Is it possible to get a page link from its slug?

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Is it possible to get a page’s permalink from the slug alone? I’m aware that you can get the page’s permalink from the ID using get_page_link(): 

<a href="<?php echo get_page_link(40); ?>">Map</a>

I’m curious if there is any way to do the same with the slug of a page – like this:

<a href="<?php echo get_page_link('map'); ?>">Map</a>
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  2. I think this could be better:

    function get_page_by_slug($page_slug, $output = OBJECT, $post_type = 'page' ) {
    global $wpdb;
    $page = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_name = %s AND post_type= %s", $page_slug, $post_type ) );
    if ( $page )
            return get_page($page, $output);
    return null;
}

    following the pattern of “original” get_page_by_title of wordpress. (line 3173)

    rgds

  3. This is a method published by Tom McFarlin on his blog:

    /**
 * Returns the permalink for a page based on the incoming slug.
 *
 * @param   string  $slug   The slug of the page to which we're going to link.
 * @return  string          The permalink of the page
 * @since   1.0
 */
function wpse_4999_get_permalink_by_slug( $slug, $post_type = '' ) {

    // Initialize the permalink value
    $permalink = null;

    // Build the arguments for WP_Query
    $args = array(
        'name'          => $slug,
        'max_num_posts' => 1
    );

    // If the optional argument is set, add it to the arguments array
    if( '' != $post_type ) {
        $args = array_merge( $args, array( 'post_type' => $post_type ) );
    }

    // Run the query (and reset it)
    $query = new WP_Query( $args );
    if( $query->have_posts() ) {
        $query->the_post();
        $permalink = get_permalink( get_the_ID() );
        wp_reset_postdata();
    }
    return $permalink;
}

    It works with custom post types and built-in post types (such as post and page).

  4. the accepted answer is wrong because hierarchical pages don’t work like that. Simply put, the slug is not always the path of the page or post. E.g. your page has a child etc. the path will be parent-slug/child-slug and get_page_by_path will fail to find child-slug this way. The proper solution is this:

    function mycoolprefix_post_by_slug($the_slug, $post_type = "page"){
 $args = array(
   'name'        => $the_slug,
   'post_type'   => $post_type,
   'post_status' => 'publish',
   'numberposts' => 1
 );
 $my_page = get_posts($args)[0];
 return $my_page;
}

<a href="<?php echo mycoolprefix_post_by_slug('map'); ?>">Map</a>

  5. Try This:

    <a href="<?php echo get_page_link( get_page_by_path( 'map' ) ); ?>">Map</a>

    get_page_by_path( 'path' ) returns page/post object which can be then used by get_page_link() as it accepts post/page object and returns permalink. 

  6.     function theme_get_permalink_by_title( $title ) {

    // Initialize the permalink value
    $permalink = null;

    // Try to get the page by the incoming title
    $page = get_page_by_title( strtolower( $title ) );

    // If the page exists, then let's get its permalink
    if( null != $page ) {
        $permalink = get_permalink( $page->ID );
    } // end if

    return $permalink;

} // end theme_get_permalink_by_title

    Use this function by

    if( null == theme_get_permalink_by_title( 'Register For This Site' ) ) {
  // The permalink doesn't exist, so handle this however you best see fit.
} else {
  // The page exists, so do what you need to do.
} // end if/else

  7. A little late, but kind of…

    You can do this:
    <?php $map = get_page_by_title( 'map' ); ?>
    <a href="<?php echo get_page_link('$map->ID'); ?>">Map</a>

    That’s how I do it 🙂

    Thanks,
    Josh