Title: Retrieve Post ID from Body Class with Javascript Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Retrieve Post ID from Body Class with Javascript * Resolved [lozbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lozbo/) * (@lozbo) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieve-post-id-from-body-class-with-javascript/) * I have this html outcome: * `` * And I want to get the post ID number (only the number, without “postid-“) with JavaScript. * This is as close as I’ve gotten: * `document.body.(class*=' postid-').value` * But I’m afraid its not getting the job done. * I found this thread: * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-id-in-javascript?replies=7](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-id-in-javascript?replies=7) * But it’s not really what I’m looking for. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/) * (@anevins) * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieve-post-id-from-body-class-with-javascript/#post-3354200) * Look at using jQuery’s [attribute equals selector](http://api.jquery.com/attribute-equals-selector/) function, e.g; * ``` jQuery(document).ready(function($){ var class = $('body[class="post-id-47"]'); }); ``` * Thread Starter [lozbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lozbo/) * (@lozbo) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieve-post-id-from-body-class-with-javascript/#post-3354222) * I’m trying to create a scriptlet, so I think I can’t use jquery there.. but thanks a lot for your answer. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Retrieve Post ID from Body Class with Javascript’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [id](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/id/) * [javascript](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/javascript/) * [post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/post/) * [postid](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/postid/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [lozbo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lozbo/) * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retrieve-post-id-from-body-class-with-javascript/#post-3354222) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics