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Posts list: show part of excerpt is post has no title #65

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Add up to 15 words of excerpt if post has no title
sabernhardt Apr 10, 2026
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optional styles for trimmed excerpt within link
sabernhardt Apr 10, 2026
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
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Expand Up @@ -363,6 +363,11 @@ td.plugin-title p {
margin: 6px 0;
}

.trimmed-post-excerpt {
font-weight: 400;
padding-left: 4px;
}

/* Media file column */
table.media .column-title .media-icon {
float: left;
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26 changes: 24 additions & 2 deletions src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
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Expand Up @@ -1018,9 +1018,13 @@ private function _page_rows( &$children_pages, &$count, $parent_page, $level, $p
* @since 4.3.0
* @since 5.9.0 Renamed `$post` to `$item` to match parent class for PHP 8 named parameter support.
*
* @global string $mode List table view mode.
*
* @param WP_Post $item The current WP_Post object.
*/
public function column_cb( $item ) {
global $mode;

// Restores the more descriptive, specific name for use within this method.
$post = $item;

Expand All @@ -1037,13 +1041,23 @@ public function column_cb( $item ) {
* @param WP_Post $post The current WP_Post object.
*/
if ( apply_filters( 'wp_list_table_show_post_checkbox', $show, $post ) ) :

$post_title = _draft_or_post_title();

// If the post has no title, try adding part of the excerpt.
if ( 'excerpt' !== $mode && '' === get_the_title( $post ) && ! post_password_required( $post ) ) {
$excerpt = get_the_excerpt( $post );
if ( '' !== $excerpt && is_string( $excerpt ) ) {
$post_title .= ' ' . esc_html( wp_trim_words( $excerpt, 15, ' …' ) );
}
}
?>
<input id="cb-select-<?php the_ID(); ?>" type="checkbox" name="post[]" value="<?php the_ID(); ?>" />
<label for="cb-select-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<span class="screen-reader-text">
<?php
/* translators: %s: Post title. */
printf( __( 'Select %s' ), _draft_or_post_title() );
printf( __( 'Select %s' ), $post_title );
?>
</span>
</label>
Expand All @@ -1054,7 +1068,7 @@ public function column_cb( $item ) {
printf(
/* translators: Hidden accessibility text. %s: Post title. */
__( '&#8220;%s&#8221; is locked' ),
_draft_or_post_title()
$post_title
);
?>
</span>
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$title = _draft_or_post_title();

// If the post has no title, try adding part of the excerpt.
if ( 'excerpt' !== $mode && '' === get_the_title( $post ) && ! post_password_required( $post ) ) {
$excerpt = get_the_excerpt( $post );
if ( '' !== $excerpt && is_string( $excerpt ) ) {
$title .= ' <span class="trimmed-post-excerpt">' . esc_html( wp_trim_words( $excerpt, 15, ' &hellip;' ) ) . '</span>';
}
}

if ( $can_edit_post && 'trash' !== $post->post_status ) {
printf(
'<a class="row-title" href="%s">%s%s</a>',
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