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Retrieve category object by category slug. Returns false if not found.
<?php get_category_by_slug( $slug ); ?>
Note: same is achieved by "get_term_by('slug', $slug, 'category')"
<?php $idObj = get_category_by_slug('category-slug'); $id = $idObj->term_id; ?>
Since: 2.3.0
get_category_by_slug() is located in wp-includes/category.php
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