How to Find Product ID in WooCommerce (Beginner’s Guide)

Each product added to your WooCommerce store has a unique identity number assigned to it.

Knowing how to find these product IDs is important for customizing your online store effectively. This allows you to apply specific settings, manage inventory, configure custom plugins, or troubleshoot issues.

Over the years, we have created multiple eCommerce stores and have used product IDs for better store management. We understand how important this information can be for store owners.

In this beginner’s guide, we’ll show you how to quickly find a product ID in WooCommerce.

What is Product ID in WooCommerce?

WooCommerce saves all your product data in the WordPress database system.

To make each record unique, it automatically assigns an ID number to each product you add to your WooCommerce store.

This allows WooCommerce to display a product when requested, process orders, and do lots of cool things behind the scenes.

However, sometimes, you may need to find a product’s ID to perform certain tasks.

For instance, you may be building a WooCommerce product page and need a product ID to display a specific product.

Similarly, you may use a WooCommerce plugin that needs product IDs to show related products or offer upsells.

Let’s look at how you can quickly locate a WooCommerce product’s ID.

How to Locate a Product ID in WooCommerce

WooCommerce makes it very easy to find a product ID.

Simply go to the Products » All Products page. You will see a list of the most recent products added to your WooCommerce store.

Move the mouse over a product title, and a line of commands will appear below it. This line also includes the product ID displayed as ‘ID:’ followed by the ID number.

For instance, the demo product ID is 81 in the above screenshot.

If your store has only a handful of products, you can scroll down the products page to locate a product and see its ID.

You can also use the search at the top right corner of the products table to quickly look for a product by name.

This will help you narrow down the list of products displayed.

You can then locate a specific product and move your mouse over to its title to view the product ID.

You can also find a product ID by clicking on the ‘Edit’ link.

This will open the ‘Edit Product’ page. Now, if you look at your browser’s address bar, you’ll find the product ID in the URL.

Finding Product ID For a Variation Product in WooCommerce

If the product you are looking for does not have variations, you can use the above methods to find its product ID.

However, if the product you are looking for has variations, each variation is assigned its unique product ID.

For instance, if you sell a T-shirt in three colors, like red, blue, and green, then you will add different colors as a product variation.

If you only need a product ID for a specific variation, here is how you will find it.

Simply locate the product by visiting the Products » All Products page. After that, click on the ‘Edit Product’ link below the product title.

On the product edit screen, scroll down to the ‘Product Data’ section.

From here, click ‘Variations,’ and it will show you all product variations with their IDs.

What is The Difference Between Product SKU and ID?

SKU stands for Stock Keeping Unit. It is a unique identifier a store owner assigns to a product to keep track of their inventory or stock.

Retailers, wholesalers, and other store owners also use SKUs in product barcodes.

However, unlike product IDs, SKU identifiers are not automatically generated by WooCommerce. A store owner will have to manually add it to WooCommerce products.

If you do not track inventory in WooCommerce, your products may not have SKUs or need them.

For instance, if you sell digital downloads or virtual products, you may not need to keep track of your stock or inventory.

On the other hand, each product in your online store has a unique product ID, which is automatically generated by WooCommerce. Even if you never put in an SKU, each product in your store will have a product ID.

We hope this article helped you learn how to find product IDs in WooCommerce. You may also want to see our tutorial on how to edit WooCommerce pages (without coding) or take a look at our WooCommerce SEO guide.

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