Title: Conditional statement for template file
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Conditional statement for template file

 *  [JCIstevens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcistevens/)
 * (@jcistevens)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-statement-for-template-file/)
 * I’m using Cyclone sliders on my archive pages as follows:
 *     ```
       <div class="slideshow">
       <?php echo do_shortcode('[cycloneslider id="'.$category_name.'-slideshow"]') ?>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * However, some archive pages won’t have slideshows, so I need to test to see if
   there are any slideshows matching the current category. Something like:
 * If ‘.$category_name.’-slideshow is defined
    echo do shortcode else nothing
 * Any thoughts? Thanks!
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