Avoid going in and out of PHP unnecessarily.

Closes #854

Includes minor alignment changes for easier readability/detection of start/end of conditions.

404.php

@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@ get_header(); ?>
 				<div class="page-content">
 					<p><?php esc_html_e( 'It looks like nothing was found at this location. Maybe try one of the links below or a search?', '_s' ); ?></p>
 
-					<?php get_search_form(); ?>
+					<?php
+						get_search_form();
 
-					<?php the_widget( 'WP_Widget_Recent_Posts' ); ?>
+						the_widget( 'WP_Widget_Recent_Posts' );
+
+						if ( _s_categorized_blog() ) : // Only show the widget if site has multiple categories.
+					?>
 
-					<?php if ( _s_categorized_blog() ) : // Only show the widget if site has multiple categories. ?>
 					<div class="widget widget_categories">
 						<h2 class="widget-title"><?php esc_html_e( 'Most Used Categories', '_s' ); ?></h2>
 						<ul>
@@ -39,15 +42,16 @@ get_header(); ?>
 						?>
 						</ul>
 					</div><!-- .widget -->
-					<?php endif; ?>
 
 					<?php
+						endif;
+
 						/* translators: %1$s: smiley */
 						$archive_content = '<p>' . sprintf( esc_html__( 'Try looking in the monthly archives. %1$s', '_s' ), convert_smilies( ':)' ) ) . '</p>';
 						the_widget( 'WP_Widget_Archives', 'dropdown=1', "after_title=</h2>$archive_content" );
-					?>
 
-					<?php the_widget( 'WP_Widget_Tag_Cloud' ); ?>
+						the_widget( 'WP_Widget_Tag_Cloud' );
+					?>
 
 				</div><!-- .page-content -->
 			</section><!-- .error-404 -->
@@ -55,4 +59,5 @@ get_header(); ?>
 		</main><!-- #main -->
 	</div><!-- #primary -->
 
-<?php get_footer(); ?>
+<?php
+get_footer();

archive.php

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ get_header(); ?>
 	<div id="primary" class="content-area">
 		<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
 
-		<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
+		<?php
+		if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
 
 			<header class="page-header">
 				<?php
@@ -21,10 +22,9 @@ get_header(); ?>
 				?>
 			</header><!-- .page-header -->
 
-			<?php /* Start the Loop */ ?>
-			<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
-
 			<?php
+			/* Start the Loop */
+			while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
 
 				/*
 				 * Include the Post-Format-specific template for the content.
@@ -32,20 +32,20 @@ get_header(); ?>
 				 * called content-___.php (where ___ is the Post Format name) and that will be used instead.
 				 */
 				get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', get_post_format() );
-				?>
 
-			<?php endwhile; ?>
+			endwhile;
 
-			<?php the_posts_navigation(); ?>
+			the_posts_navigation();
 
-		<?php else : ?>
+		else :
 
-			<?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'none' ); ?>
+			get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'none' );
 
-		<?php endif; ?>
+		endif; ?>
 
 		</main><!-- #main -->
 	</div><!-- #primary -->
 
-<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
+<?php
-<?php get_footer(); ?>
+get_sidebar();
+get_footer();

comments.php

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ if ( post_password_required() ) {
 
 <div id="comments" class="comments-area">
 
-	<?php // You can start editing here -- including this comment! ?>
+	<?php
-
+	// You can start editing here -- including this comment!
-	<?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>
+	if ( have_comments() ) : ?>
 		<h2 class="comments-title">
 			<?php
 				printf( // WPCS: XSS OK.
@@ -66,17 +66,20 @@ if ( post_password_required() ) {
 
 			</div><!-- .nav-links -->
 		</nav><!-- #comment-nav-below -->
-		<?php endif; // Check for comment navigation. ?>
-
-	<?php endif; // Check for have_comments(). ?>
-
 		<?php
-		// If comments are closed and there are comments, let's leave a little note, shall we?
+		endif; // Check for comment navigation.
-		if ( ! comments_open() && get_comments_number() && post_type_supports( get_post_type(), 'comments' ) ) :
-	?>
-		<p class="no-comments"><?php esc_html_e( 'Comments are closed.', '_s' ); ?></p>
-	<?php endif; ?>
 
