Different page name for menu

The only solution I can think of is to create a custom field called ‘longtitle’ and put your long title in there. Then, retrieve that field during the loop, and use its value in place of the_title tag.

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post();

    $postmeta = get_post_custom($post->ID); ?>

    <h2><?php echo $postmeta['longtitle'][0]; ?></h2>

    rest of loop code here ...

<?php endwhile; ?>

Actually, there is another way. You could use this plugin. Create a dummy page with the short title for your menu, and redirect it to the real page with the long title.

https://txfx.net/wordpress-plugins/page-links-to/

The only problem with that is you would have to find a way to exclude the “real” page from your menu.

Should add if else statement there, if that custom meta don’t exist return to the_title()

Should add if else statement there, if that custom meta don’t exist return to the_title()

Yes, true. I didn’t intend that as production-ready code, I was just outlining the general idea.

I found a plugin for this:

https://www.stuffbysarah.net/wordpress-plugins/page-menu-editor/

It basically just automates what I was describing about a ‘longtitle’ custom field.

Ambrosite and Zeo, thanks for your replies. I’m not a coder…which file is that code example from?

Might be easier for me to use that plugin ??

If you’re not a coder, I recommend using the plugin (Page Menu Editor). The code sample I gave is incomplete, and the plugin works quite well.

Thanks, I installed it….just the ticket!

cheers