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1. Zyn
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Hi,

   I am creating a website using WordPress as CMS and I want a static front page. This front page has some features I don't want on regular pages and therefor I wonder how I can set up a PHP-query to check if the current page is the front page, and if so place some special code in there.

   Thank you in advance.

2. mores
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   In your index.php theme file use this
   

   <?php if (is_home()) { do something }?>

   to check.
   If you have a static front page set as "home", then you need to use
   

   <?php if (is_page('Home')) { do something } ?>

   (obviously insert the slug of the page you have set as "home")

3. Zyn
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   In my page.php file (the front page is a page after all) I tried using:

   <?php if ( is_home() ) { ?>
   html here... tadadum...
   <?php } ?>

   I also tried this in index.php but neither gave any result.

4. mores
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   even if the front page is actually a Page, it is still called from the index.php, I believe.
   Try the second code I gave you, since the "is_home" function will not work if your front page is a Page. then you need to ask if the current Page is the Page with the name "home", or whatever you call it.

5. Zyn
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Thank you. Using that code in the page.php made everything work exactly as I wanted it to.

6. ktsixit
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   I'm using a static page as a frontpage but non of the two pieces of code you suggest is working.

   My frontpage's title is in greek, I don't know if this may be a problem, although I have changed the encoding of index.php file.

   Am I missing something?

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