Title: Conditional Statement to Query Posts in Header Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Conditional Statement to Query Posts in Header * [InHouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inhouse/) * (@inhouse) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-statement-to-query-posts-in-header/) * Hi, I’m trying to use query_posts in my header file and make it conditional so it only displays on the home page. * Currently, this displays on all pages and pulls in the content of the page rather than the post with ID 68. When I remove the conditional statement, it grabs post ID 68 perfectly, except it’s not conditional to the home page only. * I’m unsure of how to use the “if is_home” conditional statement with query_posts. I’m trying to put this together based on what I learned in Codex but this is a bit more advanced than I can manage I think. * Thanks in advance for any help! * ``` if ( is_home() ) { // The Query query_posts( 'p=68' ); } // The Loop while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); echo '

'; echo '

'; the_post_thumbnail('home-quote-img'); echo '

'; echo '

'; the_content(); echo '

'; echo '

'; the_excerpt(); echo '

'; echo '

'; endwhile; // Reset Query wp_reset_query(); ``` Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * [Andrew Bartel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew-bartel/) * (@andrew-bartel) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-statement-to-query-posts-in-header/#post-3171909) * Try is_front_page(), and use WP_Query() instead of query_posts()! * Thread Starter [InHouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inhouse/) * (@inhouse) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-statement-to-query-posts-in-header/#post-3171913) * [@andrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew/), sorry for my ignorance, but what do I need to change to use WP_Query()? I must be using it incorrectly because it’s still not conditional. It appears on every page and mirrors the_content for whatever page you’re viewing still. * ``` if (is_front_page()) { // The Query WP_Query( 'p=68' ); } // The Loop while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); echo '

'; echo '

'; the_post_thumbnail('home-quote-img'); echo '

';// end .home-quote-img echo '

'; echo '

'; the_content(); echo '

';// end .home-quote-content echo '

'; the_excerpt(); echo '

';// end .home-quote-excerpt echo '

';// end .home-quote-text echo '

'; echo '

';// end #home-quote-container endwhile; // Reset Query wp_reset_query(); ``` * Or * ``` $query = new WP_Query( 'p=68' ); ``` * [Andrew Bartel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew-bartel/) * (@andrew-bartel) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-statement-to-query-posts-in-header/#post-3171922) * So, only the query_posts and WP_Query part are in your conditional statement. You’ll want the whole piece of code in there. Below: * ``` if (is_front_page()) { // The Query $homepage_query = new WP_Query( 'p=68' ); // The Loop while ( $homepage_query->have_posts() ) : $homepage_query->the_post(); echo '

'; echo '

'; the_post_thumbnail('home-quote-img'); echo '

';// end .home-quote-img echo '

'; echo '

'; the_content(); echo '

';// end .home-quote-content echo '

'; the_excerpt(); echo '

';// end .home-quote-excerpt echo '

';// end .home-quote-text echo '

'; echo '

';// end #home-quote-container endwhile; // Reset Query wp_reset_query(); } ``` * Here is a nice breakdown of why not to use query_posts: [http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/1753/when-should-you-use-wp-query-vs-query-posts-vs-get-posts](http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/1753/when-should-you-use-wp-query-vs-query-posts-vs-get-posts) * Happy coding! Let me know if that doesn’t work for you. Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Conditional Statement to Query Posts in Header’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [conditional](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/conditional/) * [posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/posts/) * [query](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/query/) * [query_posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/query_posts/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 3 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Andrew Bartel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew-bartel/) * Last activity: [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-statement-to-query-posts-in-header/#post-3171922) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics