linking to post outside the loop

Question

Is there an easy way to link to a specific page/post outside the loop? I used the get_permalink() code as follows.

<a href="<?php echo get_permalink( 164 ); ?>/post-slug/"> </a>

But this meant that I had to get the post ID from the Shortlink in the Admin for the post I wanted and then append the slug to it. Is there a better way to get the post ID of the post I am looking for, without using the loop?

My permalinks are set up to use the post name so this seemed to work.

Answer 1

Have you tried the get_page_by_title function?

You can use like <?php echo get_permalink(get_page_by_title('My Post Title')); ?>