Title: Edit the Widget Title script
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Edit the Widget Title script

 *  Resolved [napalm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/napalm/)
 * (@napalm)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-the-widget-title-script/)
 * Hi All,
 * I am wanting to add a script to my ‘text widget’ title that will apply a CSS 
   class to the very first word.
 * So no matter what the title is, the first word would always have a CSS applied
   to it for me to style accordingly.
 * My issue is that I cannot find where WP actually places the $title (assuming 
   that variable holds the value of the title) into the <h2> or <h3> widget title.
 * If anyone could point me in the direction of this function , or where the scripts
   actually construct a widget and inserts the $title, it would be greatly appreciated.
 * I have looked at the widgets.php file, but dont seem to understand if its actually
   constructing the text widget here.
 * Thanks

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 *  [kz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kz/)
 * (@kz)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-the-widget-title-script/#post-1366560)
 * functions.php:
 *     ```
       function my_widget_title($title){
         return '<h3>' . $title . '</h3>';
       }
       add_filter('widget_title', 'my_widget_title');
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [napalm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/napalm/)
 * (@napalm)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-the-widget-title-script/#post-1366567)
 * genious!

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 * [widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widget/)
 * [widget title](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widget-title/)

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 * Last reply from: [napalm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/napalm/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-the-widget-title-script/#post-1366567)
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