{"id":44677,"date":"2015-03-19T03:48:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T07:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=44677"},"modified":"2017-08-14T06:02:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T10:02:12","slug":"wordpress-how-to-replace-enter-title-here-placeholder-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wordpress-how-to-replace-enter-title-here-placeholder-text.html","title":{"rendered":"WordPress. How to replace &#8220;Enter Title Here&#8221; placeholder text"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<p>This tutorial will show you how to replace &#8220;Enter Title Here&#8221; placeholder text in WordPress.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vd2MF4ccOo8?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress. How to Replace &#8220;Enter Title Here&#8221; placeholder text<\/a><\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<p> Open your WordPress admin panel. Select any type of posts. We will select events as an example. Add new one and in title area you will see this text &#8220;Enter title here&#8221;. You will need to replace it with your custom text:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_1_change_placeholder_title.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_1_change_placeholder_title-300x204.png\" alt=\"screen_1_change_placeholder_title\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-44678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_1_change_placeholder_title-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_1_change_placeholder_title-150x102.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_1_change_placeholder_title-1024x696.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_1_change_placeholder_title.png 1276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n  <\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p> Open WordPress admin panel, go to <strong>Appearance -> Editor<\/strong>. In small filter select your themeXXXXX. Then find <strong>custom-function.php<\/strong> file. At the end of this file before this sign <strong> ?&gt; <\/strong> paste the following code:<\/p>\r\n<pre class=\"brush:php\">\r\nfunction wpb_change_title_text( $title ){\r\n     $screen = get_current_screen();\r\n \r\n     if  ( 'events' == $screen->post_type ) {\r\n          $title = 'Enter event name with date';\r\n     }\r\n \r\n     return $title;\r\n}\r\n \r\nadd_filter( 'enter_title_here', 'wpb_change_title_text' );\r\n  <\/pre>\r\n<p>In this line <strong>if ( &#8216;events&#8217; == $screen->post_type )<\/strong> you need to replace  <strong>&#8216;events&#8217;<\/strong> with the type of your post. Correct post type you can see when you add new post in browser url, for example: <em>http:\/\/www.yoursite.com\/wp-admin\/post-new.php?<strong>post_type=events<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p> In this line <strong>$title = &#8216;Enter event name with date&#8217;<\/strong> &#8211; you should put the text you want to be displayed in your title:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_2_change_placeholder_title.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_2_change_placeholder_title-300x175.png\" alt=\"screen_2_change_placeholder_title\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-44679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_2_change_placeholder_title-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_2_change_placeholder_title-150x87.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_2_change_placeholder_title-1024x598.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_2_change_placeholder_title.png 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n  <\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p> Click <strong>Update<\/strong>, then go to your posts, e.g. <strong>Events  -> Add New<\/strong> and check your placeholder title. <\/p>\r\n<p> As you see it has been changed:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_3_change_placeholder_title.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_3_change_placeholder_title-300x168.png\" alt=\"screen_3_change_placeholder_title\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-44680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_3_change_placeholder_title-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_3_change_placeholder_title-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_3_change_placeholder_title-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screen_3_change_placeholder_title.png 1277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n  <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>Thank you for watching our tutorial. Now you know how to replace &#8220;Enter Title Here&#8221; placeholder text in WordPress.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"inline-banner\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/service-center\/\">\r\n<img src=\"\/help\/files\/banners\/inline\/Banner-3-(835-x100).jpg\" \/>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vd2MF4ccOo8?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress. 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