Title: Plugin: Static front page Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Plugin: Static front page * [Denis de Bernardy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denis-de-bernardy/) * (@denis-de-bernardy) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/) * This is the official support thread for the static front page plugin: * [http://www.semiologic.com/projects/static-front/](http://www.semiologic.com/projects/static-front/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 70 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/page/3/?output_format=md) [4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/page/4/?output_format=md) [5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/page/5/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/page/2/?output_format=md) * [AndreasV](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreasv/) * (@andreasv) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-200116) * Oh, once I get to build that new site of mine, I will have a lot of fun exploring your plugins. I better bookmark this page right now, because I will probably need it… =) * Thread Starter [Denis de Bernardy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denis-de-bernardy/) * (@denis-de-bernardy) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-200186) * Héhé… be sure to get the latest version of the theme, too: it currently features no less than four undocumented plugins. 🙂 * [Murry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/murry/) * (@murry) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-200951) * Hi there, Was recommended to ask here or i would not have bothered you “at home”. * Im very new to WP, using default Kubrick theme(2col) 1.5 and also a 3colversion. I cant use htaccess (host issue – it is apache tho) so I use the non-htaccess method of permalinks as per codex. Im using your “Static Page Plugin” to make a “home” page my opening page. This works well. BUT. The problem is that when I open WP, the Page List – ie all my static pages are not populated. But when I go open any link or category – the page list is populated then for the rest of the site usage – so the first opening doesnt show my page list. Not sure what the problem is – It could be the htaccess issue or something Ive left out. My site is VERY “test” – not public – and Im still at the hair pulling and fiddling stage – but its here : [http://www.im-travel.net/wordpress/](http://www.im-travel.net/wordpress/) Any ideas gratefully received, thanks. * Thread Starter [Denis de Bernardy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denis-de-bernardy/) * (@denis-de-bernardy) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-200953) * does the problem occur when you activate the plugin too? * [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/) * (@kafkaesqui) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-200955) * Denis, the issue was discussed a bit here: * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/33493](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/33493) * [imbng](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imbng/) * (@imbng) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-200956) * I was having the same problem so I deactivated the plugin and removed the php file. I still had the problem so I reinstalled (only the php files) WP and it seemed to take care of the issue. * Thread Starter [Denis de Bernardy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denis-de-bernardy/) * (@denis-de-bernardy) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-200957) * ok. so it would be wp, then * [Murry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/murry/) * (@murry) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-200958) * Hi Denis, Sorry about delay in getting back – dog sitting. I havent tried to deactivate the plugin. I dont quite follow what imbng suggests. Can you Denis suggest what to test to exclude WP or any other issue – I dont know here – this is all too new for me to fully understand the technics. Thanks * Thread Starter [Denis de Bernardy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denis-de-bernardy/) * (@denis-de-bernardy) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-200959) * simply deactivate the plugin, and see if the page list displays properly. if the list doesn’t show properly, then it’s very obviously wordpress-related. possibly a config error. or a straightforward bug. * [Murry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/murry/) * (@murry) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-200960) * OKayyyy 🙂 So I uninstalled the Plugin – and the pages display on loadup. In that case it appears plugin related. Do tyou have a suggestion? I can follow php but not program. The other option if its someconflict is to try the other method of static pages suggested in Codex. Or is this a possible result of using index.php for permalinks? TAI * Thread Starter [Denis de Bernardy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denis-de-bernardy/) * (@denis-de-bernardy) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-200961) * i noticed you were running 1.5 rather than 1.5.1. could do the trick. there were known issues with permalink-related stuff in 1.5 interacting with the plugin * [Murry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/murry/) * (@murry) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-200962) * OK, I will try to do an upgrade (tomorrow) Im absolutly flat just now. I will get back to you hopefully with good news. Thanks * [Murry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/murry/) * (@murry) * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-200965) * Hi Denis, Good news — the upgrade to 1.5.1 from 1.5 now shows the home page on load AND loads all the pages in the Pages folder. Whatever it was – is something in 1.5. Sorry I had to stop last night – it was like nearly 1am and we had been working all day – worth the wait. Thanks for help. * [juliano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliano/) * (@juliano) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-201029) * The static-front-page is neatly solving a problem I was having with my blog. However, I have found a quirk with its use. I am still investigating, but I am approaching the my limits of understanding of the WordPress code, so I thought I would post my findings so far. * My theme displays pages slightly differently to posts. It uses the is_page() function to determine whether to include some of the features like categories and archives. [There is another way I could have done this which I note in Solution 3, below.] * The is_page function wrongly returns false when visiting the static home page using the root URL. It correctly returns true when visiting the same page using the /home URL. I found that the is_page function returns a cached result calculated by the parse_query function, which in turn actually parses the URL to tell whether it is a page or not. The sem_static_home_link() function fools this parsing code, and thus is_page function returns the wrong value. * I _suspect_ that there are two or maybe three possible solutions. * Solution 1, fix it in the plug-in: Adding another filter to just the right spot may allow the plug-in to wait until after parse_query has run, and then overwrite the cached value used by is_page. Finding that right spot is still a little beyond me – I suspect the option_home filter might be significant, but I am not at all sure. * Solution 2, work around it: Have a separate template for the home page from the other pages/posts, and let it ignore the value of is_page – it should just assume it is a page. * Solution 3, an unlikely, but possible workaround: Rather than having a single template for pages and posts, separate them into two templates. This will only work, if WordPress doesn’t use the exact same is_page function to determine which of the two templates to use. I suspect this solution won’t work. * I hope this is clear! * Thread Starter [Denis de Bernardy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denis-de-bernardy/) * (@denis-de-bernardy) * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-static-front-page/#post-201030) * “The is_page function wrongly returns false when visiting the static home page using the root URL.” * Nope. The is_page function rightly returns false when visiting the static home page using the root URL. Use is_home instead. 🙂 * With the plugin enabled, the permalink to yourblog.com/?p=[home_page_id] will return yourblog.com/ instead. So you’ll be testing is_home() rather than is_page(). 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