Title: Conditional Else Statwment does not work
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Conditional Else Statwment does not work

 *  [Papawaya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/papawaya/)
 * (@papawaya)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-else-statwment-does-not-work/)
 * am trying to add a simple conditional statement in my archive page in order to
   display some categories different from the rest.
 * The if (is (is_cat)) part runs ok but as soon as I choose a category which is
   not part of the if(cat) and therefore relies on the ‘else’ part I get a blank
   white screen …everytime
 * I have stared at the code and looked arounf for a reason as to wha it does ot
   work but I cannot see the error ..anyone else, please??
 * and if anyone knows of a resource which details using conditional tags in loops–
   I am tired of only finding posts on the most basic examples – could they please
   add that too …thanks
 * _[Code moderated as per the [Forum Rules](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome).
   Please use the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.com)]_

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 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-else-statwment-does-not-work/#post-2160532)
 * How to post code in WordPress forum topics: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code)
 *  Thread Starter [Papawaya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/papawaya/)
 * (@papawaya)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-else-statwment-does-not-work/#post-2160540)
 * [@keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/) – noted – 
   read – thanks
 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-else-statwment-does-not-work/#post-2160541)
 * Can you please paste it in a pastebin, because code parsed by the forum’s software
   can alter the code if it is not enclosed in backticks (`).
 *  Thread Starter [Papawaya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/papawaya/)
 * (@papawaya)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-else-statwment-does-not-work/#post-2160737)
 * The code that I cannot get to work is [http://pastebin.com/0x9h87qp](http://pastebin.com/0x9h87qp)
   
   The IF part works the else part does not ..must be some silly error???

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 * Last reply from: [Papawaya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/papawaya/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-else-statwment-does-not-work/#post-2160737)
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