[wp-hackers] bug in is_home in query filters for custom post landing pages?

[Simon Blackbourn]

> I don't know if its a bug as much as it is something that was never really
> discussed.  I think a lot of us that have been working with custom post
> types for a while now, knew that this was the case, but have never discussed
> if the is_home() functionality should change or if an alternate function
> should be made as a work around.  Personally, I have been testing against
> is_home() and get_query_var('post_type').
>
>
i guess there could be a knock-on effect for some plugins/themes that test
for is_home() and only expect it to be true for one page on the site. it
seems odd to me that you could have multiple pages all called 'home'.

maybe a new conditional is needed? (can't think of a name for it though!)

i also noticed that although the query filters test against it and return
true, if you test it in the template file it is false, so there is some
inconsistency there.