templatetag to get a page object by its ID

home_tags.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django import template

from classytags.arguments import Argument
from classytags.core import Options
from classytags.helpers import AsTag

from cms.utils import get_site_id
from cms.templatetags.cms_tags import _get_page_by_untyped_arg

register = template.Library()


class PageById(AsTag):
    name = 'page_by_id'

    options = Options(
        Argument('page_id'),
        Argument('site_id', required=False, default=None),
        'as',
        Argument('varname', required=True, resolve=False)
    )

    def get_value(self, context, page_id, site_id):
        """Returns the published page with the given page ID, or None."""
        site_id = site_id or get_site_id(None)
        request = context.get('request', None)
        return _get_page_by_untyped_arg(page_id, request, site_id)

register.tag(PageById)

templatetag to get a page object by its ID

Make a directory in your project called "templatetags" (include an empty __init__.py inside)
Add the file below: home_tags.py

Use it like this:

````
{% load home_tags %}
{# You should be able to pass anything that page_url accepts here #}
{% page_by_id "about" as the_about_page %}
<h1>{{ the_about_page.creation_date }}</h1>
...
````