get post by name

get_post_by_name.php

<?php
/**
 * Helper function to get a specific page by a page slug
 *
 * @param string $slug The slug to look for
 * @param string $type What data you want returned. Takes anything that would be
 *                     in a WP_Post object. Defaults to the full post object
 * @link  https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-check-if-page-exists?replies=8#post-466937
 * @link  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14979837/wordpress-query-single-post-by-slug
 */
function wds_get_post_by_name( $slug = '', $type = '' ) {
	$post = get_posts( array(
		'name'        => $slug,
		'post_type'   => 'page',
		'post_status' => 'publish',
		'numberposts' => 1
	) );

	if ( is_wp_error( $post ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	if ( '' == $type ) {
		return $post[0];
	}

	return $post[0]->$type;

}

// syntax:
// $post_object = wds_get_post_by_name( 'some-slug' );
// $post_id = wds_get_post_by_name( 'some-slug', 'ID' );
// $post_title = wds_get_post_by_name( 'some-slug', 'post_title' );