Truncate Widget Title

Question

I'm using a function:

function widget_new_title($title) { echo word_limiter($title,20); } add_filter('widget_title','widget_new_title');

to limit the characters for widget title but my problem is that if I do this, the title is not wrapped in before_title and after_title as well as before_widget and after_widget.

Any help?

Thanks, Cip

Answer 1

don't use echo in filter functions - use return:

function widget_new_title($title) { 
return word_limiter($title,20); } 

add_filter('widget_title','widget_new_title');