Replace WP Show Posts title with a custom field

I was once faced with the challenge to replace the normal post title with a custom one while using the WP Show Posts plugin. There is a way to do that through a custom hook element and the WP Show Posts wpsp_before_header hook.

<?php

add_action( 'wpsp_before_header','wpsp_add_custom_meta' );
function wpsp_add_custom_meta()
{
    $meta = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'custom_title', true );
    if ( isset( $meta ) && '' !== $meta )
    $permalink = get_permalink( get_the_ID() );
    echo '<h2 class="custom-entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="' . $permalink . '"' . 'rel="bookmark"> ' . $meta . '</a>' . '</h2>';

}

?>

Use the wp_head hook and activate Execute PHP.

WP Show Posts custom post title
WP Show Posts custom post title

You also need to deactivate the title from WP Show Posts’ Content tab so that you won’t get duplicated titles!

WP Show Posts title deactivated
WP Show Posts title deactivated

Replace custom_title with the name of your custom fields. It also works with ACF!

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