is_page_template() will only tell you if the page is using a custom page template. Meaning a template that was created by adding the Template Name: comment to the file and selecting it from the Template dropdown, as described here. The function works by checking the post meta for which template was selected. If you have … Read more
Paging a list of terms/categories/tags are quite easy, and to achieve that, you need minimal info. Lets look at we need the amount of terms the amount of terms per page get_terms() (Just note, the usage of get_terms() have changed in version 4.5). You can also use get_categories() if you wish, get_categories() is just a … Read more
Don’t forget that WordPress was primarily designed to be a blogging CMS, so when it comes to theme development, developers often opt for a non-standard approach in exchange for the potential for more features. Theme developers have three options when they approach this, one of which (#2 below) you mentioned. Directly edit the index.php to … Read more
Your condition should be written like this: if (is_page_template(‘path/file.php’)) { // Do stuff } I believe the confusion is a result of two things: The docs refer to “name” ambiguously. Specifying “file name” would make the documentation much more clear. The code behind is_page_template() shows the get_page_template_slug() function at its core. This function actually returns … Read more