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Asked: 2026-05-14T20:03:28+00:00

WordPress requires you give each blog post at least two fields: a title and

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WordPress requires you give each blog post at least two fields: a title and text body content.

I’m wondering how to modify WordPress admin so I can sometimes enter a single field for a blog post, in particular a URL, without WordPress requiring a title (related but not the point of this question: a custom theme would then know how to handle a post that only contained a URL, it would treat it like a “Link” post in Tumblr). Ideally it’d be good if the “add/edit post” form could be modified so it only contains this single URL/Link field when this is wanted.

I’m guessing this is possible through a plugin but I’m not certain. I’m hoping some smart WordPress devs are here to share and brainstorm ideas for how this could be done.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Eliot

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  1. Editorial Team

    You could use the display-part of my other answer but, instead of looping only posts, check for ‘links’ (builtin WP feature) as well. They are easy to manage and you can have many sets of links, which could be used like categories for your regular posts.

    The GUI would not handle posts well, for example in the ‘post overview’ table, which really would need a title.

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