Mobile browser detection for WordPress – embedded is_mobile() function
Lets face it. Responsive design is here to stay and it is the solution to all of our nightmares regarding mobile web design. For those who are not aware of this technique, I invite you to read my other post where I explain what it is. But lets get to the point. Sometimes we need to add conditionals to our WordPress theme in order to detect if the visitor is visiting us from a mobile device, if so, we remove or add content. This is solved by using a custom made function called is_mobile() embedded into our functions.php. Read on for more.
With all this load of smartphones and tablets, it is mandatory for us as developers to optimize our content as much as possible so everybody can see it, no matter what device they are using. This is why I wrote a small but powerful function to properly detect a wide range of mobile devices and redirect to an special content accordingly.