Determines whether the query is for an existing custom taxonomy archive page.
Description
If the $taxonomy parameter is specified, this function will additionally check if the query is for that specific $taxonomy. If the $term parameter is specified in addition to the $taxonomy parameter, this function will additionally check if the query is for one of the terms specified. For more information on this and similar theme functions, check out the <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/conditional-tags/">https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/conditional-tags/</a> Conditional Tags article in the Theme Developer Handbook.
Parameters
$taxonomystring|string[]optional
Taxonomy slug or slugs to check against. Default empty.Default: ''
$termint|string|int[]|string[]optional
Term ID, name, slug, or array of such to check against. Default empty.Default: ''
Return
bool
Whether the query is for an existing custom taxonomy archive page. True for custom taxonomy archive pages, false for built-in taxonomies (category and tag archives).
337functionis_tax($taxonomy='',$term=''){338global$wp_query;339340if(!isset($wp_query)){341_doing_it_wrong(__FUNCTION__,__('Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. Before then, they always return false.'),'3.1.0');342returnfalse;343}344345return$wp_query->is_tax($taxonomy,$term);346}
History
Introduced in 2.5.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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