Title: Short name file
Last modified: January 21, 2022

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# Short name file

 *  Resolved Anonymous User 20181108
 * (@anonymized-20181108)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-name-file/)
 * I find this tip in my suggestion area.
 * The short_name is a short version of your website’s name. It is displayed when
   there is not enough space for the full name, for example with the site icon on
   a phone’s homescreen. It should be a maximum of 12 characters long.
 * You currently may use web_app_manifest filter to set the short name, for example
   in your theme’s functions.php.

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 *  Plugin Author [Weston Ruter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/westonruter/)
 * (@westonruter)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-name-file/#post-15277369)
 * Yes. Here is the code you can use to set the short name: [https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/pwa-wp/wiki/Web-App-Manifest#short-name](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/pwa-wp/wiki/Web-App-Manifest#short-name)
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous User 20181108
 * (@anonymized-20181108)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-name-file/#post-15279167)
 * thanks will try!
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous User 20181108
 * (@anonymized-20181108)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-name-file/#post-15279173)
 * when i do that my site start giving critical errors.
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous User 20181108
 * (@anonymized-20181108)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-name-file/#post-15279181)
 * instead of that you should add one add/provide option with plugin itself.
 *  Plugin Author [Weston Ruter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/westonruter/)
 * (@westonruter)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-name-file/#post-15285430)
 * > when i do that my site start giving critical errors.
 * You probably have a syntax error in your PHP file.
 * > instead of that you should add one add/provide option with plugin itself.
 * See [https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/pwa-wp/issues/210](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/pwa-wp/issues/210)

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 * Last reply from: [Weston Ruter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/westonruter/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-name-file/#post-15285430)
 * Status: resolved