How to Create a List of Forbidden Words for WordPress Titles

Recently, one of our users asked us how they can add a list of forbidden words for WordPress post titles? If you manage a multi-author blog and want authors to avoid using certain words or phrases, then this tip would come in handy. In this article, we will show you how to create a list of forbidden words for WordPress titles.

Why Create a List of Forbidden Words for Post Titles in WordPress?

It is not easy to keep all authors informed about your editorial style and policy on a multi-author site. You can use Edit Flow to leave editorial comments, add notes, and custom statuses, but it will not monitor your post titles.

If an author has publishing rights, then the unwanted words can go live on your website. You can prevent this by taking away publishing privileges from users, but this means more work for you as you will have to review and publish posts yourself.

Having said that, let’s see how you can easily add a list of banned words for WordPress post titles.

Adding a List of Banned Words for WordPress Post Titles

This method requires you to manually add code to your WordPress site. It is recommended for users who know how to paste code snippets from web into WordPress.

Important: Always backup your WordPress site when you are adding a code snippet to your WordPress files.

Simply add the following code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin.

function wpb_forbidden_title($title){
global $post;
$title = $post->post_title;

// Add restricted words or phrases separated by a semicolon

$restricted_words = "word1;word2;word3";

$restricted_words = explode(";", $restricted_words);
foreach($restricted_words as $restricted_word){
if (stristr( $title, $restricted_word))
wp_die( __('Error: You have used a forbidden word "'. $restricted_word .'" in post title') );
}
}
add_action('publish_post', 'wpb_forbidden_title', 10, 1);

Don’t forget to add the words you want to ban in $restricted_words variable. You need to use a semicolon to separate different words and phrases.

This code simply triggers a function when a user tries to publish a post which checks the post title for restricted words. If it finds a restricted word in the post title, then it will show the user an error like this:

That’s all, we hope this article helped you learn how to add a list of forbidden words for WordPress post titles. You may also want to see our guide on how to require featured images for posts in WordPress.

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How to Write 3,000 Words Per Day Whilst Travelling Around the World

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I first set off from my native Scotland in 2003 for a trip to Asia and Australia. I had been working online for three years by this point, however around this time I started making enough to become self-employed through the internet. Since then, I have travelled all around the world whilst working online.

It is much easier to do this in 2013. When I first started travelling I had to constantly deal with slow internet connections. It was not uncommon for there to be 20 people sharing a 56kb connection in internet cafes in Asia, with everyone sitting there bored looking at Hotmail take an age to load a page. Things got infinitely better for travellers over the next ten years due to the availability of WiFi and fast mobile connections.

Working whilst travelling still presents many challenges. I have been living in South America since the Summer of 2011 though in September 2012 me and my girlfriend set off to travel all around South America. During this time I updated my blog regularly and finished a book that is 580 pages in print form. Just goes to show that you can still be productive whilst seeing the world.

Let’s look at how you can keep up your writing schedule whilst on the road :)

1. Plan Your Schedule

One of the greatest things about travelling is that you do not know how things will plan out. What you imagined would be a quiet night indoors can quickly turn into a night out with 15 other people. I usually try and plan out how long I will be in the one place but it rarely works out that way. If I am not enjoying a place, I will leave early. Likewise, if I am having a great time somewhere, I usually stay a little longer.

Despite plans being broken frequently, I always try and plan ahead as best as I can. One way I do this is by staying one extra day to ensure I have time to get a lot of work done. For example, if I plan on staying somewhere for three days, I would plan a schedule such as this:

• Day 1: Work for 2 hours in the morning, out all day sightseeing and then 1 or 2 hours work at night.
• Day 2: Out all day on a day trip and then a couple of hours work at night (if not too tired from the day trip).
• Day 3: Work all day long and perhaps out for dinner and a few beers at night.

Where possible, I try and do a full day of work on the last day somewhere as that night, or the following day, will probably be spent sitting on a bus. This was common for me throughout South America. Most places we visited were between 12 and 24 hours apart by bus (though I stay productive on buses too – see point 2!). We did a lot of journeys overnight but I rarely got a great sleep on overnight buses, therefore I usually did not get a lot of work completed the following day. So I got into the habit of working hard the day before so that I was not behind, ensuring that my blog was updated in advance.

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