Title: is_single() noob
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# is_single() noob

 *  johnbillion
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is_single-noob/)
 * I can’t seem to find any documentation on the is_single() function. Could anyone
   point me in the general direction of a noob guide to is_single() please?

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 *  [Mark Jaquith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markjaquith/)
 * (@markjaquith)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is_single-noob/#post-94669)
 * This is a new function in WordPress 1.3, and doesn’t really have any documentation
   that I know of.
    But I can give you the quick and dirty version: is_single() 
   returns TRUE if the current page being shown is an individual entry page. You
   can use this in a conditional to display certain stuff only on a “single” page,
   or to omit certain stuff on a “single” page. Here are some of the other “is_X”
   functions: is_404() is_archive() is_author() is_category() is_date() is_day()
   is_feed() is_home() is_month() is_new_day() is_page() is_search() is_single()
   is_time() is_year() If you visit my blog at [http://txfx.net/](http://txfx.net/)
   and browse around, look at the source… down at the very bottom of the source 
   I’ve echoed out the result of each of those.
 *  [Ruby Sinreich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rubyji/)
 * (@rubyji)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is_single-noob/#post-94926)
 * Thanks, this list is incredibly helpful!
 *  [heatsink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heatsink/)
 * (@heatsink)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is_single-noob/#post-95074)
 * Any idea what would stop the is_single() function from working out of the blue?
   Mine completely fails to detect when a page is a single page all of a sudden.
   I’ve deactivated all my plugins and don’t know what else to try.
 * Basically, anything I put in a conditional if is_single() fails to execute on
   single pages…?
 * Very confused…
 *  [heatsink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heatsink/)
 * (@heatsink)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is_single-noob/#post-95075)
 * double post…..
 *  [heatsink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heatsink/)
 * (@heatsink)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is_single-noob/#post-95076)
 * disregard, I’m an idiot…
 *  [heatsink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heatsink/)
 * (@heatsink)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is_single-noob/#post-95077)
 * disregard, I’m an idiot…

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