How To Remove the Private or Protected Prefix From the Post Title

Are you looking for a way to remove the private or protected prefix from post title? This snippet removes the description prepended to the post title when a post’s visibility is either Password protected or Private.

Instructions:

Add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin. Note: If the language on your site is not English, you should replace Protected and Private text in the code below with the corresponding words in the language you are using on your site.

<?php
function the_title_trim($title) {
	$title = attribute_escape($title);
	$findthese = array(
		'#Protected: #', // Notice the blank space after Protected:
		'#Private: #' // Notice again, otherwise the title get pushed.
	);
	$replacewith = array(
		'', // What to replace "Protected: " with
		'' // What to replace "Private: " with
	);
	$title = preg_replace($findthese, $replacewith, $title);
	return $title;
}
add_filter('the_title', 'the_title_trim');
?>

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