How to Customize Post Title in WordPress Blog Post?

The post title is the most important line on the page, and in most themes it is also the one you have the least control over.

The Post Title block gives you the heading tag, the wording around it, a length limit and whether it links — without touching the theme.

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Before You Start

• Edition: Free. Measured with Nexter Blocks Pro deactivated, this block renders byte-for-byte the same output.
• Block to enable: Post Title, switched on under Nexter > Blocks in your WordPress dashboard.
• A single post template to build in. These blocks belong in a template that renders one post, not on a standalone page.
• At least one published post to preview the template against.

Steps

1. Add the Post Title block to your single post template.

2. Set the heading tag, any prefix or suffix, and a length limit if you want one, then preview against a real post.

How It Behaves

• Build this inside a single post template. The block reads whichever post the page is showing — it has no setting for picking one. In a Blog Builder template that is the post being viewed, which is exactly what you want.
• It renders an h1 by default. Measured: <h1 class="tpgb-entry-title"> carrying the post title.
• The heading tag is yours to set. Measured with it changed to h2: zero h1 elements and one h2.
• A prefix and a suffix can sit around the title, measured rendering as Read: The Quiet Power of a Good Baseline Grid >.
• The title can link to the post. Off by default, which is right on a single post template where the visitor is already there.
• Length can be limited by words or characters, with an ellipsis. Measured at four words: The Quiet Power of…
• On an ordinary page it shows that page’s data, not nothing. Measured: a Post Title block dropped onto a normal page rendered the page’s own title. The block does not check that it is on a post, so a mistake here shows the wrong thing rather than an error.

Limitations

• One h1 per page is the rule. If your template already has one, set this to h2 rather than adding a second.
• A length limit cuts mid-sentence. It counts, it does not summarise, so a truncated title can read oddly.
• Linking the title on a single post template links to the current page, which is rarely useful.
• The prefix and suffix are fixed text, the same on every post.
• With no post to read, it renders an empty shell rather than disappearing. Measured outside any post: the markup is still there with nothing inside it. If you are seeing an unexplained gap in a template, this is usually why.

Troubleshooting

The title is showing the wrong text

The block reads whichever post the page is showing. On an ordinary page that is the page itself, so you get the page title. Move it into a single post template.

The heading tag is not changing in my theme’s styles

The tag changes, but your theme may style by class rather than by tag. Use the block’s own typography settings.

The title is empty

There is no post in context. The block renders an empty heading rather than disappearing, which is what the blank space is.

My long title is being cut off

A length limit is set. Clear it to show titles in full.

Related Docs

• Use Blog Builder blocks to create a blog post page
• Customize the post content
• Add post meta
• Show the post image
• Advanced tab settings