How to target a single event with an if statement

Hi there,

You can use is_singular conditional. It determines whether the query is for an existing single post of any post type.

if ( is_post_type_archive( ‘tribe_events’ ) && is_singular() )

• This reply was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by Guga Alves.

Thanks Guga. That’s prgress, but it seems to target every single page, post and single event.

Is there an is_singular( 'event' ) or ( 'tribe_event' ) that can be used?

Hi there,

is_singular is the correct function to use to check if the query is for a single post of any post type.

To narrow it down to our event post type, the parameter would be the same thing you passed to is_post_type_archive: tribe_events

There wouldn’t be any adjustment to the word (like events -> event), just because we’re using a different WordPress conditional function, just to clarify. The post type key would remain the same.

Here’s a reference on the requirements a post type key has: https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/register_post_type/#parameters

Just mentioning to illustrate a WordPress post type key could be something like ‘abc123’ which wouldn’t have a clear way to make plural or singular.

To sum up, you could do something like:

if ( is_post_type_archive( 'tribe_events' ) || is_singular( 'tribe_events' ) ) :

// Widget stuff here

endif;

Note that the || is equivalent to an “or” operator, so the conditional would evaluate as true if you were on the events archive or a singular event.

Can you let us know if that helps?

Best regards,
Leland

Thanks, Leland. is_singular( 'tribe_event' ) did indeed do what I needed. Appreciate the help.