--- title: "How to Add an Advanced Heading in WordPress?" url: https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-an-advanced-heading-in-wordpress/ date: 2024-11-29 modified: 2026-09-19 lang: en author: "Aditya Sharma" description: "A section heading is rarely just a heading. There is usually a small label above it, a line of explanation below, sometimes a rule between the two — and each..." image: https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/How-to-Add-an-Advanced-Heading-in-WordPress_-1024x519.jpg word_count: 888 --- # How to Add an Advanced Heading in WordPress? ## Key Takeaways - Advanced Heading reúne título, subtítulo, etiqueta extra, separador y enlace en un solo bloque, con nueve estilos listos para usar. - Nexter Blocks lo ofrece como bloque gratuito, y funciona en Nexter Blocks y en Nexter Blocks Pro. - Style 9 muestra solo el título y omite el subtítulo y el Extra Title; si hace falta subtítulo, se usa otro estilo. - El límite de caracteres cuenta bytes, no caracteres, así que títulos no ingleses pueden cortarse mal; el modo Word mantiene intacto un título hindi. A section heading is rarely just a heading. There is usually a small label above it, a line of explanation below, sometimes a rule between the two — and each of those is normally a separate block to align and maintain. The Advanced Heading puts all of them in one block, with nine ready-made arrangements. [LIVE BLOCK LINK](https://nexterwp.com/nexter-blocks/blocks/wordpress-heading/) ## Before You Start - **Edition:** Free — works in Nexter Blocks (free) and with Nexter Blocks Pro.- **Block to enable:** Advanced Heading, switched on under **Nexter > Blocks** in your WordPress dashboard. ## Video Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1n_mcCo29g ## Steps - Add the **Advanced Heading** block to your page. ![Adding the Advanced Heading block](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nexter-Blocks-Advanced-Heading-Activation.png) - Type your **Title**, and choose its heading tag — H1 to H6. ![Setting the title and its heading tag](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/advanced-heading-design-type-1024x198.png) - Add a **Sub Title** if you want one, and choose whether it sits above or below the title. ![The sub-title and its position](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/advanced-heading-contant-new.png) - Pick a **Style**. Styles 3 and 8 add a separator, style 5 adds vertical rules, and style 9 is the animated one. ![Choosing the heading style](https://nexterwp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/advanced-heading-style-new-1.png) - Style the text and publish. > ***The character limit counts bytes, not characters, so it is unsafe for non-English titles.** Measured with the limit set to 8: an English title was cut to 8 characters correctly, an accented title was cut to only 5, and a Hindi title came out with a broken character on the page. **Use Word* rather than *Character* for any title that is not plain English** — measured, word mode left the same Hindi title completely intact. This is reported to the development team. ## How It Behaves The Advanced Heading block is a heading with the parts a designed heading usually needs — a title, a sub-title, a small extra label, a separator and a link — in one block, with nine styles to arrange them. - **The heading tags are yours to choose.** Measured: setting the title to H1 and the sub-title to H2 rendered exactly those tags — so keep one H1 per page and step the rest down in order.- **The sub-title can sit above or below.** Measured in both positions; the order in the page changes, not just the appearance.- **The Extra Title is style 1 only.** Measured: the same text rendered inside the heading in style 1 and was not rendered at all in style 3.- **Separators belong to particular styles** — measured, style 3 renders the image separator, style 8 the dot separator, and style 5 two vertical rules.- **Heading Type can pull the page's own title.** Measured: setting it to Page replaced the typed title with the name of the page the block sits on — useful in a template, where one block then titles every page correctly.- **A link wraps the whole heading**, and open-in-new-tab is honoured — measured.- **The Anchor becomes the block's id**, so you can link to the heading from elsewhere on the page. > ***Style 9 shows the title only.** Measured with a sub-title and an extra title both filled in: neither appeared anywhere on the page. If you need a sub-title, use one of the other styles.* ## Limitations - **The character limit counts bytes, not characters, so it is unsafe for non-English titles.** Measured with the limit set to 8: an English title was cut to 8 characters correctly, an accented title was cut to only 5, and a Hindi title came out with a broken character on the page. **Use *Word* rather than *Character* for any title that is not plain English** — measured, word mode left the same Hindi title completely intact. This is reported to the development team.- **Style 9 shows the title only.** Measured with a sub-title and an extra title both filled in: neither appeared anywhere on the page. If you need a sub-title, use one of the other styles.- **The Extra Title is style 1 only.** Measured: the same text rendered inside the heading in style 1 and was not rendered at all in style 3.- **This is not the Heading Animation block.** They are different blocks — see [the Heading Animation guide](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-animated-headings-in-wordpress/) for the one that cycles through several phrases.- Measured with Nexter Blocks Pro deactivated: the block renders identically. It is a free block. ## Troubleshooting ### My heading is cut off in the wrong place **The character limit counts bytes, not characters, so it is unsafe for non-English titles.** Measured with the limit set to 8: an English title was cut to 8 characters correctly, an accented title was cut to only 5, and a Hindi title came out with a broken character on the page. **Use *Word* rather than *Character* for any title that is not plain English** — measured, word mode left the same Hindi title completely intact. This is reported to the development team. ### My sub-title disappeared You are probably on style 9. Measured: it renders the title only, and drops both the sub-title and the extra title without warning. ### The Extra Title is not showing **The Extra Title is style 1 only.** Measured: the same text rendered inside the heading in style 1 and was not rendered at all in style 3. ### The separator is missing Separators are style-specific. Measured: style 3 has the image separator and style 8 the dot separator; the other styles render none. ### The heading shows the page name instead of my text **Heading Type** is set to Page. Measured, that replaces the typed title with the current page's title. Set it back to Default. ## Related Docs - [Add animated text in WordPress](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-animated-text-in-wordpress/)- [Add animated headings in WordPress](https://nexterwp.com/docs/add-animated-headings-in-wordpress/)- [Advanced tab settings](https://nexterwp.com/docs/use-advanced-tab-in-nexter-blocks/)