WordPress : Simple php IF statement not processing

Question

can someone explain why the else statement is not working in WordPress for the sidebar.php?

<?php if(is_front_page() ) : ?>

 **content shows on main page sidebar**

<?php elseif(!is_front_page() ) : ?>
<?php // else: ?> // tried **else:** also

 **some content**
 **nothing is shown on any other page...**

<?php endif;?>

This is strange, this code should work: <?php if(is_front_page() || is_home()) { echo 'welcome home!'; } else { echo 'you are not home!'; } ?> — Ahmed Fouad
– Ahmed Fouad, Commented Jun 13, 2012 at 18:01
What is happening that leads you to believe it is not working? — jeffjenx
– jeffjenx, Commented Jun 13, 2012 at 18:04
@MrSlayer the content for the Front page is shown. but the else statement which should show content on all other pages is not processing. I stripped everything and just put Test Front and Test Others ... Test Others never appeared on any of the other pages — acctman
– acctman, Commented Jun 13, 2012 at 18:07
Have you tried the code using one of the default themes? I'm thinking there may be a call to query_posts in the theme or functions, without properly calling wp_reset_query() afterwards. — jeffjenx
– jeffjenx, Commented Jun 13, 2012 at 18:18

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:37:28Z

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The is_front_page() conditional will always return false if it is used inside the loop or after the loop has ran (like in a sidebar). You can call wp_reset_query(); after your loop to reset the page query_vars.

See this answer on WPSE for more info.

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answered Jun 13, 2012 at 20:04

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user1226868 · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-13 18:04:03Z

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Im not sure if is_front_page() exists, but just use {} around each condition result:

<?php if(is_front_page() ) { ?>

 **content shows on main page sidebar**

<?php } else { ?>
 // tried **else:** also

 **some content**
 **nothing is shown on any other page...**

<?php } ?>

answered Jun 13, 2012 at 18:04

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acctman Over a year ago

according to WP is does codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags#The_Front_Page ... is there a setting or feature that would turn off sidebar.php on all Pages or than the main? something is stopping the loading of the sidebar content on other pages.

gcochard Over a year ago

This doesn't really do anything differently. PHP lets you use the if(): else: endif; syntax or if(){}else(){} and they are functionally equivalent.

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