Title: Modify Title Within Shortcode Function
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Modify Title Within Shortcode Function

 *  [Rustaurius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustaurius/)
 * (@rustaurius)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-title-within-shortcode-function/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m looking to potentially modify the page title within a shortcode, depending
   on a saved setting. I can’t get my head around what I should be calling. Here’s
   what I’ve tried so far:
 *     ```
       if ($Filter_Title == "Yes") {
         add_filter('the_title', 'Alter_Title', 20, $ProductName);
       }
       ```
   
 * Those lines are within a shortcode that is working normally. The code doesn’t
   seem to work, so any thoughts on where/how I should be adding the call to the
   filtering function would be appreciated!

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 *  [RossMitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rossmitchell/)
 * (@rossmitchell)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-title-within-shortcode-function/#post-5206775)
 * I think that by the time your shortcode gets processed, that the title has come
   and gone, you are too late to process it.
 * Your Alter_Title function needs to be installed earlier, possibly in a customised
   page template, or in functions.php itself. You may need to add some conditional
   code within your filter so that I knows when to pass the title through unchanged
   and when to process it.

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## Tags

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 * [plugin-development](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/plugin-development/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-title-within-shortcode-function/#post-5206775)
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