In running a site, SEO is so crucial to boost the site to get targeted traffic from search engines and compete in the order of the first page of search results, title plays an important role in terms of SEO optimization, but did you know that the length of the title is optimized for SEO is between 55 and 60 characters? Obviously it would be difficult to manage long titles when you run a blog with multiple authors. To make it easier to control the length of the article title in wordpress so in this article, I will show you How to Limit Characters On Post Title in WordPress.
How to Limit Characters on the post title
The first thing you need to do is install and activate the Limit Post Title plugin. Upon activation, simply go to Settings »Limit Post Title for plugin settings.
You must enter the limit amount of characters and select the type of post in which you want to activate this plugin, since the optimal title is 55 to 60 characters, enter a value of 55 or 60 on character limit column. Next, click the Save changes button to save your settings.
Now you can create a new post and please make the post title. You will see that this plugin will show the character limit of your title and you know the number of character limit available. If the title you created exceeds the limit, when you publish or draft will display a popup that shows information that your title exceed the limit as shown above.
Difference Between Post Title and SEO Title
This SEO title does not change the title of your post. Instead, it is used as an HTML tag to the post. It allows you to provide an alternative short title for SEO and a more descriptive title for your post title. Both give a significant boost SEO. However, the majority of site owners still use the same title for both to avoid punishment from stuffing keywords from search engines.
I hope this article helps you to add character limit for writing titles in WordPress.
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