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WordPress The WordPress Template Hierarchy Core WordPress Theme Files index.php

Posted by Marie Kolanda
Marie Kolanda
3,658 Points

How does wordpress know what page you are on?

How does wordpress "know" what page or post you are on? How does it convert the url (I'm assuming) to a query?

Roberto Correale
Roberto Correale
1,539 Points
Roberto Correale
Roberto Correale
1,539 Points

It use the ID of the page. If you try to print the $wp_query->result in a template page you can see query that wordpress does to retrieve all information of that page.