Get default page layout of a publishing web site in SharePoint 2010

Here we will discuss about how to Get default page layout of a publishing web site in SharePoint 2010.

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Below SharePoint 2010 object model code that is used to get the default page layout of a publishing web site in SharePoint 2010. Site URL is the site collection URL.

private static void GetDefaultPageLayout()
        {
            using (SPSite site = new SPSite("Site URL"))
            {
                using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
                {
 // Get the publishing web site
                    PublishingWeb publishingWeb = PublishingWeb.GetPublishingWeb(web);
        PageLayout pageLayout = publishingWeb.DefaultPageLayout;
                    Console.WriteLine("Default Page Layout Name"+pageLayout.Name + " URL of the web site : " + pageLayout.ServerRelativeUrl);
                }
            }
        }