Title: Title customization using post_title
Last modified: June 25, 2021

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# Title customization using post_title

 *  [wpnoob654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpnoob654/)
 * (@wpnoob654)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/title-customization-2/)
 * Hi,
 * does anyone have the idea on how to replace the wp implementation of the post_title
   with a custom one? I’m looking for a way to remove the current input and replace
   it with my own.
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by [wpnoob654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpnoob654/).

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/title-customization-2/#post-14596160)
 * For input, not output? You can remove title support from the global `$_wp_post_type_features`
   for any particular post type. If you do that, you’ll need some alternative scheme
   for setting the post slug.
 * You can change the title after it’s submitted for saving through the ‘wp_insert_post_data’
   filter.
 *  Thread Starter [wpnoob654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpnoob654/)
 * (@wpnoob654)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/title-customization-2/#post-14596196)
 * I need it for input but I want to keep all the functionality that comes with 
   the field in the business logic of wp so I wanted to avoid removing post-type
   features, I just need to insert my own HTML instead of the default one. Btw, 
   thanks for reaching out!
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/title-customization-2/#post-14598828)
 * I suppose some sort of JavaScript could manipulate the field’s content within
   the editor. But then a user could alter this after the script had run. Unless
   you add an event listener for the field to disallow further changes.
 * A server side solution would involve the ‘wp_insert_post_data’ filter like I 
   said. The title can be set to anything you could code in PHP, regardless of what
   is entered on the form. Or this could be a way of enforcing whatever you had 
   JavaScript do earlier.
 * The best approach depends on what sort of user experience is desired.
 *  Thread Starter [wpnoob654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpnoob654/)
 * (@wpnoob654)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/title-customization-2/#post-14603541)
 * Ok, thanks. The documentation is not very clear on what gets removed when you
   remove support for the title when removing it from `_wp_post_type_features`. 
   As you said there is a dependency on the post_name i.e. slug. I’m worried about
   other dependencies that depend on the post title, is that documented anywhere?
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/title-customization-2/#post-14603906)
 * No such documentation that I know of. If you still want a title, but wish that
   it be set by algorithm and not by user, removing support would be the wrong approach.
   The one I would take is hide the field via CSS, and populate its value with JS.
   The set value could be enforced server side if you’re concerned about mischievous
   users bypassing CSS and JS in an attempt to force their own value.
 *  Thread Starter [wpnoob654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpnoob654/)
 * (@wpnoob654)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/title-customization-2/#post-14603914)
 * Yeah, I agree. Thanks for your input!

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