Conditional Tags in WordPress — a practical guide to WordPress conditional tags with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.
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Short description
Conditional tags detect context so one theme can adapt templates and classes per view.
Conditionals
if (is_front_page()) {
// home layout
} elseif (is_singular('post')) {
// single post
} elseif (is_search()) {
// search results
}