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Custom query_var causes displaying posts archive on front page

After detailed debugging of WP::parse_request() and WP_Query::parse_query() I found out that unset( $query_vars[‘date’] ); in ‘request’ filter helps. It basically unsets date query var before WP_Query::parse_query() is invoked so is_home() returns false. add_filter( ‘request’, function( $query_vars ) { global $wp_query, $wp; if ( ! $wp_query->is_main_query() ) { return $query_vars; } $qv_keys = array_keys( $wp->query_vars ); … Read more

How does WordPress decide what template to use as frontpage

Front page template logic is horrendous legacy mess. While back I wrote a very thorough front page cheatsheet, I still can’t completely remember how it works. You are right to notice that theme in your case doesn’t behave in same way as other themes typically do. If you run down specific template being used (plugin … Read more

How to make my front page display only the most recent sticky post, plus usual widgets?

If I’m understanding you correctly, you want to show only the most recent sticky post only on the front page. I had the same issue a month or two ago, and got some fantastic help from the community here at WordPress Answers. The solution is to run two loops in your index.php file. One to … Read more

Filter front page posts by category

Try adding this code to functions.php file: add_action(‘pre_get_posts’, ‘ad_filter_categories’); function ad_filter_categories($query) { if ($query->is_main_query() && is_home()) { $query->set(‘category_name’,’news, uncategorized’); } } category_name is the slug or the nicename of the category. Add a comma separated list of the categories you wish to include.

Facebook comments box on front page

Fast ‘n’ Hacky The problem can be solved by changing line 319 in facebook.php to the following: if (is_home()) { This way, the front page is not treated as a home page but as a regular page, for which the facebook feature settings can be applied (and will be handled correctly). More Elegant/Complex Here is … Read more

How to prevent the default home rewrite to a static page

The redirect is thanks to redirect_canonical() – we can simply swoop in with a filter and disable it for the front page: function wpse_184163_disable_canonical_front_page( $redirect ) { if ( is_page() && $front_page = get_option( ‘page_on_front’ ) ) { if ( is_page( $front_page ) ) $redirect = false; } return $redirect; } add_filter( ‘redirect_canonical’, ‘wpse_184163_disable_canonical_front_page’ ); … Read more

How to put custom post types on front page

So if you’ve registered a CPT called wpse_242473_custom_post_type you can use this to put 6 recent posts of that type onto your static front page (or anywhere). You can use a shortcode or a template tag and the function should work for both. It’s a modification of some code I use in a lot of … Read more

Category page doesn’t use category.php, instead it redirects to homepage

Check that your category.php file has no errors first. Go to Settings -> Permalinks and save it again to rebuild your permalink structure just in case.

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_front_page only works in theme file, and does not work in functions.php

That may be normal behavior, depending on how exactly you’re using is_front_page in your functions file. If you use it inside the global scope of functions.php, it will not work. Why? Because WordPress loads functions.php before the $wp_query object has been set up with the current page. is_front_page is a wrapper around around $wp_query->is_front_page(), and … Read more

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