Title: Different headers for posts/front/pages Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Different headers for posts/front/pages * [dougdirt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougdirt/) * (@dougdirt) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-headers-for-postsfrontpages/) * I need to use different headers, not header images, for the following set up: Front page (displays 10 most recent posts) – 1 Header Individual posts and pages– A different header (same header though) * I know how to set up different sidebars for these types of pages by calling for it in the page.php and singlepost.php, but when I try to call for the header- custom.php page in the () I tried listing it as just get_header(‘custom’), like I did with the sidebars and it didn’t work. * I really need to have this resolved by midnight tonight (April 5th). If anyone can help, I am all ears. Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-headers-for-postsfrontpages/#post-1041827) * There’s currently no option to call a custom header in the same way that you can a sidebar via template tags. What about using [Conditional tags](http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags) in header.php to either load the image for the front page or default to the main header image elsewhere? * Thread Starter [dougdirt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougdirt/) * (@dougdirt) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-headers-for-postsfrontpages/#post-1041829) * Its not an image that I want to use. I have different ad placements requirements that need to be met. Anything not on the ‘front page’ needs to be a different ad than what is on the ‘front page’. So anything that is [http://www.domain.com/specificpost](http://www.domain.com/specificpost) or [http://www.domain.com/page](http://www.domain.com/page) need to have a different ad set up than that of the one in the header for simply [http://www.domain.com](http://www.domain.com). * [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/) * (@t31os) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-headers-for-postsfrontpages/#post-1041853) * Why not just do some include switching in your header file? * ``` ``` * And so on… * If you just want to rotate adverts, why include another whole file for it? * There’s an abundance of rotation scripts no more then a few lines long available for that kind of thing. * Thread Starter [dougdirt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougdirt/) * (@dougdirt) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-headers-for-postsfrontpages/#post-1041854) * t31os, That may actually work (haven’t tried it just yet), but do you have any solution on how to tackle it from a single post? * Its not really a rotation of ads that I need to run. I need specific codes to only show up when its the front page and then a different set of code for anything thats not on the front page (including pages and single posts). * [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/) * (@t31os) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-headers-for-postsfrontpages/#post-1041860) * ``` if(is_single()) { this is shown if it's a single post page.. } ``` * ``` if(is_page()) { this is shown if it's a page } ``` * ``` if(is_front_page()) { this is shown if it's the front page } ``` * Or if you need to check it’s not the front page but is a page or single post, then combine them… * ``` if(is_single()) { this is shown if it's a single post page.. }elseif(is_page()) { this is shown if it's a page }elseif(is_front_page()) { this is shown if it's the front page } ``` * Really depends what cases they need to match, lets say you wanted to catch when it’s not the frontpage, not a single post page but anything else… * ``` if(!is_front_page() && !is_single()) { It's not the front page or a single post page.. } ``` * Adding the exclamation ! , is simply like saying NOT… * Thread Starter [dougdirt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougdirt/) * (@dougdirt) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-headers-for-postsfrontpages/#post-1041885) * I found a much easier option. * Since I already had another ‘header’ page written, rather than start off by ‘ get_header’ I simply used ‘include_header1.php’ and it worked. So much easier than writing the loops. * t31os, thank you for attempting to help though. I appreciate it a ton, even if I went in a different direction. * [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/) * (@t31os) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-headers-for-postsfrontpages/#post-1041898) * If you’re going to use that file as a header.. then use require instead.. * `` * or.. * `` * Ensures pages that should include the header can’t be loaded without it. * Otherwise i could potentially call your files directly without them including the header page… (not sure if WP would catch it, but just incase). Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Different headers for posts/front/pages’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [different headers](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/different-headers/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/) * Last activity: [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/different-headers-for-postsfrontpages/#post-1041898) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics