Page title same as most recent post title?

  • jmhirst

    (@jmhirst)


    19 years, 2 months ago

    Hi everyone,

    Little problem that I hope someone can help with.

    I’d like to have my page title the same as the most recent entry in my blog.

    I have at present:

    <title><?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?><?php wp_title(); ?> : <?php the_title(); ?></title>

    Which kinda works, but the title has the last blog entry on the page. It makes sense why it does this, but I can’t understand how to get the most recent entry title and use this as my page title whilst still having several entries on my main page.

    Any help, really appreciated.

    TIA

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  • Kafkaesqui

    (@kafkaesqui)

    19 years, 2 months ago

    The template tag the_title() is specifically made to run in The Loop section of your template. Placing it anywhere else can lead to weird behavior, as you’ve discovered.

    I recommend using the function get_posts(), like so:

    <title><?php bloginfo("name"); ?><?php wp_title(); ?> :
    <?php $titles = get_posts('numberposts=1'); foreach ($titles as $post) : the_title(); endforeach; ?>
    </title>

    A little on the overkill side, but it’ll do the job.

    Kafkaesqui

    (@kafkaesqui)

    19 years, 2 months ago

    Forgot to note that this retrieves the most recent post, period. As for most recent within the context of a specific page, that might be a bit harder to accomplish…

    Thread Starter jmhirst

    (@jmhirst)

    19 years, 2 months ago

    Hi Kafkaesqui, many thanks for that, it’s worked exactly how I wanted it.

    Thanks again, really appreciate it….

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