Title: Where is the the_title() code?
Last modified: June 25, 2026

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# Where is the the_title() code?

 *  Resolved [steve92](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve92/)
 * (@steve92)
 * [3 weeks, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/where-is-the-the_title-code/)
 * I installed the Relevanssi plugin and want to highlight article titles in search
   results. The plugin author says to replace `the_title()` with `relevanssi_the_tite()`.
   I looked in the search.php file but it’s not there.
 * SOLVED. In the file **template-parts/content-excerpt.php** replace `<?php the_title(
   sprintf( … `with `<?php relevanssi_the_title( sprintf(...`
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 *  Thread Starter [steve92](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve92/)
 * (@steve92)
 * [3 weeks, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/where-is-the-the_title-code/#post-18948058)
 * UPDATE:
 * The code above works, but if you disable the Relevanssi plugin, the site won’t
   work properly.
   To fix this, replace the header part:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       <header class="entry-header"><?php if (function_exists('relevanssi_the_title')) {    relevanssi_the_title( sprintf( '<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="%s" rel="bookmark">', esc_url( get_permalink() ) ), '</a></h2>' ); } else {    the_title ( sprintf( '<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="%s" rel="bookmark">', esc_url( get_permalink() ) ), '</a></h2>' ); } ...
       ```
   

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