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WordPress WordPress Hooks - Actions and Filters Filter Functions in WordPress The apply_filters Function

Posted by Lathesham V M
Lathesham V M
114 Points

Hi how to change the blog title with add_filter? details below

i want to add a prefix to all the blog title by modifying the all ready applied filter .

when i searched i got this: apply_filters( 'single_post_title', string $_post_title, object $_post )

what action do i have to modify this ?

add_filter('single_post_title', 'my_title');

function my_title(???){ ??? }

1 Answer

Alena Holligan
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Alena Holligan
Treehouse Teacher
Alena Holligan
Alena Holligan
Treehouse Teacher

For the function apply_filters:

  1. the first parameter 'single_post_title' is correct, that is what you want to change.
  2. the second parameter should be the title you want to pass the title. If you want to call a function, you would not use quotes and you would need to return the title.
  3. the actual post object, so most likely $_post 
add_filter('single_post_title', title_function, $_post);

function title_function() { 
    return 'my title';
}