Plugin-Title-Truncator.php

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Plugin Title Truncator
Plugin URI: https://yourwebsite.com/plugin-title-truncator
Description: This plugin truncates plugin titles in the WordPress plugin directory to a maximum of 4 words.
Version: 1.0
Author: Your Name
Author URI: https://yourwebsite.com
License: GPLv2 or later
Text Domain: plugin-title-truncator
*/


/*

Prompt:  Write a WordPress plugin that manipulates the results of the WordPress plugin directory that truncates the title of the plugin returned and limits it to 4 words


To create a WordPress plugin that manipulates the results of the WordPress plugin directory by truncating the titles of the returned plugins and limiting them to 4 words, follow these steps:

Create a new folder in your WordPress installation's wp-content/plugins directory. Name the folder something unique like plugin-title-truncator.

In the newly created folder, create a new PHP file named plugin-title-truncator.php. This will be the main plugin file.

Open the plugin-title-truncator.php file in a text editor and add the following code to define your plugin


Add the following function to plugin-title-truncator.php. This function truncates a given string to a specified number of words:
*/

function truncate_title_to_n_words($title, $n_words = 4) {
    $words = explode(' ', $title);
    $truncated_title = implode(' ', array_slice($words, 0, $n_words));
    
    if (count($words) > $n_words) {
        $truncated_title .= '...';
    }
    
    return $truncated_title;
}

/*

To modify the plugin titles in the WordPress plugin directory, we will use the plugin_row_meta filter. Add the following code to the plugin-title-truncator.php file:

*/


function truncate_plugin_titles_in_directory($plugin_meta, $plugin_file, $plugin_data, $status) {
    $new_title = truncate_title_to_n_words($plugin_data['Name']);
    
    if ($new_title !== $plugin_data['Name']) {
        $plugin_meta[0] = preg_replace(
            '/' . preg_quote($plugin_data['Name'], '/') . '/',
            $new_title,
            $plugin_meta[0]
        );
    }

    return $plugin_meta;
}
add_filter('plugin_row_meta', 'truncate_plugin_titles_in_directory', 10, 4);

/*

Save the changes to the plugin-title-truncator.php file.

Go to the WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to the Plugins page, and activate the "Plugin Title Truncator" plugin.

Now, when you browse the WordPress plugin directory, the plugin titles should be truncated to a maximum of 4 words.

*/