Title: Tag Conditional PHP solution
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Tag Conditional PHP solution

 *  [startribe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/startribe/)
 * (@startribe)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tag-conditional-php-solution/)
 * Hey Community,
 * I’m trying to get a tag template to query posts with the same slug as the tag.
   For example, when I manually enter the script, the code is:
 *     ```
       <?php
       if(is_tag('the-tag'))
       { query_posts('the-tag');
       }
       ?>
       ```
   
 * I would like to use single_tag_title() in place of “the-tag,” but I’m very new
   with PHP and scripting in general. How do I get WordPress to enter the current
   tag title into the conditional statement?
 * Any help is greatly appreciated!
    Fingers crossed…

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tag-conditional-php-solution/#post-691648)
 * First, a question: Why do you want to perform a posts query on the ‘current’ 
   tag using query_posts() in a tag template, when that is exactly what will happen
   by default in a tag template?
 * Now for the code:
 *     ```
       <?php
       global $wp_query;
       $tag = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
   
       if( is_tag($tag->name) ) {
           query_posts('tag=' . $tag->name);
       }
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [startribe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/startribe/)
 * (@startribe)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tag-conditional-php-solution/#post-691673)
 * Kaf! First let me say I’m a fan. I love your plugins… especially the_excerpt_reloaded!
   
   As for your question, first I will explain the overall objective, and this will
   lead into the answer to the tag query.
 * I’m setting up WordPress to manage my projects. I create a master-post to represent
   the project. Inside of the master-posts are notes/journals on the progress of
   the project; I was using lists, but I wanted it to be dynamic. So I picked up
   a plugin that allows me to create a loop within a loop through the post, i.e.,
   the master-post. I’m using tag queries to call these sub-posts into the master-
   posts. Last, I wanted all latest notes/sub-posts from all projects/master-posts
   to show up on the project category pages, or home page if desired; most importantly
   I wanted sub-posts listed on the project category pages to have a reference to
   the original project page, where all sub-posts are listed with the formal project
   post, the master-post.
 * So… each sub-post is tagged with it’s master-project’s slug, and I thought, “
   There it is… I will put a conditional statement where if a tag is “example-master-
   post” then it queries for the “example-master-post” post.
 * I couldn’t get your primary script to work, but I think I needed to describe 
   more. Anyhow, I took what you gave me and, with extreme luck/guessing, tweaked
   it a bit so it shows the slug. And it works! Here is is:
 *     ```
       <?php
       global $wp_query;
       $tag = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
       }
       elseif( is_tag($tag->slug) ) {
           query_posts('name=' . $tag->slug);
       }
       ?>
       ```
   
 * Anyhow, thanks Kaf. I look up to your work.

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