[wp-hackers] front-page.php always overrides home.php?

[Chris Gossmann]

Hi Chip,

this is the correct behavior.

Front-page is always the front page / first page, whereas home could be your
home / first page or whatever you defined to show your regular posts.
Therefore front-page.php will override home.php.

Chris

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-hackers-
> bounces at lists.automattic.com] Im Auftrag von Chip Bennett
> Gesendet: Freitag, 19. November 2010 20:38
> An: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> Betreff: [wp-hackers] front-page.php always overrides home.php?
> 
> All,
> 
> If a Theme defines both a "home.php" template file (for a custom "home"
> page
> displaying Posts) and a "front-page.php" template file (for a custom
> "home"
> page displaying a static Page), it appears that "front-page.php" will
> always
> take precedence over "home.php":
> 
> Here's the definition of
> is_front_page()<http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/3.0.1/wp-
> includes/query.php#L353>
> :
> 
> 344     /**
> 345  * Whether current page query is the front of the site.
> 346  *
> 347  * @since 2.5.0
> 348  * @uses is_home()
> 349  * @uses get_option()
> 350  *
> 351  * @return bool True, if front of site.
> 352  */
> 353 function is_front_page() {
> 354         // most likely case
> *355         if ( 'posts' == get_option('show_on_front') && is_home()
> )*
> 356                 return true;
> 357         elseif ( 'page' == get_option('show_on_front') &&
> get_option('page_on_front') && is_page(get_option('page_on_front')) )
> 358                 return true;
> 359         else
> 360                 return false;
> 361 }
> 
> And then here's the relevant code from the template
> loader<http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/wp-
> includes/template-loader.php#L21>
> :
> 
> 21 if ( defined('WP_USE_THEMES') && WP_USE_THEMES ) :
> 22         $template = false;
> 23         if     ( is_404()            && $template =
> get_404_template()
>          ) :
> 24         elseif ( is_search()         && $template =
> get_search_template()
>         ) :
> 25         elseif ( is_tax()            && $template =
> get_taxonomy_template()       ) :
> *26         elseif ( is_front_page()     && $template =
> get_front_page_template()     ) :*
> *27         elseif ( is_home()           && $template =
> get_home_template()
>           ) :*
> 28         elseif ( is_attachment()     && $template =
> get_attachment_template()     ) :
> 29                 remove_filter('the_content', 'prepend_attachment');
> 30         elseif ( is_single()         && $template =
> get_single_template()
>         ) :
> 31         elseif ( is_page()           && $template =
> get_page_template()
>         ) :
> 32         elseif ( is_category()       && $template =
> get_category_template()       ) :
> 33         elseif ( is_tag()            && $template =
> get_tag_template()
>          ) :
> 34         elseif ( is_author()         && $template =
> get_author_template()
>         ) :
> 35         elseif ( is_date()           && $template =
> get_date_template()
>         ) :
> 36         elseif ( is_archive()        && $template =
> get_archive_template()        ) :
> 37         elseif ( is_comments_popup() && $template =
> get_comments_popup_template() ) :
> 38         elseif ( is_paged()          && $template =
> get_paged_template()
>          ) :
> 39         else :
> 40                 $template = get_index_template();
> 41         endif;
> 42         if ( $template = apply_filters( 'template_include',
> $template ) )
> 43                 include( $template );
> 44         return;
> 45 endif;
> 
> Is this the intended behavior? If so, it would seem to make the use of
> "home.php" obsolete, since "front-page.php" covers both use cases.
> 
> (And sorry for the incredibly belated question. I know that "front-
> page.php"
> has been around for a year. I've just never actually *used* it, so
> wasn't
> aware of how it was defined/used by the template loader.)
> 
> Chip
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