get_page_by_title( string $page_title, string $output = OBJECT, string|array $post_type = 'page' )

Retrieve a page given its title.


Description Description

If more than one post uses the same title, the post with the smallest ID will be returned. Be careful: in case of more than one post having the same title, it will check the oldest publication date, not the smallest ID.

Because this function uses the MySQL ‘=’ comparison, $page_title will usually be matched as case-insensitive with default collation.


Parameters Parameters

$page_title

(string) (Required) Page title.

$output

(string) (Optional) The required return type. One of OBJECT, ARRAY_A, or ARRAY_N, which correspond to a WP_Post object, an associative array, or a numeric array, respectively.

Default value: OBJECT

$post_type

(string|array) (Optional) Post type or array of post types.

Default value: 'page'


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Return Return

(WP_Post|array|null) WP_Post (or array) on success, or null on failure.


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Source Source

File: wp-includes/post.php

function get_page_by_title( $page_title, $output = OBJECT, $post_type = 'page' ) {
	global $wpdb;

	if ( is_array( $post_type ) ) {
		$post_type           = esc_sql( $post_type );
		$post_type_in_string = "'" . implode( "','", $post_type ) . "'";
		$sql                 = $wpdb->prepare(
			"
			SELECT ID
			FROM $wpdb->posts
			WHERE post_title = %s
			AND post_type IN ($post_type_in_string)
		",
			$page_title
		);
	} else {
		$sql = $wpdb->prepare(
			"
			SELECT ID
			FROM $wpdb->posts
			WHERE post_title = %s
			AND post_type = %s
		",
			$page_title,
			$post_type
		);
	}

	$page = $wpdb->get_var( $sql );

	if ( $page ) {
		return get_post( $page, $output );
	}
}

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Changelog Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
3.0.0 The $post_type parameter was added.
2.1.0 Introduced.


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User Contributed Notes User Contributed Notes

  1. Skip to note 1 content
    Contributed by Codex

    How To Find WordPress Page ID By Title Then Replace the_content()

    In this example, we find the page id of “Sample Page” then replace the page’s the_content() with “Hello World!”

    function my_content($content) {
    	$page = get_page_by_title( 'Sample Page' );
    	if ( is_page($page->ID) )
    		$content = "Hello World!";
    	return $content;
    }
    add_filter('the_content', 'my_content');
    
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    Contributed by Akira Tachibana

    How to Find WordPress Custom Post Type by Title

    This is useful for Custom Post Types. Below, we find the $post array of a Custom Post Type “link” with a title of “World Peace Now”:

    $mypost = get_page_by_title('World Peace Now', OBJECT, 'link');
    print_r($mypost);
    

    This comment was copied from Codex.

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    Contributed by Codex

    Find Page ID to use with exclude in wp_list_pages

    This example will return the $page object for the page titled “About”. Then the $page->ID element is used to exclude the About page when listing pages.

    <?php 
    $page = get_page_by_title( 'About' );
    wp_list_pages( 'exclude=' . $page->ID );
    ?>
    

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