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All it does is limit the number of words in your title, just in case you don’t want it to wrap onto a second line. I used it in the featured slideshow on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100830060907/http://themes.bavotasan.com/our-themes/premium-themes/magazine-premium/">Magazine Premium</a> since the size of the boxes is fixed.</p> <p>Include this in your <code>functions.php</code> file between the PHP tags:</p> <div class="wp_syntax"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="code"><pre class="php" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">function</span> short_title<span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #000088;">$after</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #0000ff;">''</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$length</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span> <span style="color: #009900;">{</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #990000;">explode</span><span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">' '</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span> get_the_title<span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$length</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #b1b100;">if</span> <span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #990000;">count</span><span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span><span style="color: #339933;">>=</span><span style="color: #000088;">$length</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span> <span style="color: #009900;">{</span> <span style="color: #990000;">array_pop</span><span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #990000;">implode</span><span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">" "</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span><span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span><span style="color: #339933;">.</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$after</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">}</span> <span style="color: #b1b100;">else</span> <span style="color: #009900;">{</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #990000;">implode</span><span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">" "</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span><span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">}</span> <span style="color: #b1b100;">return</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">}</span></pre></div></td></tr></table></div> <p>Then you can use it within the WordPress loop like this:</p> <div class="wp_syntax"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="code"><pre class="php" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><?php</span> <span style="color: #b1b100;">echo</span> short_title<span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">'...'</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">8</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">?></span></pre></div></td></tr></table></div> <p>If you would rather count by characters instead of just words, you can add this function to your <code>functions.php</code> file instead of the one above:</p> <div class="wp_syntax"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="code"><pre class="php" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">function</span> short_title<span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #000088;">$after</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #009900; font-weight: bold;">null</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$length</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span> <span style="color: #009900;">{</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> get_the_title<span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$size</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #990000;">strlen</span><span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #b1b100;">if</span><span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #000088;">$size</span><span style="color: #339933;">></span><span style="color: #000088;">$length</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span> <span style="color: #009900;">{</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #990000;">substr</span><span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span> <span style="color: #cc66cc;">0</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$length</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #990000;">explode</span><span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">' '</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span><span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #990000;">array_pop</span><span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span> <span style="color: #339933;">=</span> <span style="color: #990000;">implode</span><span style="color: #009900;">(</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">" "</span><span style="color: #339933;">,</span><span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span><span style="color: #009900;">)</span><span style="color: #339933;">.</span><span style="color: #000088;">$after</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">}</span> <span style="color: #b1b100;">return</span> <span style="color: #000088;">$mytitle</span><span style="color: #339933;">;</span> <span style="color: #009900;">}</span></pre></div></td></tr></table></div> <div class="buttonbox"> </div> </div> <div class="post"> <div class="socialleft">If you liked this, please share it.</div> <ul class="addtoany_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100830060907/http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F9dXczo&counturl=http://bavotasan.com/tutorials/shorten-your-post-titles-in-wordpress/" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="bavotasan">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100830060907js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100830060907/http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://bavotasan.com/tutorials/shorten-your-post-titles-in-wordpress/&t=Shorten Your Post Titles in WordPress" title="Click to send this page to Facebook!" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="facebook-icon"></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100830060907/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://bavotasan.com/tutorials/shorten-your-post-titles-in-wordpress/&title=Shorten Your Post Titles in WordPress&bodytext=This is not a function that you would need to use often, but I came across a reason to use it recently and I thought it might be a good idea to share it. 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