get_category_by_slug() WP 1.0
Retrieve category object by category slug.
Works based on: get_term_by(), _make_cat_compat()
1 time — 0.000684 sec (slow) | 50000 times — 18.52 sec (slow) | PHP 7.0.2, WP 4.4.2
No Hooks.
Return
Object|false. Category data object on success, false if not found.
Usage
get_category_by_slug( $slug );
- $slug(string) (required)
- The category slug.
Changelog
| Since 2.3.0 | Introduced. |
Code of get_category_by_slug() get category by slug WP 5.7.1
function get_category_by_slug( $slug ) {
$category = get_term_by( 'slug', $slug, 'category' );
if ( $category ) {
_make_cat_compat( $category );
}
return $category;
}