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WordPress: Custom placeholder text for custom post type title input box #snippet #WordPress
<?php
/*
replacing the default "Enter title here" placeholder text in the title input box
with something more descriptive can be helpful for custom post types
place this code in your theme's functions.php or relevant file
source: http://flashingcursor.com/wordpress/change-the-enter-title-here-text-in-wordpress-963
*/
function wpfstop_change_default_title( $title ){
$screen = get_current_screen();
if ( 'your_custom_post_type' == $screen->post_type ){
$title = 'Your custom placeholder text';
}
return $title;
}
add_filter( 'enter_title_here', 'wpfstop_change_default_title' );
?>
@nickberens360
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good find. saved the day.

@MartinL83
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Thanks for sharing!

@rikardhassel
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Thanks!

@redbranchmedia
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Perfect! Thanks for putting this up

@gabointriago
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Nice!! thanks, it helped me alot

@swdimock
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swdimock commented Jan 5, 2015

Thanks for sharing! Nice solution.

@raulvinicius
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Genius! Thanks!

@fgilio
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fgilio commented Mar 1, 2015

Nice, thank you!

@pdmytrewycz
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I owe you a beer. Or three.

@EvanHerman
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I would like to propose a change to this, as to prevent any errors from being thrown. You should first check that the post type object is being set inside of $screen.

function wpfstop_change_default_title( $title ) {
    $screen = get_current_screen();
    if( isset( $screen->post_type ) ) {
        if ( 'your_custom_post_type' == $screen->post_type ) {
            $title = 'Your custom placeholder text';
        }
    }
    return $title;
}
add_filter( 'enter_title_here', 'wpfstop_change_default_title' );

@MilanSavaliya
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Thnx a lot EvanHerman.. :) (Y)

@bootlab
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bootlab commented Nov 7, 2015

Top Share :)

@brittanynavin
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Thank you! This saved me tons of time

@tripflex
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Here's one I adapted for the WP Editor placeholder: https://github.com/tripflex/wp-tinymce-placeholder

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