PHP if/else structure in WordPress template file doesn’t work

February 28, 20231 Views

Question about a piece of PHP code in a WordPress template file.

The template contains this code:

<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>

I want the title only be printed if the title is not “Home”.

But this code doesn’t work:

<?php if (the_title()!='Home'); ?>
   <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php endif; ?>

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4 comments

Anonymous says:

February 28, 2023 at 7:52 pm
the_title() echoes, it doesn’t return its title.

Use get_the_title() instead.
```
<?php if (get_the_title() != 'Home'): ?>
   <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php endif; ?>
```
As an aside, it looks like you’re trying to detect if you’re on the home page. Checking against a title can be flaky, as that can change.

Use is_home() instead.
```
<?php if ( ! is_home()): ?>
   <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php endif; ?>
```
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Anonymous says:

February 28, 2023 at 7:52 pm
<?php if (the_title()!='Home'): ?>
```
                              ^
```
Use : instead of ;

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Anonymous says:

February 28, 2023 at 7:52 pm

Or you can use

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_front_page

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Another simple solution:

<?php if (the_title()!='Home') { ?>
   <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php } ?>