Password Protected Page Title

Question

I'm currently using Sage 8.5.1 theme and have some password protected pages. The client would like to have the word "Protected" removed but not the title. I've used this code snippet

add_filter( 'protected_title_format', 'remove_protected_text' );
function remove_protected_text() {
    return __('%s');
}

But it removes the title also. I've looked and everywhere seems to use basically the same snippet of code. I've posed this question on Roots Discourse and they said it's not theme specific and to post my question here. Thanks

Answer 1

You don't want to translate the title, so there's no need to use __() here and you won't translate '%s', because that's a placeholder.

add_filter( 'protected_title_format', 'remove_protected_text' );
function remove_protected_text() {
    return '%s';
}

should work.

Answer 2

use a filter function: Copy and paste whichever you prefer into your theme functions.php

<?php
function the_title_trim($title){
$pattern[0] = '/Protected:/';
$replacement[0] = ''; // Enter some text to put in place of Protected:
return preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $title);
}
add_filter('the_title', 'the_title_trim');
?>