the loop on single.php and page.php appears unnecessary.

[drrobotnik]

Is it for consistency that we include a while conditional around the loop on single/page.php?

https://github.com/Automattic/_s/blob/master/single.php#L13

If there is no post than they'd be redirected to the 404.php so to me it seems unnecessary. Also on a single/page there shouldn't be instances of more than one post without a custom query. I'd change this to an if conditional or remove it entirely like so:

<?php
/**
 * The Template for displaying all single posts.
 *
 * @package _s
 */

get_header(); the_post(); ?>

    <div id="primary" class="content-area">
        <main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">

            <?php get_template_part( 'content', 'single' ); ?>

            <?php _s_content_nav( 'nav-below' ); ?>

            <?php
                // If comments are open or we have at least one comment, load up the comment template
                if ( comments_open() || '0' != get_comments_number() )
                    comments_template();
            ?>

        </main><!-- #main -->
    </div><!-- #primary -->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Curious on the thought behind the current decision before I submitted a PR.

[kadamwhite]

have_posts is useful for more than just a conditional check—per the codex:

As a side effect, have_posts starts, steps through, or resets The Loop. At the end of the loop, have_posts returns 0 after calling rewind_posts.

[kadamwhite]

Hmm, looking at the code behind have_posts, it's actually a fairly straightforward function... I'd say there's value in consistency, though.

[obenland]

I'm always in favor of removing code where it makes sense. Looking at have_posts(), and the lack of an else statement in the template make me wonder if this could be one of those cases.

[mfields]

I prefer to use the standard Loop in all singular templates in _s. The code suggested above is what we refer to as a "partial loop" and really causes issues in other queries on the page. Historically this has appeared in a couple of the Default themes and has been fixed right away. Please see the following ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18794

[obenland]

Sweet, thanks for the heads up @mfields!

[mfields]

No Problem!