[Resolved] Style second part of the category archive heading

[George]

I was wondering if there is a function that I could use to split the category archive heading with spans so I could style the second part of the heading.

For example, Category: Common Queries. I would like to style the Common Queries with a different color. Is there a way to do that without creating a modifying the archive template (and thus creating a child theme)?

[Tom]

Hi there,

You might be able to do something like this:

add_filter( 'get_the_archive_title', function( $title ) {
    if ( is_category() ) {
        $title = 'Category: <span class="cat-name">' . single_tag_title( '', false ) . '</span>';
    }

    return $title;
} );

[George]

That was too easy Tom, thanks! Mine was a custom post archive category so I used is_tax() conditional instead:

add_filter( 'get_the_archive_title', function( $title ) {
    if ( is_tax('epkb_post_type_1_category') ) {
        $title = 'Category: <span class="cat-name">' . single_tag_title( '', false ) . '</span>';
    }
    return $title;
} );

Thanks again!

[Tom]

You’re welcome 🙂

[Author]

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