wordpressucfirst

Get, modify, then print post title in wordpress

Is there a way native way in wordpress to make uppercase the first letter of the first word of the scentence / the_title of the post?

If not, how do I do it in php, while it is wrapped in a <a></a> tag?

Here is the full line of code.

<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php ucfirst(the_title());?></a>

As you see, I have tried ucfirst, but it does not work. The other thing that I tried is:

<?php
$temp_title  = the_title();
$final_title = ucfirst($temp_title);
?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo $final_title;?></a>
Solution

  • ucfirst() returns a string. You need to echo the value returned from ucfirst().

    Furthermore, the WordPress function the_title() prints the title directly, rather than returning it as a string. Use get_the_title() instead.

    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo ucfirst(get_the_title());?></a>