Title: [Plugin: Front-end Editor] echo substr(get_the_title(),0,30); causing errrors
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Front-end Editor] echo substr(get_the_title(),0,30); causing errrors

 *  Resolved [chocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chocks/)
 * (@chocks)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-echo-substrget_the_title030-causing-errrors/)
 * Hi scribu, this plugin simply rocks!
 * I’m having conflicts with this function:
 * `echo substr(get_the_title(),0,30);`
 * I can display the error here but I’m sure you’ll be able to reproduce the error.
   Any ideas?
 * Thanks,
 * Chocks

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 *  Plugin Author [scribu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribu/)
 * (@scribu)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-echo-substrget_the_title030-causing-errrors/#post-1563281)
 * You should replace it with something like this:
 * `echo apply_filters( 'the_title', substr( $post->post_title, 0, 30 ) );`
 *  Thread Starter [chocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chocks/)
 * (@chocks)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-front-end-editor-echo-substrget_the_title030-causing-errrors/#post-1563351)
 * I’ll try that! Thanks!

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