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is_search()

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

File: wp-includes/query.php 

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();
}

Uses

Uses Description
wp-includes/l10n.php: __()

Retrieve the translation of $text.
wp-includes/class-wp-query.php: WP_Query::is_search()

Is the query for a search?
wp-includes/functions.php: _doing_it_wrong()

Mark something as being incorrectly called.

Used By

Used By Description
wp-includes/general-template.php: wp_get_document_title()

Returns document title for the current page.
wp-includes/general-template.php: feed_links_extra()

Display the links to the extra feeds such as category feeds.
wp-includes/general-template.php: wp_title()

Display or retrieve page title for all areas of blog.
wp-includes/class-wp.php: WP::handle_404()

Set the Headers for 404, if nothing is found for requested URL.
wp-includes/post-template.php: get_body_class()

Retrieves an array of the class names for the body element.
wp-includes/canonical.php: redirect_canonical()

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

Changelog

Version Description
1.5.0 Introduced.

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