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Function Reference/single post title

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Description

Displays or returns the title of the post when on a single post page (permalink page). This tag can be useful for displaying post titles outside The Loop.

Usage

 <?php single_post_title$prefix$display ); ?> 

Default Usage

 <?php single_post_title(); ?> 

Parameters

$prefix
(string) (optional) Text to place before the title.
Default: None
$display
(boolean) (optional) Should the title be displayed (TRUE) or returned for use in PHP (FALSE).
Default: TRUE

Example

<h2><?php single_post_title('Current post: '); ?></h2>
Current post: Single Post Title

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.