You do not need to add Yoast if you only want to add meta tags to the homepage. Just some minor editing will save you on performance. You can use the is_home() function. Insert this to your header.php: <?php if (is_home()) { ?> <meta name=”description” content=”Your description for homepage…” /> <?php } else { ?> … Read more
Eliminating all of the other solutions, there is at least one remaining: template_redirect: function wpse121308_redirect_homepage() { // Check for blog posts index // NOT site front page, // which would be is_front_page() if ( is_home() ) { wp_redirect( get_category_link( $id ) ); exit(); } } add_action( ‘template_redirect’, ‘wpse121308_redirect_homepage’ ); You will need to pass the … Read more
I would set another page as the home page, add a custom template for the home page and put this in it: <?php wp_redirect( get_permalink( $id ), 301 ); exit; ?>
This should work for you if you put it in your themes functions.php file, but you may want to modify the conditions, and the url to redirect to depending on your set up. function loginRedirect( $redirect_to, $request, $user ){ if( is_array( $user->roles ) ) { // check if user has a role return “/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=page”; } … Read more
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