-	<?php comment_form(); ?>
+	endif; // Check for have_comments().
+
+
+	// If comments are closed and there are comments, let's leave a little note, shall we?
+	if ( ! comments_open() && get_comments_number() && post_type_supports( get_post_type(), 'comments' ) ) : ?>
+
+		<p class="no-comments"><?php esc_html_e( 'Comments are closed.', '_s' ); ?></p>
+	<?php
+	endif;
+
+	comment_form();
+	?>
 
 </div><!-- #comments -->

header.php

@@ -26,16 +26,19 @@
 
 	<header id="masthead" class="site-header" role="banner">
 		<div class="site-branding">
-			<?php if ( is_front_page() && is_home() ) : ?>
+			<?php
+			if ( is_front_page() && is_home() ) : ?>
 				<h1 class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></h1>
 			<?php else : ?>
 				<p class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></p>
-			<?php endif;
+			<?php
+			endif;
 
 			$description = get_bloginfo( 'description', 'display' );
 			if ( $description || is_customize_preview() ) : ?>
 				<p class="site-description"><?php echo $description; /* WPCS: xss ok. */ ?></p>
-			<?php endif; ?>
+			<?php
+			endif; ?>
 		</div><!-- .site-branding -->
 
 		<nav id="site-navigation" class="main-navigation" role="navigation">

index.php

@@ -17,18 +17,19 @@ get_header(); ?>
 	<div id="primary" class="content-area">
 		<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
 
-		<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
+		<?php
+		if ( have_posts() ) :
 
-			<?php if ( is_home() && ! is_front_page() ) : ?>
+			if ( is_home() && ! is_front_page() ) : ?>
 				<header>
 					<h1 class="page-title screen-reader-text"><?php single_post_title(); ?></h1>
 				</header>
-			<?php endif; ?>
-
-			<?php /* Start the Loop */ ?>
-			<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
 
 			<?php
+			endif;
+
+			/* Start the Loop */
+			while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
 
 				/*
 				 * Include the Post-Format-specific template for the content.
@@ -36,20 +37,20 @@ get_header(); ?>
 				 * called content-___.php (where ___ is the Post Format name) and that will be used instead.
 				 */
 				get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', get_post_format() );
-				?>
 
-			<?php endwhile; ?>
+			endwhile;
 
-			<?php the_posts_navigation(); ?>
+			the_posts_navigation();
 
-		<?php else : ?>
+		else :
 
-			<?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'none' ); ?>
+			get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'none' );
 
-		<?php endif; ?>
+		endif; ?>
 
 		</main><!-- #main -->
 	</div><!-- #primary -->
 
-<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
+<?php
-<?php get_footer(); ?>
+get_sidebar();
+get_footer();

page.php

@@ -17,21 +17,22 @@ get_header(); ?>
 	<div id="primary" class="content-area">
 		<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
 
-			<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
-
-				<?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'page' ); ?>
-
 			<?php
+			while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
+
+				get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'page' );
+
 				// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template.
 				if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) :
 					comments_template();
 				endif;
-				?>
 
-			<?php endwhile; // End of the loop. ?>
+			endwhile; // End of the loop.
+			?>
 
 		</main><!-- #main -->
 	</div><!-- #primary -->
 
-<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
+<?php
-<?php get_footer(); ?>
+get_sidebar();
+get_footer();

search.php

@@ -12,36 +12,37 @@ get_header(); ?>
 	<section id="primary" class="content-area">
 		<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
 
-		<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
+		<?php
+		if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
 
 			<header class="page-header">
 				<h1 class="page-title"><?php printf( esc_html__( 'Search Results for: %s', '_s' ), '<span>' . get_search_query() . '</span>' ); ?></h1>
 			</header><!-- .page-header -->
 
-			<?php /* Start the Loop */ ?>
-			<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
-
 			<?php
+			/* Start the Loop */
+			while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
+
 				/**
 				 * Run the loop for the search to output the results.
 				 * If you want to overload this in a child theme then include a file
 				 * called content-search.php and that will be used instead.
 				 */
 				get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'search' );
-				?>
 
-			<?php endwhile; ?>
+			endwhile;
 
-			<?php the_posts_navigation(); ?>
+			the_posts_navigation();
 
-		<?php else : ?>
+		else :
 
-			<?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'none' ); ?>
+			get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'none' );
 
