As of April 2026, Get Widget ID is a WordPress widget plugin with 400 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.
As the name suggests the Get Widget ID Plugin allows you to display the widget id in the widget form.
One can also get the widget id by inspecting the html but I find that rather tedious. So I wrote this short snippet.
No more inspecting elements and messing with html. Simply install this plugin and you are good to go.
It is based on this Tutorial
| WordPress | 3.3+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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