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1. scottconnerly
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have set the Home to be a page, have set the blog to be a secondary page, /news/.

   is_home() is only showing as true on /news/ and my template file 'home.php' is loading for /news/.

   is_front_page() is respecting the page_on_front option.

   It looks like the issue is with $this->is_singular is being included in the evaluations for is_home in parse_query().

   Is there another way to make it so that the page_on_front option is respected? Its not like I have any crazy loops going on here, its just a simple page.

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'd suggest reviewing Conditional_Tags - specifically what is_home() and is_front_page() test for.

   I think you're compounding the confusion by using home.php as your template file name. home.php is a reserved name on many servers. Try renaming the template to homepage.php.

3. scottconnerly
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   From the Conditional Tags page:
   --snip--
   so if you've set a static Page for the Front Page (see below), then this will only be true on the Page which you set as the "Posts page"
   --snip--

   So you're saying the home page isn't going to be the home page? The root of the blog is going to be the is_home page?
   Odd.

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   is_home() is only showing as true on /news/

   This is the correct behaviour for is_home(). It's true only on your main posts page.

   If you're using a static front page, you need to look at is_front_page(). Also, do take note of what I said about your template file name. It can cause confusion and, in some case, significant site display issues.

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