Title: WP_Block_Templates_Registry::get_by_slug
Published: November 13, 2024
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# WP_Block_Templates_Registry::get_by_slug( string $template_slug ): 󠀁[WP_Block_Template](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_template/)󠁿|null

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_templates_registry/get_by_slug/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_templates_registry/get_by_slug/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_templates_registry/get_by_slug/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_templates_registry/get_by_slug/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_templates_registry/get_by_slug/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Retrieves a registered template by its slug.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_templates_registry/get_by_slug/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$template_slug`stringrequired

Slug of the template.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_templates_registry/get_by_slug/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 [WP_Block_Template](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_template/)
|null The registered template, or null if it is not registered.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_templates_registry/get_by_slug/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function get_by_slug( $template_slug ) {
    	$all_templates = $this->get_all_registered();

    	if ( ! $all_templates ) {
    		return null;
    	}

    	foreach ( $all_templates as $template ) {
    		if ( $template->slug === $template_slug ) {
    			return $template;
    		}
    	}

    	return null;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-block-templates-registry.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wp-block-templates-registry.php#L130)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/class-wp-block-templates-registry.php#L130-L144)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_templates_registry/get_by_slug/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Block_Templates_Registry::get_all_registered()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_templates_registry/get_all_registered/)`wp-includes/class-wp-block-templates-registry.php` |

Retrieves all registered templates.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_block_templates_registry/get_by_slug/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [6.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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