Title: WP_Query::is_archive
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Query::is_archive(): bool

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/is_archive/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/is_archive/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/is_archive/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/is_archive/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/is_archive/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/is_archive/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Determines whether the query is for an existing archive page.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/is_archive/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Archive pages include category, tag, author, date, custom post type, and custom 
taxonomy based archives.

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/is_archive/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [WP_Query::is_category()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Query/is_category/)
 * [WP_Query::is_tag()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Query/is_tag/)
 * [WP_Query::is_author()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Query/is_author/)
 * [WP_Query::is_date()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Query/is_date/)
 * [WP_Query::is_post_type_archive()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Query/is_post_type_archive/)
 * [WP_Query::is_tax()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Query/is_tax/)

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/is_archive/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool Whether the query is for an existing archive page.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/is_archive/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function is_archive() {
    	return (bool) $this->is_archive;
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/is_archive/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [is_archive()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_archive/)`wp-includes/query.php` |

Determines whether the query is for an existing archive page.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/is_archive/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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