Title: [plugin: Widget Context] static home page
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [plugin: Widget Context] static home page

 *  [rebelit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rebelit/)
 * (@rebelit)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-context-static-home-page/)
 * Hi,
    I have used widget context on many sites I have designed, but I am having
   trouble with my latest site.
 * I am using a static front page using a very simple template…
 *     ```
       <?php
       	/*
       	Template Name: public
       	*/
       	include TEMPLATEPATH . "/index.php";
       ?>
       ```
   
 * but I cannot get my widget to show (or hide) only on the front page I have tried
   checking these options
    Front Page Blog Index
 * and in target by url using
    <home> home /
 * etc…
    It just doesn’t work in this one case.
 * Am I doing something stupid?

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 *  [anotherbreed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anotherbreed/)
 * (@anotherbreed)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-context-static-home-page/#post-1774280)
 * Same here… please help!
 * <home> doesn’t work at all! 🙁
 *  Thread Starter [rebelit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rebelit/)
 * (@rebelit)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-context-static-home-page/#post-1774281)
 * I edited the plugin php for my purposes in the end. Just make sure you also modify
   the name and folder name rather then do it to the original code.
 * It’s been coded quite nicely and is easy to understand.
 * Goog luck
 *  [Kaspars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kasparsd/)
 * (@kasparsd)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-context-static-home-page/#post-1774282)
 * rebelit, you should simply select “Show on selected” and choose “Front page”,
   while leaving everything else unchecked and empty (including the target by URL
   box).
 *  [solutionsphp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/solutionsphp/)
 * (@solutionsphp)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-context-static-home-page/#post-1774283)
 * I’m having this issue as well. Show on selected with Front Page and nothing else
   isn’t working for me. I also tried applying the patch here, along with several
   different variations of the target URL format, to no avail: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-context?replies=25](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-context?replies=25)
 * The plugin is working as expected on other pages/posts, just not my static front
   page.
 * UPDATE: This problem is being caused by my use of is_front_page() just below 
   the loop. If I remove that, Widget Context will target the front page as expected.
   I need to use that function though, so I’m looking for a workaround. Any ideas?
 *  [Kaspars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kasparsd/)
 * (@kasparsd)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-context-static-home-page/#post-1774284)
 * [@solutionsphp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/solutionsphp/) Are you sure
   you don’t run a custom query for posts on that page?
 * Try placing `wp_reset_query()` after your loop and before the widget area.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_reset_query](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_reset_query)
 *  [solutionsphp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/solutionsphp/)
 * (@solutionsphp)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-context-static-home-page/#post-1774285)
 * Yes, I’m running a custom query, and forgot about wp_reset_query() (was using
   rewind_posts.) Adding this after my loop totally fixed my problem. Thank you!

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## Tags

 * [front page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/front-page/)
 * [static-page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/static-page/)
 * [widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widget/)

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 * Last reply from: [solutionsphp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/solutionsphp/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-widget-context-static-home-page/#post-1774285)
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