get_category_by_slug( string $slug )

Retrieve category object by category slug.

Parameters

$slug

(Required) The category slug.

Return

(object) Category data object

Source

File: wp-includes/category.php 

function get_category_by_slug( $slug  ) {
	$category = get_term_by( 'slug', $slug, 'category' );
	if ( $category )
		_make_cat_compat( $category );

	return $category;
}

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Related

Uses

Uses
Uses Description
wp-includes/category.php: _make_cat_compat()

Update category structure to old pre 2.3 from new taxonomy structure.
wp-includes/taxonomy.php: get_term_by()

Get all Term data from database by Term field and data.

Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-2.3.0 Introduced.