As you said, wp_title works only for current post, so can be a little tricky save it in a variable for a post that is not the current. However, wp_title works not only for singular post / page / cpt but also for every type of archive. So it’s easy create a custom function that … Read more
In order to play nicely with Plugins or other code that attempts to modify the HTML document title content (i.e. wp_title() output), you should always and only output this: <title><?php wp_title( ” ); ?></title> …and if you want to modify that output yourself, filter wp_title instead of hard-coding anything inside the <title></title> tags. So for … Read more
Since WP 4.4 you can change document title using document_title_parts filter hook, in earlier versions it will be wp_title_parts (since v4.0) or wp_title filter. add_filter( ‘document_title_parts’, ‘se333744_site_title’ ); function se333744_site_title( $title ) { if ( isset($title[‘title’]) && strlen($title[‘title’]) && !is_front_page() && is_archive() ) $title[‘title’] = ‘ {some prefix} ‘ . $title[‘title’]; return $title; }
Create a helper function to get all parent categories (each post can be in multiple categories): function parent_cat_names( $sep = ‘|’ ) { if ( ! is_single() or array() === $categories = get_the_category() ) return ”; $parents = array (); foreach ( $categories as $category ) { $parent = end( get_ancestors( $category->term_id, ‘category’ ) ); … Read more
Reference Got success by adding this code to your-page-template.php file before get_header() function: function my_page_title() { return ‘Your value is ‘; // add dynamic content to this title (if needed) } add_action( ‘pre_get_document_title’, ‘my_page_title’ );
WordPress added support for the title-tag feature in version 4.1 and it’s now a required feature for themes uploaded to the repo. To implement this feature, make sure your theme does not have the title tag hard coded within header.php, e.g.: <title><?php wp_title( ‘|’, true, ‘right’ ); ?></title> Configure your theme with title-tag support like … Read more
If your theme supports WordPress adding the title tag using add_theme_support( ‘title-tag’ ); (it should!) you can use the document_title_parts filter to insert the post count in the right place without needing to parse the full title or modify existing elements that might have been customised, such as the separator: function wpse_323260_document_title_category_count( $title ) { … Read more
A post or page has only one title, the title tag <title> is the document title. The filter wp_title filters the output of wp_title() function, which was used before to output the title of the document. In WordPress 4.1, the title-tag support in themes was introduced and wp_get_document_title() is used instead of wp_title(). So, if … Read more
simply use this where ever you want to display your title with limited words <?php echo wp_trim_words( get_the_title(), 5 ); ?> replace number 5 in above code with whatever number of words you need to display. Regards.
UPDATE for WordPress 4.4 Since WordPress 4.4 the wp_title filter doesn’t work because wp_title() function is not used in core anymore. That function was marked as deprecated, then reinstated until new notice but theme authors are discouraged from using it. Because of that, wp_title filter still will work if you continue using wp_title() function directly … Read more