WordPress query single post by slug

Question

For the moment when I want to show a single post without using a loop I use this:

Answer 1

As wordpress api has changed, you can´t use get_posts with param 'post_name'. I´ve modified Maartens function a bit:

function get_post_id_by_slug( $slug, $post_type = "post" ) {
    $query = new WP_Query(
        array(
            'name'   => $slug,
            'post_type'   => $post_type,
            'numberposts' => 1,
            'fields'      => 'ids',
        ) );
    $posts = $query->get_posts();
    return array_shift( $posts );
}