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Eli Hanna

Optimize Your Titles with the Short Title Block
Introducing the Short Title Block plugin, a must-have tool for WordPress developers, designers, and content marketers looking to optimize their website’s user experience without sacrificing SEO performance.
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The Problem
In the world of content creation, a blog post title must serve two masters with conflicting objectives. Its primary role is to clearly communicate to readers and search engines what the post is about. However, when long, keyword-rich titles are displayed on archive pages or in query loops, they are too long, dare I say clunky, and what helps a search engine or reader isn’t likely to engage or entice visitors to click through.
The Solution
The Short Title Block plugin resolves this conflict by giving you the flexibility to add a short, enticing title to posts. This short title can be used on archive pages and in query loops.
Using a short title in this way will significantly improve click-through rates and overall engagement in query loops and on archive pages without compromising the primary purpose of your post titles.
The plugin also adds an additional control to the Title block that lets you choose the short title.
But what happens if you don’t add a Short Title to your post?
No worries. The plugin has logic in place to use the default title if the Short Title is not available.
Review the screenshot for detailed “How-To” instructions for the plugin.
Short Title Block – Features and Benefits
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<li>Dual-Title Functionality: Easily add a short title in addition to your primary title—the ideal use case is archive pages and query loops.</li>
<li>Enhanced Click-Through Rates: Craft short titles that captivate and encourage visitors to explore your content further.</li>
<li>Improved User Experience: You no longer need to compromise on the default title’s ability to communicate the purpose of post or page content to readers or search engines to accommodate the limited space available in the archive or query loop cards.</li>
<li>SEO Optimization: Maintain clear, keyword-rich primary titles for search engine indexing while utilizing short titles for improved user engagement.</li>
<li>Conditional Logic: If a short title isn’t available, the default title will automatically be used, ensuring consistent display without additional effort.</li>
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Upgrade your WordPress site with the Short Title Block plugin and experience the perfect balance between clarity and engagement in your titles.
Transform how your content is presented and drive more engagement.

Short Title Block – Dual Post Titles for Better UX and SEO Performance

Add a second short and engaging post title for archive pages and in query loops, to boost click-through rates and engagement

Christhian Gruhh

With the Use Hashtags plugin, you can easily use hashtags in your content (and your excerpt). Just type # plus a word, and the plugin will automatically convert it to a link.
The link send the user to the website search page, showing additional content that also uses that hashtag.
This can enhance the user experience, as it creates a new navigation layer inside your content.
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<li>There is no need to maintain the hashtags, just add them to your text, and it’s done.</li>
<li>This plugin is non-destructive, so it does not make any changes to how your content is saved. Only when the content is presented, the link will appear for the visitors.</li>
<li>This plugin does not generate external links.</li>
<li>Tested with selected core blocks.</li>
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Tested with popular themes:
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<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwentytwo/" rel="ugc">Twenty Twenty Two theme</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwentyone/" rel="ugc">Twenty Twenty One theme</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/generatepress/" rel="ugc">GeneratePress theme</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/neve/" rel="ugc">Neve theme</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/hello-elementor/" rel="ugc">Hello Elementor theme</a>.</li>
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Use Hashtags – convert #hashtags to search links

Use #hashtags as part of your content, and improve your UX.

Short Title Block – Dual Post Titles for Better UX and SEO Performance vs Use Hashtags – convert #hashtags to search links