-		<?php endif; ?>
+		endif; ?>
 
 		</main><!-- #main -->
 	</section><!-- #primary -->
 
-<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
+<?php
-<?php get_footer(); ?>
+get_sidebar();
+get_footer();

single.php

@@ -12,23 +12,24 @@ get_header(); ?>
 	<div id="primary" class="content-area">
 		<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
 
-		<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
-
-			<?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'single' ); ?>
-
-			<?php the_post_navigation(); ?>
-
 		<?php
+		while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
+
+			get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'single' );
+
+			the_post_navigation();
+
 			// If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template.
 			if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) :
 				comments_template();
 			endif;
-			?>
 
-		<?php endwhile; // End of the loop. ?>
+		endwhile; // End of the loop.
+		?>
 
 		</main><!-- #main -->
 	</div><!-- #primary -->
 
-<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
+<?php
-<?php get_footer(); ?>
+get_sidebar();
+get_footer();

template-parts/content-none.php

@@ -15,20 +15,23 @@
 	</header><!-- .page-header -->
 
 	<div class="page-content">
-		<?php if ( is_home() && current_user_can( 'publish_posts' ) ) : ?>
+		<?php
+		if ( is_home() && current_user_can( 'publish_posts' ) ) : ?>
 
 			<p><?php printf( wp_kses( __( 'Ready to publish your first post? <a href="%1$s">Get started here</a>.', '_s' ), array( 'a' => array( 'href' => array() ) ) ), esc_url( admin_url( 'post-new.php' ) ) ); ?></p>
 
 		<?php elseif ( is_search() ) : ?>
 
 			<p><?php esc_html_e( 'Sorry, but nothing matched your search terms. Please try again with some different keywords.', '_s' ); ?></p>
-			<?php get_search_form(); ?>
+			<?php
+				get_search_form();
 
-		<?php else : ?>
+		else : ?>
 
 			<p><?php esc_html_e( 'It seems we can&rsquo;t find what you&rsquo;re looking for. Perhaps searching can help.', '_s' ); ?></p>
-			<?php get_search_form(); ?>
+			<?php
+				get_search_form();
 
-		<?php endif; ?>
+		endif; ?>
 	</div><!-- .page-content -->
 </section><!-- .no-results -->

template-parts/content-page.php

@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
 	</header><!-- .entry-header -->
 
 	<div class="entry-content">
-		<?php the_content(); ?>
 		<?php
+			the_content();
+
 			wp_link_pages( array(
 				'before' => '<div class="page-links">' . esc_html__( 'Pages:', '_s' ),
 				'after'  => '</div>',

template-parts/content-single.php

@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 	</header><!-- .entry-header -->
 
 	<div class="entry-content">
-		<?php the_content(); ?>
 		<?php
+			the_content();
+
 			wp_link_pages( array(
 				'before' => '<div class="page-links">' . esc_html__( 'Pages:', '_s' ),
 				'after'  => '</div>',
@@ -32,4 +33,3 @@
 		<?php _s_entry_footer(); ?>
 	</footer><!-- .entry-footer -->
 </article><!-- #post-## -->
-

template-parts/content.php

@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@
 
 <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
 	<header class="entry-header">
-		<?php the_title( sprintf( '<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="%s" rel="bookmark">', esc_url( get_permalink() ) ), '</a></h2>' ); ?>
+		<?php
+			the_title( sprintf( '<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="%s" rel="bookmark">', esc_url( get_permalink() ) ), '</a></h2>' );
 
-		<?php if ( 'post' === get_post_type() ) : ?>
+		if ( 'post' === get_post_type() ) : ?>
 		<div class="entry-meta">
 			<?php _s_posted_on(); ?>
 		</div><!-- .entry-meta -->
-		<?php endif; ?>
+		<?php
+		endif; ?>
 	</header><!-- .entry-header -->
 
 	<div class="entry-content">
@@ -27,9 +29,7 @@
 				wp_kses( __( 'Continue reading %s <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', '_s' ), array( 'span' => array( 'class' => array() ) ) ),
 				the_title( '<span class="screen-reader-text">"', '"</span>', false )
 			) );
-		?>
 
-		<?php
 			wp_link_pages( array(
 				'before' => '<div class="page-links">' . esc_html__( 'Pages:', '_s' ),
 				'after'  => '</div>',