You can use the wp_loaded hook to push all non-logged-in traffic to the login screen. Note how I’ve passed $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’] to wp_login_url() – this is passed as a URL parameter to the login page, and once a user successfully signs in, they’ll be redirected back to the URL they were originally trying to visit. function … Read more
Several options: Out-of-the-box plugin If you’re using Yoast WordPress SEO, you have a built-in setting for Facebook images. Under your SEO > Social menu, go to the Facebook tab and select an image under “Frontpage settings.” You can also set an image as a fallback, for posts that have no featured image, under “Default settings.” … Read more
You have the WordPress function is_front_page() that you need to invert with “!” . if(!is_front_page() && in_category( array(10,11,12,13,14,15,18,19,20) ))
This code may help resolve the issue for this particular situation. Put this code in yor theme’s functions.php. add_action(‘template_redirect’, ‘default_page’); function default_page(){ if(is_home() or is_front_page()){ exit( wp_redirect(“http://path/to/your/html/file”)); } } Replace http://path/to/your/html/file to exact url of html file. I hope this helps.
Don’t forget about the “Help” button in the top-right of the WP admin screen! The Help refers to the Settings Reading SubPanel page in the Codex which says the following: Posts page – Select in the drop-down box the name of the Page that will now contain your Posts. If you do not select a … Read more
Let’s see if I can confuse myself. If either of your two OR conditions is true the code executes. is_home and is_front_page can return true for different pages, negated in your case. If you have a static from page, which it sounds like you do, then is_home is the blog index page. Note: WordPress 2.1 … Read more
I had faced the same problem. And finally, I solved the problem. Getting the current Pagination Number <?php $paged = (get_query_var(‘paged’)) ? get_query_var(‘paged’) : 1; ?> For getting the current pagination number on a static front page (Page template) you have to use the ‘page’ query variable. <?php $paged = (get_query_var(‘page’)) ? get_query_var(‘page’) : 1; … Read more
I strongly advise you to heed the advice already given. If your PHP is well structured and you take advantage of caching methods, it won’t have a significant increase on your page load time. We’ve got pages with extremely complex queries that are hardly optimized, but using some clever caching methods, we’re able to get … Read more
WordPress does have a way of doing what you want. Make them all top level pages. Unless you have a good reason not to.
Create a file front-page.php with the following content: locate_template( ‘category-image-gallery.php’, TRUE, TRUE ); That’s all. For the theme’s functions.php If you want to restrict the front page content to posts from that category, filter the front page query: add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘wpse_74225_frontpage_categories’ ); function wpse_74225_frontpage_categories( $query ) { if ( $query->is_main_query() && is_front_page() ) { $query->set( … Read more