Title: default_page_template_title
Published: December 18, 2014
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘default_page_template_title’, string $label, string $context )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_page_template_title/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_page_template_title/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_page_template_title/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_page_template_title/?output_format=md#changelog)
 * [User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_page_template_title/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)

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Filters the title of the default page template displayed in the drop-down.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_page_template_title/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$label`string

The display value for the default page template title.

`$context`string

Where the option label is displayed. Possible values include `'meta-box'` or `'quick-
edit'`.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_page_template_title/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    $default_title = apply_filters( 'default_page_template_title', __( 'Default template' ), 'meta-box' );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php#L1063)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php#L1063-L1063)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_page_template_title/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [page_attributes_meta_box()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/page_attributes_meta_box/)`wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php` |

Displays page attributes form fields.

  | 
| [WP_Posts_List_Table::inline_edit()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_posts_list_table/inline_edit/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php` |

Outputs the hidden row displayed when inline editing

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_page_template_title/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.1.0/) | Introduced. |

## 󠀁[User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_page_template_title/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)󠁿

 1.  [Skip to note 2 content](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_page_template_title/?output_format=md#comment-content-4688)
 2.   [Steven Lin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stevenlinx/)  [  6 years ago  ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/default_page_template_title/#comment-4688)
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 4. Example migrated from Codex:
 5. Modify the title of the default page template displayed in the drop-down.
 6.     ```php
        add_filter( 'default_page_template_title', 'filter_function_name', 10, 2 );
    
        function filter_function_name( $label, $context ) {
          return __( 'Custom Page Template Title', 'textdomain' );
        }
        ```
    
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