Secondary Title vs wp-Typography
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| Feature | Secondary Title v2.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | wp-Typography v5.11.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 7,000+ | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | August 5, 2026 | February 23, 2025 |
| Editions | Secondary Title | wp-Typography |
| Pros | Works on posts, pages and custom post types; Shown automatically, by shortcode or with PHP; Free with no paid tier in the code | Hyphenation and widow prevention; Smart quotes, dashes and ellipses; Ignore rules for tags, classes and IDs |
| Cons | Settings screen shows a donation request; Depends on the theme and other plugins to format titles | Many options to set up before the output looks right; Hyphenation needs the right language set per site; Adds processing to rendered text |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Shows the secondary title automatically, secondary_title shortcode, Editor meta box for the secondary title, Optional secondary title in permalinks, Secondary title in RSS feed titles, Search covers the secondary title, Secondary title column on list screens, Settings page under Settings menu | Automatic hyphenation with language settings, Smart quotes, dashes, ellipses and marks, Widow prevention, Forced wrapping of long URLs, emails and hyphens, Typography block for the block editor, Settings page under the Settings menu |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | All in One SEO | Advanced Custom Fields |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |