diff --git a/inc/helpers/homepage/header-components.php b/inc/helpers/homepage/header-components.php
index 3e120107..c7e73575 100644
--- a/inc/helpers/homepage/header-components.php
+++ b/inc/helpers/homepage/header-components.php
@@ -48,42 +48,58 @@ if (!function_exists('aksrt_get_page_header_slider_config')) {
 	}
 }
 
+if (!function_exists('aksrt_header_slide_current_page_type')) {
+	/**
+	 * Resolve one mutually exclusive page type for the header component.
+	 *
+	 * Custom rewrite requests can retain WordPress's is_home flag, so the
+	 * explicit theme surfaces must win before the home fallback is evaluated.
+	 */
+	function aksrt_header_slide_current_page_type(): string {
+		if (is_author() || (function_exists('aksrt_is_user_home_page') && aksrt_is_user_home_page())) {
+			return 'author';
+		}
+		if (function_exists('aksrt_is_user_center_page') && aksrt_is_user_center_page()) {
+			return 'user_center';
+		}
+		if (is_front_page()) {
+			return 'home';
+		}
+		if (is_category()) {
+			return 'category';
+		}
+		if (is_tag()) {
+			return 'tag';
+		}
+		if (is_singular('post')) {
+			return 'single';
+		}
+		if (is_search()) {
+			return 'search';
+		}
+		if (is_page()) {
+			foreach (aksrt_header_slide_excluded_page_templates() as $template) {
+				if (is_page_template($template)) {
+					return '';
+				}
+			}
+			return 'page';
+		}
+		if (is_home()) {
+			return 'home';
+		}
+
+		return '';
+	}
+}
+
 if (!function_exists('aksrt_header_slide_matches_query')) {
 	function aksrt_header_slide_matches_query(string $type): bool {
 		$type = sanitize_key($type);
-		switch ($type) {
-			case 'home':
-				return is_home() || is_front_page();
-			case 'category':
-				return is_category();
-			case 'tag':
-				return is_tag();
-			case 'user_home':
-			case 'author':
-				return is_author() || (function_exists('aksrt_is_user_home_page') && aksrt_is_user_home_page());
-			case 'user_center':
-				return function_exists('aksrt_is_user_center_page') && aksrt_is_user_center_page();
-			case 'single':
-				return is_singular('post');
-			case 'search':
-				return is_search();
-			case 'page':
-				if (!is_page()) {
-					return false;
-				}
-				if ((function_exists('aksrt_is_user_home_page') && aksrt_is_user_home_page())
-					|| (function_exists('aksrt_is_user_center_page') && aksrt_is_user_center_page())) {
-					return false;
-				}
-				foreach (aksrt_header_slide_excluded_page_templates() as $template) {
-					if (is_page_template($template)) {
-						return false;
-					}
-				}
-				return true;
+		if ($type === 'user_home') {
+			$type = 'author';
 		}
-
-		return false;
+		return $type !== '' && $type === aksrt_header_slide_current_page_type();
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/widget-system/page-display-contract.test.cjs b/tests/widget-system/page-display-contract.test.cjs
index f5ed833c..a6c8ddc8 100644
--- a/tests/widget-system/page-display-contract.test.cjs
+++ b/tests/widget-system/page-display-contract.test.cjs
@@ -225,5 +225,8 @@ test('save contract rejects invalid input and round-trips canonical nested value
     generic_page_excludes_center: false,
     templated_public_user_home: true,
     templated_user_center: true,
+    home_excludes_page: false,
+    home_excludes_public_home: false,
+    home_excludes_user_center: false,
   })
 })
diff --git a/tests/widget-system/page-display-save-harness.php b/tests/widget-system/page-display-save-harness.php
index 0d88bb2d..ce083783 100644
--- a/tests/widget-system/page-display-save-harness.php
+++ b/tests/widget-system/page-display-save-harness.php
@@ -88,7 +88,13 @@ namespace {
 
 	function is_admin(): bool { return false; }
 	function wp_is_mobile(): bool { return false; }
-	function is_home(): bool { return $GLOBALS['aksrt_visibility_query'] === 'home'; }
+	function is_home(): bool {
+		// Custom rewrites can leave WordPress's posts-page flag set even though
+		// the theme resolves the request to another front-end surface.
+		return in_array($GLOBALS['aksrt_visibility_query'], [
+			'home', 'page', 'user_home', 'user_center', 'user_home_page', 'user_center_page',
+		], true);
+	}
 	function is_front_page(): bool { return $GLOBALS['aksrt_visibility_query'] === 'home'; }
 	function is_category(): bool { return $GLOBALS['aksrt_visibility_query'] === 'category'; }
 	function is_tag(): bool { return $GLOBALS['aksrt_visibility_query'] === 'tag'; }
@@ -214,6 +220,9 @@ namespace {
 		'generic_page_excludes_center' => aksrt_visibility_case('user_center_page', ['page']),
 		'templated_public_user_home'   => aksrt_visibility_case('user_home_page', ['user_home']),
 		'templated_user_center'        => aksrt_visibility_case('user_center_page', ['user_center']),
+		'home_excludes_page'           => aksrt_visibility_case('page', ['home']),
+		'home_excludes_public_home'    => aksrt_visibility_case('user_home', ['home']),
+		'home_excludes_user_center'    => aksrt_visibility_case('user_center', ['home']),
 	];
 
 	echo json_encode([