Remove Private/Protected from Post Titles
I had the situation come up where I need a password-protected post in WordPress. Of course that is super easy in WordPress, you can set up a password for it right in the “Publish” box before publishing. But by default, WordPress appends “Protected: ” to the front of the post title, before and after the password has been entered. I didn’t like that, and thought that the password box was clue enough that the material was password protected.
I ran across some simple code in the official WordPress forums with a solution (thanks, t31os_!).
function the_title_trim($title) {
$title = esc_attr($title);
$findthese = array(
'#Protected:#',
'#Private:#'
);
$replacewith = array(
'', // What to replace "Protected:" with
'' // What to replace "Private:" with
);
$title = preg_replace($findthese, $replacewith, $title);
return $title;
}
add_filter('the_title', 'the_title_trim');I saw a plugin to do this too, but I think since this is rather theme-specific, functions.php code makes the most sense.
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7 responses
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An improvement would be to search for
__("Protected")so it’s even language independent :)-
Chris Coyier Post AuthorIf using this for a a generic theme, absolutely, best way to go.
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demetrisThis is filterable since WP v2.8, so it’s even easier:
function blah($title) { return '%s'; }
add_filter('protected_title_format', 'blah');Is that what you were after or did I miss something?
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demetris
I’m really absent-minded sometimes. :-D Forgot to add that the same filtering works with
private_title_formattoo.-
Chris Coyier Post Author
Sweet. I’ll give that a shot, much cleaner.
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Is this code work for on pages?
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MatthewWhy, instead of
<?php the_title(); ?>, don’t you use<?php echo $post->post_title; ?>? It worked for me :)
