How to Add Subtitles to WordPress

In just 3 easy steps you can have attractive subtitles on your WordPress site.

1. Go to the edit screen for the post or page where you want subtitles.
2. Under the Custom Fields heading, enter a new custom field name. Type subtitle in the Name field. Type the subtitle text in the Value field. Add the custom field.
3. Add the below code in your post or page template after the title code (or wherever you want it to appear) and save.

< ?php
{ $subtitle = get_post_meta
($post->ID, 'subtitle', $single = true);
if($subtitle !== '') echo $subtitle;} ?>

Voila!

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9 Responses

1. Anthony says:

   March 16, 2009 at 6:14 pm

   Hey thanks for the post, I think there is an error with the { and the } in the code, once I remove those it works like a charm. I haven’t updated to the latest wordpress yet so it might just be for the older version.

   ID, ‘subtitle’, $single = true);if($subtitle !== ”) echo $subtitle; ?>

   Thanks again

   Reply

   

   Harris Reply:
   March 16th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

   That’s odd that there would be an error. For PHP expressions, { is always the beginning and } is the end. Could you email me the code you used? I don’t see it on your site.

   Reply

   

   Mathias Vagni Reply:
   July 16th, 2010 at 2:39 pm

   I think what is making it not work for you is the space between the first “<” and “?php”. Delete the space.

   Reply
2. Mr. Blue says:

   May 2, 2009 at 5:21 am

   Hi,

   thanks for the tip. However, how do I get the subtitles showing under the title under the next and previous post links when viewing only one post?

   Reply
3. Simone says:

   November 7, 2009 at 8:31 pm

   How would I go about adding a subtitle to my Page title, so that it in the menu the Page title displays and underneath the subtitle displays?

   Reply
4. Gaëlle says:

   December 10, 2009 at 6:29 pm

   Tx ! We don’t need any plugin.
   It was just the snippet I was searching for. Custom fields are fantastic.

   Reply
5. Joel says:

   April 6, 2010 at 2:23 am

   Great tip. I just wish you attached screenshots to the article. It’s difficult to imagine how these subtitles look like when coupled with WordPress blog titles if you’ve been seeing just titles since the blogging platform was launched.

   Reply
6. Joel says:

   April 6, 2010 at 2:27 am

   Oh, duh! My bad. There they are. Can the subtitles appear just below the title on the main page, before the jump? It looks out of place when it’s below the date, appearing more like a blurb than a subtitle.

   Reply
7. Quanah Zimmerman » Blog Archive » Adding subtitles to Wordpress.Quanah Zimmerman says:

   July 11, 2010 at 4:12 am

   […] was looking to add subtitles to my posts. I found the answer over at Clever Carrot: In your WordPress editor simply add « subtitle » in the custom name field […]