get_permalink_by_name()

2010-01-16 @ 14:53

The problem

WordPress have a built in function called get_permalink. However, it only accepts an ID as an in parameter. I can’t get a permalink if I have a page / post name.

The solution

I created a function that returns an URL when sending a post / page name as an in parameter. Put the function into your functions.php in your theme folder.

function get_permalink_by_name($post_name)
{
     global $post;
     global $wpdb;
     $id = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_name = '".$post_name."'");
     return get_permalink($id);
}

The function call

Call the function inside the loop, somewhere in your theme. The code below prints out the current user information.

echo get_permalink_by_name('my-post-name');

Improvements

Do you have any ideas, bugs, features or anything else to improve the code? Write a comment and I’ll look into it.

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4 replys to “get_permalink_by_name()”

  • Anthony Tiefenbach
    2010-05-04 @ 12:53 f m

    I’m using this function on a page to go link back to another page, by name, within the loop, with no problems. However, on a post, within the loop, I’m not getting a permalink, it returns the current posts permalink.

    Is there something I’m missing? I’m using WordPress 2.9.2.

    Thanks

  • Ann »
    2011-04-30 @ 12:44 f m

    This solved a problem for me – many thanks!

  • AJ Clarke »
    2011-05-27 @ 7:16 e m

    This piece of code is great. But if you have made significant revisions to the page (like changing the slug) it gets messed up and shows a slug such as domain/revision-8

  • Ootes
    2013-03-14 @ 1:15 e m

    This is my approach for the same problem

    function get_permalink_by_title($title){
    $page = get_page_by_title($title);
    $pageID = $page->ID;
    $permalink = get_permalink($pageID);
    return $permalink;
    }

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