Question

Question about a piece of PHP code in a WordPress template file.

The template contains this code:

<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>

I want the title only be printed if the title is not “Home”.

But this code doesn’t work:

<?php if (the_title()!='Home'); ?>
   <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php endif; ?>

Answer 1

the_title() echoes, it doesn’t return its title.

Use get_the_title() instead.

<?php if (get_the_title() != 'Home'): ?>
   <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php endif; ?>

As an aside, it looks like you’re trying to detect if you’re on the home page. Checking against a title can be flaky, as that can change.

Use is_home() instead.

<?php if ( ! is_home()): ?>
   <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php endif; ?>