public static function doHardGetOption($optionName, $defaultValue = 0)
    {
        global $wpdb;

        $optionValue = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare(
            "
				SELECT option_value
				FROM {$wpdb->prefix}options
				WHERE option_name = %s
			",
            $optionName
        ));
        if (!is_null($optionValue)) {
            return $optionValue;
        }

        return $defaultValue;
    }