is_singular() WP 1.5.0
Checks whether the post page is viewed (post, page, attachment, any post type). Conditional Tag.
This function combines conditional tags: is_single(), is_page(), is_attachment() and custom post types.
You can specify the specific type of post that you want to check in the $post_types parameter.
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No Hooks.
Return
true|false. Whether the query is for an existing single post or any of the given post types.
Usage
if( is_singular($post_types) ){
// ...
}
- $post_types(string/array)
- Post type or array of post types.
Default: ''
Examples
#1 Content only on individual pages
With this code, you can display different ads units in the sidebar for posts pages and other pages (archives).
if ( is_singular() ) {
// Advertising №1
}
else {
// Advertising №2
}
#2 How to determine a single page of the specified type
This example shows how to determine a single page of the post type: book
if( is_singular('book') ){
// Code that will only work on pages with the 'book' post type
}
#3 Determine multiple post types
An example showing how to pass several types of posts in an array.
if( is_singular( array('newspaper', 'book') ) ){
// some code
}Notes
- See: is_page()
- See: is_single()
- Global. WP_Query. $wp_query WordPress Query object.
Changelog
| Since 1.5.0 | Introduced. |
Code of is_singular() is singular WP 5.7.2
function is_singular( $post_types = '' ) {
global $wp_query;
if ( ! isset( $wp_query ) ) {
_doing_it_wrong( __FUNCTION__, __( 'Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. Before then, they always return false.' ), '3.1.0' );
return false;
}
return $wp_query->is_singular( $post_types );
}
