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in_the_loop()

Determines whether the caller is in the Loop.

Description

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

Return

(bool) True if caller is within loop, false if loop hasn't started or ended.

Source

File: wp-includes/query.php 

function in_the_loop() {
	global $wp_query;
	return $wp_query->in_the_loop;
}

Used By

Used By Description
wp-includes/post-thumbnail-template.php: get_the_post_thumbnail()

Retrieve the post thumbnail.

Changelog

Version Description
2.0.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/in_the_loop