[Resolved] %%POST_TITLE%% in CRED Notifications

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[julieP]

If I use %%POST_TITLE%% in email notifications and the post status is Publish, the output is The Post Title but if the post status is Private, the output is Private: The Post Title.

Is this expected?

[Waqar]

Hi Julie,

Thank you for contacting us and I'd be happy to assist.

This is expected since WordPress adds prefixes "Private" and "Protected" to post titles when the base "get_the_title" function is used.
( ref: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_the_title/ )

If you'd like to avoid these prefixes from the email notifications, you can replace placeholder "%%POST_TITLE%%" with "[wpv-post-title]" shortcode.
( ref: https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/views-shortcodes/#wpv-post-title )

Alternatively, if you'd like to remove these prefixes from the titles globally, you can also use "the_title" filter:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/the_title/

Example:
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I hope this helps and please let me know if you need any further assistance around this.

regards,
Waqar

[julieP]

Hi Waqar

Many thanks for this and also for providing some ways to avoid it; much appreciated