query_posts call sets is_home() to true

Question

I have a custom home page (home.php). I want to show the original home page's posts on /blog/.

I created a new blog.php file, with Template Name: Blog, added

query_posts('numberposts=5&paged=' . get_query_var('paged'));
require dirname(__FILE__) . '/index.php';

to the file.

The problem is that this query_posts call sets is_home() to true. I have some code in header.php that needs to be run only on the home page, but it runs on this template's pages too.

What's the best way to do this?

Answer 1

Don't do it this way. query_posts() should not be used most of the time and you are really hacking things up here with direct template inclusion and such.

1. Create new page Blog (no template).
2. Go to Settings > Reading.
3. Assign this page as Posts page.