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is_search()

is_search(): bool

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Determines whether the query is for a search.

Description

For more information on this and similar theme functions, check out the Conditional Tags article in the Theme Developer Handbook.

Return

bool Whether the query is for a search.

Source

function is_search() {	global $wp_query;	if ( ! isset( $wp_query ) ) {	_doing_it_wrong( __FUNCTION__, __( 'Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. Before then, they always return false.' ), '3.1.0' );	return false;	}	return $wp_query->is_search(); }

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UsesDescription
WP_Query::is_search()wp-includes/class-wp-query.php

Determines whether the query is for a search.

_doing_it_wrong()wp-includes/functions.php

Marks something as being incorrectly called.

Used byDescription
wp_robots_noindex_search()wp-includes/robots-template.php

Adds noindex to the robots meta tag if a search is being performed.

wp_get_document_title()wp-includes/general-template.php

Returns document title for the current page.

feed_links_extra()wp-includes/general-template.php

Displays the links to the extra feeds such as category feeds.

wp_title()wp-includes/general-template.php

Displays or retrieves page title for all areas of blog.

WP::handle_404()wp-includes/class-wp.php

Set the Headers for 404, if nothing is found for requested URL.

get_body_class()wp-includes/post-template.php

Retrieves an array of the class names for the body element.

redirect_canonical()wp-includes/canonical.php

Redirects incoming links to the proper URL based on the site url.

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Changelog

VersionDescription
1.5.0Introduced.

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