[Resolved] Hooks

[David Seibel]

I’m pretty new to all this….

I added a video using hooks but just want to show it on the homepage. I put it in the content container and it (obviously) show up on all pages. My homepage is not a static page. I can see doing this on other pages if it is possible.

Since I’m just getting my feet wet with html, the more detail the better!

Thanks

[Tom]

Hi David,

To add things to specific pages, we’ll need to use some PHP.

If your homepage is a blog, then we can do this:

<?php if ( is_home() ) : ?>
      Your hook contents in here that should only show up on your blog
<?php endif; ?>

Then make sure you check the “Execute PHP” checkbox, and you should be good to go 🙂

Let me know if you need more detail.

[Dave Seibel]

Tom,

Thanks. That worked. Can I assume that to do this in any other page I can just replace the is_home() with is_pagename()?

Thanks again,

Dave

[Tom]

Almost, each page has what’s called a “slug”.

For example, the “slug” of the knowledgebase on this site is “knowledgebase”, which is the name after the .com.

http://generatepress.com/knowledgebase/

So if I want to target something on that page, I would do this:

<?php if ( is_page( 'knowledgebase' ) ) : ?>
      This will show up on the knowledgebase
<?php endif; ?>

Another example: http://generatepress.com/addons/

<?php if ( is_page( 'addons' ) ) : ?>
      This will show up on the addons page
<?php endif; ?>

You can learn more about the WordPress conditionals here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags

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