Title: Restoring TITLE Tag functionality
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Restoring TITLE Tag functionality

 *  [pcvip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcvip/)
 * (@pcvip)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-title-tag-functionality/)
 * Folks, why in the world did you delete TITLE tag insertion/flexibility in the
   link dialog box?
 * More important, how can we get it back?

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 *  [Sabinooo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sabinooo/)
 * (@sabinooo)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-title-tag-functionality/#post-6058157)
 * The solution to your problem, although a temporary one, has been given in the
   post #27 of that thread : [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-add-link-function-no-longer-has-link-title-but-link-text-instead?replies=29](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-add-link-function-no-longer-has-link-title-but-link-text-instead?replies=29)
 * The longer explanation has been given in the post #8 of that thread.
    [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insertedit-link-missing-title-field?replies=2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insertedit-link-missing-title-field?replies=2)
 *  [Sabinooo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sabinooo/)
 * (@sabinooo)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-title-tag-functionality/#post-6058193)
 * PCVIP, good point, here wordpress decided against the majority. I would invite
   you to state your answer in the proper place, where this is read, [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insertedit-link-missing-title-field?replies=16](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insertedit-link-missing-title-field?replies=16)
   🙂
 *  [ifingers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifingers/)
 * (@ifingers)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-title-tag-functionality/#post-6058195)
 * pcvip, the title attribute causes a real accessibility problem. In other words,
   it causes major issues for some people. If you want your website to be as inclusive
   as possible, I would embrace the changes. Seriously, in the long run this is 
   a no-brainer. A win-win. A step forward in the right direction. Obviously you
   may disagree, I can understand your frustration but it’s the right thing to do.
 * SEO is all about people at the end of the day. The more people that like and 
   can use your website, the better. I’m sure someone will write a plugin to reintroduce
   the title attribute, but that would be a big step back for accessibility and 
   SEO imho.
 *  Thread Starter [pcvip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcvip/)
 * (@pcvip)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-title-tag-functionality/#post-6058200)
 * Rich, I want my site to be as inclusive … **AS I WANT IT TO BE**, not as inclusive
   as WP decides it should be, and doesn’t disclose the change.
 * Not OK. Not OK, Not OK.
 *  [ifingers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifingers/)
 * (@ifingers)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-title-tag-functionality/#post-6058203)
 * pcvip, Sure, it’s your site. You can do what you like with it. You could even
   roll back to the previous version if that suited you better. WordPress is built
   by a community of hundreds of very smart people, who freely contribute their 
   time and skills. I think 4.2 is the best release ever, but obviously your mileage
   will vary. Best of luck.
 *  Thread Starter [pcvip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcvip/)
 * (@pcvip)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-title-tag-functionality/#post-6058229)
 * very well put “agree to disagree”, Rich.
 * And yes, of course I could roll back, and I actually happen to be one of those
   people who knows how and isn’t afraid to.
 * I also concur : re the “hundreds of very smart volunteers” thing.
 * But with all of that said: as a person who “gets it”, I don’t want an outdated
   version of software that works by virtue of its connecetdness to the cold, cruel
   outside world; that’s a security hazard, by definition (not to mention I don’t
   want to have to look at the update notice, right?).
 * And it still, for me, anyway, comes back to the fact that this is a change, a
   REAL, _functional_ change. And it got slipstreamed instead of announced. And 
   that’s not OK.
 * Thanks, Rich.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [pcvip](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcvip/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/restoring-title-tag-functionality/#post-6058229)
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