New WordPress Plugin: Custom Title Attributes
Mon, 5 November, 2007 – 11:16 am
Yes, I've been busy again and have created my second (well second released) WordPress Plugin. Custom Title Attributes allow you to change the title attribute of page links displayed using the wp_list_pages() template tag in WordPress.
I created this for use on the various sites we have running WordPress as a CMS. I noticed about 6 months ago that the title attributes used on the Page links contained identical text to the anchor text – a waste of time in my opinion. I only add a title attribute if I think it's needed, which at times it is. After searching high and low I couldn't find anything that did this, so after a bit of studying of the Plugin Codex I realised that there was a way to do it. After a lot of learning of Pattern Syntax I finally cracked it.
It's a pretty simple plugin that just gives you an extra field (custom field actually, but I've put it below the content area) to complete when you add or edit a page to your site. It's not CMS specific as a lot of blogs have additional pages and this will kill off any duplicate title attribute unless you add in your own custom one.
I've tested it on a few sites including sites with and without permalinks, and sites with sub pages as well as top level. It's seemed fine but if you give it a go and find an issue please let me know on the plugin page 
That's a cool plugin Sarah. The wp_list_pages function has always been a little limited to me. I get around it by just forgetting about it all together and entering the links manually.
Keeping everything inside WordPress, your way, is probably a lot handier! xD
By Michael from Pro Blog Design on Mon, 5 November, 2007
Using the page list is certainly handier when you allow clients to add extra pages, or have someone maintaining the site who doesn't know any HTML
I've found a plugin that allows you to easily exclude pages from the wp_list_pages() output as well so theoretically no code needs touching with these two plugins in use
By Sarah on Mon, 5 November, 2007
lol – That's true. No doubt they will appreciate it.
By Michael from Pro Blog Design on Tue, 6 November, 2007
It just means more control for them and less need for dependency on us. Which is always a good thing
By Sarah on Wed, 7 November, 2007
Handy plugin, thanks. It was annoying me how i had to have the same title for every page so this was exactly what i needed
By Durkin on Thu, 17 January, 2008
Hi Durkin, glad to have helped
Cheers for letting me know.
By Sarah on Thu, 17 January, 2008
Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for to use in my website redesign!
By Lisa on Mon, 21 April, 2008
Glad to have helped Lisa
By Sarah on Mon, 21 April, 2008