Stephen Cronin

<p>The <a href="http://scratch99.com/products/remove-widget-titles/" rel="nofollow ugc">Remove Widget Titles</a> plugin removes the title from any widget that has a title starting with the “!” character.</p>
<h4>Why Use It?</h4>
<p>This allows you to give widgets a title in the backend for convenience – so you can quickly see which widget is which, rather than having to open them to work out what they are for – without having to show the title on the front end.</p>
<h4>How To Use (once plugin is installed)</h4>
<p>If you have a widget for which you do not want the title to appear on the front end of your site, simply add the “!” character to the start of the widget title (in Appearance -> Widgets).</p>
<h4>Compatibility</h4>
<ul>
<li>This plugin requires WordPress 2.6 or above.</li>
<li>I am not currently aware of any compatibility issues with any other WordPress plugins.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Similar Plugins</h4>
<p>There is another plugin called <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hide-widget-title/" rel="ugc">Hide Widget Title</a>, but that leaves the widget title in the page source and hides it using CSS (adding another http request which slows load time slightly). Remove Widget Titles actually removes the widget title from the HTML. The plugin is only 7 lines of code, so it is extremely light and has minimal impact on performance.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>This plugin is officially not supported (due to my time constraints), but if you leave a comment on the plugin’s home page or <a href="http://www.scratch99.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact me</a>, I’ll try to help if I can.</p>
<h4>Disclaimer</h4>
<p>This plugin is released under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GPL licence</a>. I do not accept any responsibility for any damages or losses, direct or indirect, that may arise from using the plugin or these instructions. This software is provided as is, with absolutely no warranty. Please refer to the full version of the GPL license for more information.</p>
<h4>Acknowledgements</h4>
<p>This plugin was originally written for <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/qpsmedia" rel="nofollow ugc">QPS Media</a>, who have allowed me to release it to the WordPress community and maintain ownership of the plugin.</p>


Remove Widget Titles

The Remove Widget Titles plugin removes the title from any widget that has a title starting with the "!" character.

davidhe2018

<h3>PWS Better Widget Title</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.pathwisesolutions.com" rel="nofollow ugc">PWS Better Widget Title</a> is a little utility that only displays the part of the widget title outside of square brackets, “[]” on the front end of the site.</p>
<p>This allows you to add details relevant to the widget that are visible in the backend, without them appearing on the user view of the widget.</p>
<p>For instance:<br />
* Widget Title: Contact [Button Version] A Person – ‘Contact A Person’ will show on the front end. ‘Button version’ will not show.<br />
* Widget Title: [Contact A Person] – Nothing will show on the front end.<br />
* Widget Title: Contact [A Person] – ‘Contact’ will show on the front end. A Person will not show.<br />
* Widget Title: Contact [A] Support [Person] – ‘Contact Support’ will show on the front end.<br />
* Widget Title: [Contact A] Support [Person] – ‘Support’ will show on the front end.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>Support is available on the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pws-better-widget-title/" rel="ugc">support page</a>.</p>
<h4>Disclaimer</h4>
<p>This plugin is released under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GPL licence</a>. I do not accept any responsibility for any damages or losses, direct or indirect, that may arise from using the plugin or these instructions. This software is provided as is, with absolutely no warranty. Please refer to the full version of the GPL license for more information.</p>
<h4>Acknowledgements</h4>
<p>This plugin was initiated by <a href="https://www.pathwisesolutions.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Dan Bashaw</a> with the inspiration of <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-widget-titles" rel="ugc">remove-widget-titles</a> and <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/flexible-widget-title/" rel="ugc">Flexible Widget Title</a>.</p>


PWS Better Widget Title

Hide widget titles that are inside the square brackets, "[]". Handles multiple occurrence. Compatible with WordPress version 3.0+.

Remove Widget Titles vs PWS Better Widget Title