Displays or retrieves page title for post archive based on date.

Useful for when the template only needs to display the month and year, if either are available. The prefix does not automatically place a space between the prefix, so if there should be a space, the parameter value will need to have it at the end.

$prefix string Optional

What to display before the title.

Default: ''

$display bool Optional

Whether to display or retrieve title.

Default: true

string|false|void False if there's no valid title for the month. Title when retrieving.

• This tag only works when the m or archive month argument has been passed by WordPress to the current page (this occurs when viewing a monthly archive page).
• This tag works only on date archive pages, not on category templates or others.
• It does not support placing the separator after the title, but by leaving the prefix parameter empty, you can set the title separator manually.

File: wp-includes/general-template.php. View all references

function single_month_title( $prefix = '', $display = true ) {
	global $wp_locale;

	$m        = get_query_var( 'm' );
	$year     = get_query_var( 'year' );
	$monthnum = get_query_var( 'monthnum' );

	if ( ! empty( $monthnum ) && ! empty( $year ) ) {
		$my_year  = $year;
		$my_month = $wp_locale->get_month( $monthnum );
	} elseif ( ! empty( $m ) ) {
		$my_year  = substr( $m, 0, 4 );
		$my_month = $wp_locale->get_month( substr( $m, 4, 2 ) );
	}

	if ( empty( $my_month ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	$result = $prefix . $my_month . $prefix . $my_year;

	if ( ! $display ) {
		return $result;
	}
	echo $result;
}