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Function Reference/the title

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Description

Displays or returns the title of the current post. This tag must be within The Loop. If the post is protected or private, this will be noted by the words "Protected: " or "Private: " prepended to the title.

Usage

 <?php the_title( $before, $after, $echo ); ?> 

Parameters

$before 
(string) Text to place before the title. Defaults to ''.
$after 
(string) Text to place after the title. Defaults to ''.
$echo 
(Boolean) Display the title (true) or return it for use in PHP (false). Defaults to true.

Example 

<?php the_title('<h3>', '</h3>'); ?>

Notes

Change Log

Since: 0.71

Source File

the_title() is located in wp-includes/post-template.php.

Related

body_class(), next_image_link(), next_post_link(), next_posts_link(), post_class(), post_password_required(), posts_nav_link(), previous_image_link(), previous_post_link(), previous_posts_link(), single_post_title, sticky_class(), the_category(), the_category_rss(), the_content(), the_content_rss(), the_excerpt(), the_excerpt_rss(), the_ID(), the_meta(), the_shortlink(), the_tags(), the_title(), the_title_attribute(), the_title_rss(), wp_link_pages()

See also index of Function Reference and index of Template Tags.
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