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What is the correct method for determining ‘is_front_page’ when using filters such as ‘pre_get_posts’ and ‘posts_where’?

Regarding the posts_orderby, posts_where, posts_join and posts_clauses hooks, the current \WP_Query object is available through the second input argument. These are the relevant parts from the \WP_Query class: $orderby = apply_filters_ref_array( ‘posts_orderby’, array( $orderby, &$this ) ); $where = apply_filters_ref_array( ‘posts_where’, array( $where, &$this ) ); $join = apply_filters_ref_array( ‘posts_join’, array( $join, &$this ) ); … Read more

is_home , is_front_page not working

<?php if( is_front_page() ) : ?> is_home relates to the posts page according to your reading settings. is_front_page always returns true on the front page.

WordPress function like is_category for subcategory? is_subcategory?

Sub-categories use the regular category archive page by default. There is no function such as is_subcategory. But you can write your own. Here is an example: This will check if the current page is a sub-category. Or if you pass an ID it will check if the ID is a subcategory. function is_subcategory( $cat_id = … Read more

if (is_page(PAGE ID)) not working

you can use this for <?php global $post; if( $post->ID == 346) { ?> <!– do your stuff here –> <?php } ?> you can use this anywhere either in header or anywhere else.

Auto Add Image Title,Caption,Alt Text,Description while uploading Images in WordPress

added_post_meta seems like a good time to hook into a new image. Not only is the default meta already set but the function gives you the $post_id along with $meta_value which holds the attachment metadata. From there you can get all the fields and set the ones you want. add_action(‘added_post_meta’, ‘wpse_20151219_after_post_meta’, 10, 4); function wpse_20151219_after_post_meta($meta_id, … Read more

How to force a query conditional?

Did you check what part of is_front_page() is causing it to return false? I could reproduce the problem by following the setup from the trac ticket. In my case inside this function the call to is_page() was returning false. I guess this is due to using $wp_query->set() for page_id and is_page is only causing the … Read more

Actions, functions and conditionals

WordPress coding standards for PHP does not state anything about this, and there is no other standard, so it’s up to developers to choose one way or another. I have to say that the 2 methods have different approaches; while the first contains conditional logic, the second is a conditional function declaration, which means that … Read more

What is the condition to check if we are in admin or frontend?

Take a look at the is_admin() conditional tag: function wpse106895_dummy_func() { if ( ! is_admin() ) { // do your thing } } add_action( ‘some-hook’, ‘wpse106895_dummy_func’ ); is_admin() returns true, if the URL being accessed is in the dashboard / wp-admin. Hence it’s negation (via the not operator) is true when in the frontend. Update, … Read more

How to make plugin required in a wp theme without using php conditional statements when calling an individual function from that plugin?

is_plugin_active() is rather fragile: it will break when either the plugin author renames the main file or when the user renames the plugin’s directory or main file. It’s better to check if a certain public function exists. To avoid having to make that check each time you need some of the plugin’s functionality, you could … Read more

Conditional tag to check if ‘page.php’ is being used?

I actually ran into the same problem myself and my solution was this code: if(basename(get_page_template()) === ‘page.php’){ } basename(get_page_template()) gets the filename of the page template (according to https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_page_template) and we then check if it is equal to ‘page.php’

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