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1. alysko
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi,

   Into the sidebar (sidebar.php), I show articles I want :
   - A (named) static article
   - last articles
   For that, I use query_posts and the loop.

   Thus, I launch two requests query_posts and two loop (is it better to use get_posts with a foreach ?)
   It works as I wish... but this behavior must be only for the homepage (I use home.php) and problem is here.

   Actually, I wanted to use conditional tags in sidebar but that doesn't work : neither is_home(), nor is_front_page() return correct value (always false while I am on the homepage - root of website -).

   So, why it doesn't work and how can I get it work ?

   Is it stupid to use several loops and is it better to use other type of request (and perhaps directly MySQL request) ?

   Thank you.

2. alysko
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Behavior is very strange :

   $wp_query[post][is_home] = false when I choose "Your latest posts" (Settings > Reading)

   $wp_query[post][is_home] = false when I choose "A static page"-"Front page"-(page wanted in home)

   $wp_query[post][is_home] = true when I choose "A static page"-"Posts page" (but doesn't show what I want)

   is_home() seems to be buggy !

3. melvitax
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   you need to reset the query before the conditional statement
   <?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

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