Title: Safe String Title Settings
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Safe String Title Settings

 *  Resolved [luoshiben](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luoshiben/)
 * (@luoshiben)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/safe-string-title-settings/)
 * The IB settings page has some default or “safe” titles listed. The explanation
   states, “Specify breadcrumb titles for the following pages. _Defaults only apply
   if the page itself does not have a better name._” This makes it sound like the
   specified titles will only be used if IB can’t find a real title for the page
   or post on its own. However, in my experience it seems that the “safe” titles
   are used in every case no matter what.
 * Specifically, I have a site using Polylang for localization, so the home title
   may be in English or may be in Chinese depending on which language is selected.
   However, no matter what language mode I’m in, the “safe” title is always displayed
   for home. If I type Foo in the Home title setting, then Foo is displayed at the
   beginning of the breadcrumb chain for all secondary pages. How can I get IB to
   first try to get the proper title of the home page before resorting to using 
   the “safe” default?
 * A quick look at the code shows:
    1. class-ib-generator.php line 54 gets the text
   of the home link by calling IB_Options::safe_string(‘front’) 2. the static function
   safe_string in class-ib-options.php never tries to get a page/post title. It 
   simply grabs the title from the setting, or falls back to a hard-coded default
   if that setting was null or blank.
 * This may not be the right way to fix the problem, but here’s what I did: (edit
   of class-ib-generator.php line 54, adding 3 new lines)
 *     ```
       $homeTitle = get_the_title(get_option('page_on_front'));
       if( empty($homeTitle) )
           $homeTitle = IB_Options::safe_string( 'front' );
       $currentUrl = home_url( add_query_arg( array(), $wp->request ) );
       $crumbs     = array( array( 'url' => home_url(), 'text' => $homeTitle, 'xclass' => array( 'menu-item-home' ) ) );
       ```
   
 * Am I not understanding this feature? Is IB not supposed to ever look for the 
   real page title for the home/front page? Thanks in advance for any assistance.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/instant-breadcrumbs/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/instant-breadcrumbs/)

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 *  Plugin Author [loseyourmarbles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loseyourmarbles/)
 * (@loseyourmarbles)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/safe-string-title-settings/#post-4861930)
 * Thanks so much for the feedback! You understand the feature perfectly, and, as
   you have discovered, you also accurately identified a bug. Thank you so much 
   for discovering it; using Polylang sounds like a superb way to test the page 
   naming features.
 * The description of the settings is indeed how things are supposed to work. All
   the places the generator needs a page name, it should ask WordPress first. If
   the name comes back empty, only then should it go to the settings. It looks like
   I missed this step for the ‘root’ of the breadcrumb trail (which maybe a static
   page or the ‘home’ list of recent posts). Seems there’s a case there I missed.
 * Your solution appears to be the exact answer required for page_on_front – I hope
   that has temporarily resolved the issue for you, and I will go ahead and do an
   update on the code to include this fix soon! Thank you so much again, and I would
   love to hear any further suggestions or feedback.
 * Chris
 *  Thread Starter [luoshiben](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luoshiben/)
 * (@luoshiben)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/safe-string-title-settings/#post-4861944)
 * Many thanks for the reply, and for the quick bug fix (1.4.3)! I’m glad if I could
   help a bit. Great plugin, too. Cheers!
 *  Plugin Author [loseyourmarbles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loseyourmarbles/)
 * (@loseyourmarbles)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/safe-string-title-settings/#post-4861947)
 * Thanks for the support and the confirmation that 1.4.3 resolves the issue. Cheers!

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/safe-string-title-settings/#post-4861947)
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