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Template Tags/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(
    
'prefix'   => 
    
'display'  => true ); ?> 

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

the_ID, the_title, the_title_attribute, single_post_title, the_title_rss, the_content, the_content_rss, the_excerpt, the_excerpt_rss, wp_link_pages, next_post_link, next_posts_link, previous_post_link, previous_posts_link, posts_nav_link, sticky_class, the_meta