is_singular

Is the query for an existing single post of any post type (post, attachment, page, .

Description

is_singular( (string) $post_types = '' ); 

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If the $post_types parameter is specified, this function will additionally check if the query is for one of the Posts Types specified.

Parameters (1)

0. $post_types — Optional. (string) => ''
Post type or array of post types. Default empty.

Usage

  1. if ( !function_exists( 'is_singular' ) ) { 
  2.     require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/query.php'; 
  3. } 
  4.   
  5. // Optional. Post type or array of post types. Default empty. 
  6. $post_types = ''; 
  7.   
  8. // NOTICE! Understand what this does before running. 
  9. $result = is_singular($post_types); 
  10.     

Defined (1)

The function is defined in the following location(s).

/wp-includes/query.php  
  1. function is_singular( $post_types = '' ) { 
  2.     global $wp_query; 
  3.  
  4.     if ( ! isset( $wp_query ) ) { 
  5.         _doing_it_wrong( __FUNCTION__, __( 'Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. Before then, they always return false.' ), '3.1.0' ); 
  6.         return false; 
  7.     } 
  8.  
  9.     return $wp_query->is_singular( $post_types ); 
  10. }