Get WordPress Post ID from Post title
Found a solution if anyone else struggles with this. Only posted the question out of desperation after 4 hours testing/Googling!
function get_post_by_title($page_title, $output = OBJECT) {
global $wpdb;
$post = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_title = %s AND post_type='post'", $page_title ));
if ( $post )
return get_post($post, $output);
return null;
}