Conditional category & tag statement

Question

I'm just working on a "quick" change to the blog-entry-subtitle of specific posts in a category on my wordpress website. I'm hoping to have "Published in Orchard and Vine Magazine on:" instead of "Posted on:".

You'll see that the page I'm trying to customize is here

<?php if ( is_category('Legal Libation Columns') ) : ?>
    <h2 class="blog-entry-subtitle">Published in Orchard and Vine Magazine on: <?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?></h2>
<?php  else: ?>
    <h2 class="blog-entry-subtitle">Posted on: <?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?></h2>
<?php endif; ?>

GREAT! I love it. However once you click on one of those posts to read more it converts the blog-entry-subtitle back to the "Posted on:" as now you aren't in the specific category anymore.

I would like the "Published in Orchard and Vine Magazine on:" instead of "Posted on:" for all posts with a category and tag of Legal Libation Columns. So then I try this.

<?php if (is_category('Legal Libation Columns') && has_tag('Legal Libation Columns')); ?>    
    <h2 class="blog-entry-subtitle">Published in Orchard and Vine Magazine on: <?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?></h2>
<?php  else: ?>
    <h2 class="blog-entry-subtitle">Posted on: <?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?></h2>
<?php endif; ?>

However I get a weird white screen of nothing?

How do I have it so that any post with the tag Legal Libation Columns always has that specific blog-entry-subtitle without giving me an error?

Answer 1

I think your problem lies in is_category(). This conditional check if you are on a category page, not if a post belongs to a category.

To check if a post belongs to a category, you should be using has_category

So your conditional statement should be

<?php if (has_category('Legal Libation Columns') && has_tag('Legal Libation Columns')): ?> 

EDIT

Thanks to @Nilambar, there is a syntax error as well in your code as he said

Here are some tips

• Don't use : and endif. If makes code difficult to read and it is not code editor friendly. Rather use curly brackets {}

• When developing themes and plugings, or just make changes to a site, set debug to true. Such errors is easy recognizable with debug set to true. Please take the time and read Debugging in Wordpress

• Always indent your code properly to make it easier to read and follow