home_url(); showing current page instead of site address

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1. Since you didn’t post actual code in your question, I can only speculate. However, a common problem is that, when calling home_url(), it is not echoed. The value of the function is returned, rather than echoed, so it must be explicitly echoed by the code.

   I’m guessing you have something like this:

   <a href="<?php home_url(); ?>">Home</a>
   

   Which renders like so:

   <a href="">Home</a>
   

   …and would explain why the linked URL is the current page, rather than the expected URL for the site front page.

   If so, change it to this:

   <a href="<?php echo home_url(); ?>">Home</a>
   

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