get ID from post title for shortcode

  • 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-

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  • Thread Starter zyrq

    (@zyrq)

    nevr mind…
    again…

    /**
* 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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