I suspect that PHP considers the value of $wpdb->get_row(“SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE post_title=”” . $title . “””, ‘ARRAY_A’); to be true no matter what (see also this). You’ll have to count the number of rows that are returned Try something like this instead: $query = “SELECT COUNT(*) FROM wp_posts WHERE post_title=”$title””; $count = $wpdb->get_var($query); … Read more
Create a function in functions.php to see if your title part is in an array of ‘banned’ words: function check_word( $word ) { $blacklist = array(‘the’, ‘it’, ‘and’, …); if ( !in_array( $word, $blacklist ) && strlen( $word ) > 3 ) { return $word; } else { return ”; } } Run your title … Read more
No. Unfortunately you’re looking at a walker, or a custom replacement function, as described here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12353076/wp-list-pages-isnt-showing-title-attribute
You will want to read up on get_post_meta(). Here is a link to the WP Codex reference for that function. <?php $meta_values = get_post_meta( $post_id, $key, $single ); ?> If you created that custom field with something like Elliot Condon’s ACF plugin, the documentation for the plug-in is also helpful in meeting your exact need. … Read more
The conditional tag is_front_page() is used to specifically check for a static front page, so you should be able to use that to switch between your title formats <title> <?php if(is_front_page()) { bloginfo(‘name’); } else { wp_title( ‘|’, true, ‘right’ ); }; ?> </title>
You can make use of properties on elements. Have a look at the following concept and see if you can use it. You basically hide all “featured” images. Add a general class to the post titles which you want to use to show/hide images. Add a property to the post title element which holds the … Read more
Replace $page->post_title; with $item->title; to get the menu item’s label
$id_frontpage = get_option(‘page_on_front’); echo get_the_title( $id_frontpage ); If you need the ID of the page that displays posts use get_option(‘page_for_posts’).
When we call get_the_title(), then the post title is taken through the wptexturize() function via the the_title filter: add_filter( ‘the_title’, ‘wptexturize’ ); The en-dash and em-dash are replaced with /* translators: en dash */ $en_dash = _x( ‘–’, ‘en dash’ ); /* translators: em dash */ $em_dash = _x( ‘—’, ’em dash’ ); A simple … Read more
Perhaps when you removed your a tag you also remove the nested the_title(); function? the_title(); is the WordPress function which spits out the plain text post/page title so having that in your h1 like below should get you the results you’re expecting. Of course there may also be some CSS which is affected due to … Read more