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1. zyrq
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   I'm setting up shortcodes to include a specific post.
   This works ok if I know the ID of the post: [myshortcode=192] where 192 is the ID of the post: get_post(192)
   However, I would like a shortcode like this: [myshortcode=shorty5] where shorty5 is the title of the post.

   Basically the shortcodes are in a category called shortcodes, user adds posts to that category to have new shortcodes [myshortcode=shorty6] etc.
   I dont want the user to 'go and find the ID of the post'.

   So, my question is: how can I use the title in the shortcodes instead of the ID -or- how can I get the postID from the title?
   -thanks-

2. zyrq
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   nevr mind...
   again...

3. codeasily
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   /**
   * Retrieve a post given its title.
   *
   * @uses $wpdb
   *
   * @param string $post_title Page title
   * @param string $output Optional. Output type. OBJECT, ARRAY_N, or ARRAY_A.
   * @return mixed
   */
   function get_post_by_title($page_title, $output = OBJECT) {
       global $wpdb;
           $post = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_title = %s AND post_type='post'", $page_title ));
           if ( $post )
               return get_post($post, $output);
   
       return null;
   }

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