[wp-hackers] Difference between is_home and is_front_page

[John Turner]

 323  /**
 324   * Whether current page query is the front of the site.
 325   *
 326   * @since 2.5.0
 327   * @uses is_home()
 328   * @uses get_option()
 329   *
 330   * @return bool True, if front of site.
 331   */
 332  function is_front_page () {
 333      // most likely case
 334      if ( 'posts' == get_option('show_on_front') && is_home() )
 335          return true;
 336      elseif ( 'page' == get_option('show_on_front') &&
get_option('page_on_front') && is_page(get_option('page_on_front')) )
 337          return true;
 338      else
 339          return false;
 340  }
 341  
 342  /**
 343   * Whether current page view is the blog homepage.
 344   *
 345   * @since 1.5.0
 346   * @uses $wp_query
 347   *
 348   * @return bool True if blog view homepage.
 349   */
 350  function is_home () {
 351      global $wp_query;
 352  
 353      return $wp_query->is_home;
 354  }
 355  

John Turner
http://johndturner.com





> From: Nathan Rice <ncrice at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:46:49 -0500
> To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Difference between is_home and is_front_page
> 
> Close, but no.
> If your About page is set as your front page, and you are viewing
> http://example.com, then:
> is_home() will return false
> is_front_page() will return true.
> 
> If your About page is set as your front page, and your Blog page is set up
> to list blog posts, and you are viewing http://example.com/blog then:
> is_home() will return true
> is_front_page() will retrun false
> 
> (Please correct me if I'm wrong, anyone).
> 
> Nathan
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Dan Gayle <dangayle at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> So, for instance, if the "About" page is set as the home page in options,
>> is_front_page() and is_home() will both return true if I'm looking at
>> http://example.com
>> 
>> But if I'm looking at http://example.com/about, is_front_page will return
>> true, while is_home() will return false.
>> 
>> That's correct, right?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 22, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Nathan Rice wrote:
>> 
>>  is_home is limited in that it only returns true if you are on the ACTUAL
>>> home page, whereas is_front_page returns true even if you're using a
>>> specific page as your blog's homepage.
>>> 
>>> Nathan
>>> 
>>> My Website
>>> http://www.nathanrice.net/
>>> 
>>> My Twitter
>>> http://twitter.com/nathanrice
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Dan Gayle <dangayle at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>  Can anyone explain the difference between is_home() and is_front_page()?
>>>> 
>>>> They appear to me, from the Codex documentation, that they do the same
>>>> thing.
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