is_front_page not working at all in any of the themes .php files

Question

I am using the Paragrams theme from the kind folks at wpshower. I have a little different front page that I would like to load with an image rotator and different layout in the for loop. I have tried all of the conditional comments, with no avail.

There are some posts on this already that didn't have a solution...

• is_front_page, is_page('slug'), is_page(id) not working
• is_front_page() not working

I even tried this most basic if else from the WP forum without any help. What am i missing? :(

<?php
if (is_front_page())
{?>

<div>Flash Gordon</div>

<?php } else { ?>

<div>Wins the Battle!</div>
<?php } ?>

Answer 1

Have you tried creating a page template? Make a copy of page.php and call it page-home.php (if your home page is an actual page in Wordpress with the name of 'Home') or if not, then create a file called front-page.php and Wordpress will use that as the homepage template.

These two Wordpress Codex links will help you:

• Page templates for pages via ID or slug
• Wordpress front page display templates