Tutorial: How to display short blog title in WordPress
As was recently pointed out to me by Andy in the comments, this post was quite out of date. I was fairly new to WordPress and had found a hacked way to modify the core of WordPress to return a short version of wp_title(); — but this is a method far from necessary and will always get removed when you update WordPress.
I opted to delete the out-of-date method, so that you only get the stuff that makes sense!
There is a simple script you can use to implement a short blog title without modifying the base WordPress code. Open up your functions.php file within your theme and add the following:
[php]function short_title() {
$title = get_the_title();
$count = strlen($title);
if ($count >= 25) {
$title = substr($title, 0, 25);
$title .= ‘…’;
}
echo $title;
}[/php]
You can now reference short_title(); anywhere within the loop and call your short title. You can adjust how long your title is by changing the number “25″ to however many characters you want.
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EliasTiez says: This brings me to an idea:…
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andy says: try to change it to work with 3.0, brgs
andy says: hmmm, this post script can’t show the call code 
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ok, I try this way – all from bottom must be in one sequence, in one line
start_code__end_code
end delete start_code_ and _end_code
andy says: another way
here must be the php opener
wp_title(”, true, ”, true);
and here you must close the php code
roger says: have any idea how to use short tile for wp -ecommerce
currently i am using
Thanks in Advance
roger says: php echo wpsc_the_product_title();
sorry for multiply post
roger says: you mean some thing like this
function short_title() {
$title = wpsc_the_product_title();
$count = strlen($title);
if ($count >= 25) {
$title = substr($title, 0, 25);
$title .= ‘…’;
}
echo $title;
}
Can says: thank you so much. im just looking for
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This brings me to an idea:…
Great post! I’ll subscribe right now wth my feedreader software!
try to change it to work with 3.0, brgs
hmmm, this post script can’t show the call code
)))))))))))))))
ok, I try this way – all from bottom must be in one sequence, in one line
start_code__end_code
end delete start_code_ and _end_code
another way
here must be the php opener
wp_title(”, true, ”, true);
and here you must close the php code
have any idea how to use short tile for wp -ecommerce
currently i am using
Thanks in Advance
php echo wpsc_the_product_title();
sorry for multiply post
You should still be able to do this from your functions.php!
All you need to do is substitute
get_the_title()
with
wpsc_the_product_title()
you mean some thing like this
function short_title() {
$title = wpsc_the_product_title();
$count = strlen($title);
if ($count >= 25) {
$title = substr($title, 0, 25);
$title .= ‘…’;
}
echo $title;
}
Yep, that should work! I haven’t tested that code, but it looks right.
thank you so much. im just looking for