column( $column, $post_id ) {
    if ( 'reveal_id' === $column ) {
        echo esc_html( $post_id );
    }
}

// Add ID column to the Media library list view
add_filter( 'manage_media_columns', 'reveal_ids_add_column' );
add_action( 'manage_media_custom_column', 'reveal_ids_render_column', 10, 2 );

Keep in mind:The plugin also adds ID columns to taxonomy term and user list tables, which would need extra manage_{taxonomy}_columns and manage_users_columns filters to fully replicate.

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Active installs

~45,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+

→ on track for 50k+in ~7 weeks

Rating

5.0★

61 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+128%

Growing fast

65 → 148 installs/day

What to watch out for

MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +128% in the last year

65/day a year ago→148/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Reveal IDs is a well-regarded, no-frills utility plugin that restores ID visibility to the WordPress admin dashboard, with users finding it reliable and essential for development and configuration tasks — though the reviews offer little depth beyond general satisfaction.

What people like

+Does exactly what it promises: displays post/page IDs in the WordPress admin lists without issues.×4
+Considered essential for workflows that rely on IDs, such as configuring exclusions in other plugins or using post ID-based tools.×3
+Works with WooCommerce.
+Valued as a restoration of functionality WordPress removed from its own dashboard.

Common complaints

Review trustMostly organic

5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
2%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2024-11-112025-09-072026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 61 total

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Latest reviews · 62 analyzed

2024-10-30★★★★★Great Plugin marcomassimo
2022-08-26★★★★★Simple to install and a real timesaver!Richard Benton G4WKW
2021-08-09★★★★★Perfection jathor90001-shot
2021-03-01★★★★★Excellent tool. First class plugin terrycskn
2020-08-15★★★★★5 stars linux garage
2020-07-09★★★★★1,000% perfect JJNW
2019-04-22★★★★★So simple, so useful Christian Lescuyer
2018-10-09★★★★★Does the job – Display and sort by post ID Tom
2018-01-02★★★★★Great, Simple, Plugin!Joshua Trimm
2017-11-05★★★★★Does the job karrinemcfarlane

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-02-15v1.6.2
2023-07-26v1.6.1
2023-07-25v1.6.0
2023-07-02v1.5.5
2021-01-03v1.5.4
2019-02-15v1.5.3
2017-11-10v1.5.2
2017-02-07v1.5.1

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

179

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

140

Prior 7-day baseline

127

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

130

Mean release-day peak (30d)

179

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+27.9%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

100%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

4.36

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

100%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

5.00 → 5.00★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered