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WordPress WordPress Theme Development Adding a Blog to a WordPress Theme Coding the Blog Homepage

Yohan Park
Yohan Park
7,148 Points
Posted by Yohan Park
Yohan Park
7,148 Points

Is there a specific reason for if(the_post_thumbnail()): and not isset()?

Is there a specific reason to use if(the_post_thumbnail()): and not isset()? What's the difference?

1 Answer

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
8,758 Points

the_post_thumbnail is specific to WP and returns true or false on if the post has a thumbnail. ISSET is specific to PHP and seeing if a variable is set. A variable can be set but not contain a value.

Yohan Park
Yohan Park
7,148 Points
Yohan Park
Yohan Park
7,148 Points

That makes sense. Thank you, Mark.