Hello everyone! I am sharing with you here the latest update of my latest WordPress plugin, called WP Alternative Post Title, after a period of absence from the WordPress plugin directory. It is now available again and compatible with the latest versions of WordPress.
⬇️ Discover the premium features at the bottom of this article! ⬇️
Basically, I was looking to display alternative titles for certain articles on the homepage and archive page of a news blog, which are different from the real titles, in order to offer my readers "teaser" titles.
The idea is to not reveal the title of the article on the home page, so to attract the reader's attention, without affecting SEO, since behind, the article includes its real title optimized for SEO.
So, this extension allows you to do the teasing on certain posts, in order to push the visitor to view the article. Indeed, nowadays, people consume information and blogging in an ultra-accelerated way, without really taking the time to read. This extension therefore consists of arouse the reader's curiosity, by offering an attractive title on your blog's homepage, while keeping the SEO-oriented title for Google and social networks on the article page.
Moreover, titles that are optimized for SEO sometimes fail on the editorial level, because in wanting to inform search engines about the subject discussed in the article, we tend to lack creativity, to be limited in terms of title length, and to not be able to use wordplay, humorous turns of phrase or simply mysterious turns of phrase that make the reader want to discover the rest of the article.
Yet, making a creative title is one of the fundamentals of writing and journalism, whether in sensationalist news sites or in niche blogs. And that's why I developed this alternative title extension, which will not affect the SEO of your articles and their ranking in Google, but which will be likely to animate your community and improve the editorial aspect of your blog.
This is a bit like what news portals like Yahoo do, when they headline for example: “You will never guess who is behind this photo”. I took a deliberately sensational example, but the idea is not to practice “clickbait” either, but simply to entertain the reader by offering them mysterious or entertaining titles, as long as this is not abusive.
Here is a telling example in pictures. On the first screenshot, the title is enticing (the subject is a bit too, I grant you), and encourages readers to take an interest in the person we are highlighting in this post:
And once in the article, we finally discover who this political figure is, who turns out to be the Finnish Prime Minister:
Using this extension is very simple, you just have to install it, and Under the text editor you will find a field where you can write your alternative title.
Premium Features 💎
The free version of my WP Alternative Post Title plugin is a great start, but the premium features go even further. Find out how they can boost your user experience and keep your visitors coming back!
The premium version gives you full control and a touch of magic with AI ✨
- Advanced customization: Choose where your alternative titles shine (homepage, categories, or anywhere except solo articles) 📍
- AI Suggestions with Gemini : Create captivating titles in one click using artificial intelligence – punchy, SEO-optimized or inspiring 🤖
- Optimized performance : No slowdowns, even with thousands of visitors ⚡
Attract, tease, convert – all without sacrificing your SEO, for only €24. Your blog deserves this editorial boost!
Get the Premium version of the plugin
Did this plugin help you?
Please let me know on by sharing this article on X, and if you have 10 seconds, rate it on WordPress, it's always nice ^^
