is_archive()
Determines whether the query is for an existing archive page.
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Description Description
Archive pages include category, tag, author, date, custom post type, and custom taxonomy based archives.
For more information on this and similar theme functions, check out the Conditional Tags article in the Theme Developer Handbook.
See also See also
Return Return
(bool) Whether the query is for an existing archive page.
More Information More Information
is_archive() does not accept any parameters. If you want to check if this is the archive of a custom post type, use is_post_type_archive( $post_type )
Source Source
File: wp-includes/query.php
function is_archive() {
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_archive();
}
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Changelog Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 1.5.0 | Introduced. |
Examples
<?php if(is_archive()) // write your code here ... ?>Top ↑
Feedback #Feedback
“is_archive() does not accept any parameters. If you want to check if this is the archive of a custom post type, use is_post_type_archive( $post_type )” The above comment isn’t very clear. Readers could interperate this that “is_archive()” does not work on custom post types. Maybe something along the lines of: “is_archive() does not accept any parameters. If you want to check if this is the archive of a specific custom post type, use is_post_type_archive( $post_type )” — By Lewis Self —