Check if current page is the homepage

Question

I'm trying to run a check within my _layout.html' to remove the navigation bar if the user is on the homepage. I've tried with the following code below, but browsing to a page which is theindex.html` of a Channel breaks the code with the following error:

Variable "entry" does not exist.

This is the code within my _layout.html

{% set handle = entry.section.handle %}
{% if handle == 'homepage' %}
{% else %}
  {% if not craft.app.user.isGuest %}
      {% set users = craft.users %}
      {% include '_navigation'%}
    {% else %}
  {% endif %}
{% endif %}

Tammy Shipps · Answer 1 · 2021-12-09T17:10:00.503

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Our homepage is set via Craft's recommendation:

You can designate any one entry as a site’s homepage using a special home URI.

Since the homepage is an entry, it will always have an entry object with a uri, so I can use a simple one-liner like:

{% set isHomepage = entry is defined and entry.uri == "__home__" ? true : false %}

edited Dec 09 '21 at 17:10

answered Nov 29 '20 at 18:46

Tammy Shipps

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score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 11 '20 at 18:12

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I'd rather:

{% if entry.uri == "__home__" %}

{% endif %}

answered Apr 11 '20 at 18:12

Urs

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this only works if the page is pulling from an entry, otherwise: Variable "entry" does not exist. – Leo Leoncio Sep 07 '20 at 18:25
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@LeoLeoncio The homepage is an entry, so if you are checking if whatever you're on is the homepage or not, you can assume false if there's no entry object. Otherwise, it's a custom setup and answering would require more info. – Tammy Shipps Nov 29 '20 at 18:36

Mats Mikkel Rummelhoff · Answer 3 · 2023-07-25T12:44:39.957

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The best option for Craft 3 and 4 is probably entry.isHomepage, i.e.

{% if entry is defined and entry.isHomepage %}
   This is the homepage
{% endif %}

edited Jul 25 '23 at 12:44

answered Dec 22 '21 at 23:06

Mats Mikkel Rummelhoff

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 13 '19 at 16:53

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This works in Craft 3

{% set url = craft.app.request.url %}

{% if url == "/" %}
   homepage
{% endif %}

answered Nov 13 '19 at 16:53

triplethreat23

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It doesn't work if the user comes to the page via something like Facebook, which would add a /?fbclid=XXXXX parameter to the end of the URL – Rob Hodges Jul 30 '20 at 11:09
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I've gone with:
{% if not craft.app.request.segments|length %}
– Rob Hodges Jul 30 '20 at 11:17

James White · Answer 5 · 2019-03-30T15:28:02.647

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To prevent a Twig exception, you may wish to use entry is defined to catch this error.

https://twig.symfony.com/doc/2.x/tests/defined.html

Another way to detect the homepage would be looking at the request with craft.app.request, something like craft.app.request.pathInfo, if it equals /, then you've got your condition.

edited Mar 30 '19 at 15:28

answered Mar 30 '19 at 14:58

James White

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 20 '21 at 15:55

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Another option for you. Check for the presence of a url segment.

{% if not craft.app.request.segment(1) %}
    This is the homepage
{% endif %}

answered Oct 20 '21 at 15:55

foamcow

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 10 '22 at 01:03

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This works nicely and limits error possiblities:

{% if craft.app.urlManager.matchedElement and craft.app.urlManager.matchedElement.uri == '__home__' %}
    Show on homepage
{% endif %}

answered Jan 10 '22 at 01:03

Dario Zadro

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 07 '20 at 18:30

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My site is localized, so I ended up doing...

{% if craft.app.request.url == '/' or craft.app.request.url == '/' ~ craft.app.language %}

answered Sep 07 '20 at 18:30

Leo Leoncio

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 21 '23 at 04:45

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My current approach

{% if entry.isHomepage|default %}
Homepage
{% endif %}

Tested in Craft4

answered Jul 21 '23 at 04:45

Leevi Graham

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Check if current page is the homepage

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