diff --git a/include/CatList.php b/include/CatList.php
index 98a6543..237d5ff 100644
--- a/include/CatList.php
+++ b/include/CatList.php
@@ -56,8 +56,14 @@ private function lcp_set_categories(){
      * by Eric Celeste / http://eric.clst.org
      */
     private function get_category_id_by_name($cat_name){
+        //We check if the name gets the category id, if not, we check the slug.
+        $term = get_term_by('name', $cat_name, 'category');
+
+        if (!$term):
             $term = get_term_by('name', $cat_name, 'category');
-            return $term->term_id;
+        endif;
+
+        return $term->term_id;
     }
 
     public function get_category_id(){
diff --git a/list_cat_posts.php b/list_cat_posts.php
index a364cf9..06131bd 100644
--- a/list_cat_posts.php
+++ b/list_cat_posts.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Plugin Name: List category posts
 Plugin URI: http://picandocodigo.net/programacion/wordpress/list-category-posts-wordpress-plugin-english/
 Description: List Category Posts allows you to list posts from a category into a post/page using the [catlist] shortcode. This shortcode accepts a category name or id, the order in which you want the posts to display, and the number of posts to display. You can use [catlist] as many times as needed with different arguments. Usage: [catlist argument1=value1 argument2=value2].
-Version: 0.18
+Version: 0.18.1
 Author: Fernando Briano
 Author URI: http://picandocodigo.net/
 */
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 26e45d2..b34baf8 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Donate Link: http://picandocodigo.net/programacion/wordpress/list-category-posts
 Tags: list, categories, posts, cms
 Requires at least: 2.8
 Tested up to: 3.1
-Stable tag: 0.18
+Stable tag: 0.18.1
 
 == Description ==
 List Category Posts is a simple WordPress plugin which allows you to list posts from a category into a post/page using the [catlist] shortcode. This shortcode accepts a category name or id, the order in which you want the posts to display, and the number of posts to display. You can use [catlist] as many times as needed with different arguments. 
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ Template system has changed. Custom templates should be stored in WordPress them
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 0.18.1 =
+* Added slug and name to the fetching of category id from previous update.
+
 = 0.18 =
 * Fixed category id bug. Reported and fixed by Eric Celeste / http://eric.clst.org, thanks!
 * Improved template system a liitle bit, now you can pass an HTML tag and a CSS class to sorround each field on your template.