diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index 6a7c637831..381ee526b4 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -5766,6 +5766,8 @@ function get_page_by_path( $page_path, $output = OBJECT, $post_type = 'page' ) {
  * @since 2.1.0
  * @since 3.0.0 The `$post_type` parameter was added.
  *
+ * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
+ *
  * @param string       $page_title Page title.
  * @param string       $output     Optional. The required return type. One of OBJECT, ARRAY_A, or ARRAY_N, which
  *                                 correspond to a WP_Post object, an associative array, or a numeric array,
@@ -5774,25 +5776,40 @@ function get_page_by_path( $page_path, $output = OBJECT, $post_type = 'page' ) {
  * @return WP_Post|array|null WP_Post (or array) on success, or null on failure.
  */
 function get_page_by_title( $page_title, $output = OBJECT, $post_type = 'page' ) {
-	$args  = array(
-		'title'                  => $page_title,
-		'post_type'              => $post_type,
-		'post_status'            => get_post_stati(),
-		'posts_per_page'         => 1,
-		'update_post_term_cache' => false,
-		'update_post_meta_cache' => false,
-		'no_found_rows'          => true,
-		'orderby'                => 'post_date ID',
-		'order'                  => 'ASC',
-	);
-	$query = new WP_Query( $args );
-	$pages = $query->posts;
+	global $wpdb;
 
-	if ( empty( $pages ) ) {
-		return null;
+	if ( is_array( $post_type ) ) {
+		$post_type           = esc_sql( $post_type );
+		$post_type_in_string = "'" . implode( "','", $post_type ) . "'";
+		$sql                 = $wpdb->prepare(
+			"
+			SELECT ID
+			FROM $wpdb->posts
+			WHERE post_title = %s
+			AND post_type IN ($post_type_in_string)
+		",
+			$page_title
+		);
+	} else {
+		$sql = $wpdb->prepare(
+			"
+			SELECT ID
+			FROM $wpdb->posts
+			WHERE post_title = %s
+			AND post_type = %s
+		",
+			$page_title,
+			$post_type
+		);
 	}
 
-	return get_post( $pages[0], $output );
+	$page = $wpdb->get_var( $sql );
+
+	if ( $page ) {
+		return get_post( $page, $output );
+	}
+
+	return null;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 97934b53b2..141f629705 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.2-alpha-54777';
+$wp_version = '6.2-alpha-54782';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.