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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();
}

Changelog

Version Description
1.5.0 Introduced.

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