Text under post title on frontpage but don't want it in full post

Question

On the frontpage of a blog I want a piece of text (like an excerpt) under the title but I don't want is showing up in the full post.

Any ideas how I would go about this?

EDIT: Wasn't precise enough in my question. The piece of text under the title will be different for every post and has to be able to be set in the backend by the end user, preferably when typing the post.

Answer 1

Tested this and it worked perfectly on Genesis.

You can also use HTML tags in the custom field.

add_action( 'genesis_entry_header', 'content_after_archive_title', 15 );

function content_after_archive_title() {

if ( is_home() && genesis_get_custom_field('after-title') ) :

echo '<div class="after-title">'. genesis_get_custom_field('after-title') .'</div>';

endif;

}

Uses the native custom fields meta box which you can reposition under the Editor.

You could also hand code a meta box for this using the edit_form_after_title hook if you want the box before the editor or use a plugin like ACF.

If your theme doesn't include a hook for the title or post info meta, you could use the content or post meta filter or action hook instead.

Change Position: If you want it before the post info, simply change the 3rd parameter to 11 and here's the result:

Answer 2

You actually could use the user-generated excerpt for this. Just be sure to add a user-generated excerpt for each post, then do something like so:

<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<div>
<?php 
if ( is_front_page() ) { 
    the_excerpt(); 
} else {
    the_content();
}
?>
</div>

Answer 3

Find the code block responsible for the post title and excerpt. Then simply use the following:

<h2 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<?php
//here is your code block
if( is_front_page() || is_home() ) {
   echo '<div>My text block here</div>';
}
?>

Reference:

• is_front_page() - WordPress Codex
• is_home() - WordPress Codex

Answer 4

There is a hook called edit_form_after_title that seems built for this case. That plus a custom meta field should do it.

function after_title_cb($post) {
  $af = get_post_meta($post->ID,'_after_title',true);
  echo '<input id="aftertitle" name="_after_title" value="'.$af.'">';
}
add_action('edit_form_after_title','after_title_cb');

function save_after_title( $post_id ) {

  $mydata = (!empty($_POST['_after_title'])) 
    ? wp_kses($_POST['_after_title'])
    : '';

  update_post_meta( $post_id, '_after_title', $mydata );
}
add_action( 'save_post', 'save_after_title' );

You can even wrap the whole thing in a standard metabox if you'd like.

function after_title_cb($post) {
  $af = get_post_meta($post->ID,'_after_title',true);
  echo '<input id="aftertitle" name="_after_title" value="'.$af.'">';
}

function add_before_editor($post) {
  global $post;
  add_meta_box(
    'generic_box', // id, used as the html id att
    __( 'Text Only Content' ), // meta box title
    'after_title_cb', // callback function, spits out the content
    'post', // post type or page. This adds to posts only
    'pre_editor', // context, where on the screen
    'high' // priority, where should this go in the context
  );
  do_meta_boxes('post', 'pre_editor', $post);
}
add_action('edit_form_after_title','add_before_editor');

function save_after_title( $post_id ) {

  $mydata = (!empty($_POST['_after_title'])) 
    ? wp_kses($_POST['_after_title'])
    : '';

  update_post_meta( $post_id, '_after_title', $mydata );
}
add_action( 'save_post', 'save_after_title' );

On the front end you'd grab and display the value with something like this:

// careful with $post
// This must be in a Loop to be reliable
$af = get_post_meta($post->ID,'_after_title',true); 
if ( !empty($af) ) { 
  echo $af;
}