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title: Low Title - Addon Review
date: 2012-07-31T20:00:00-04:00
author: cc_admin
canonical_url: "https://caffeinecreations.ca/blog/low-title-addon-review/"
section: Blog
---
- [Add-on Reviews](https://caffeinecreations.ca/blog/category/add-on-reviews/), [ExpressionEngine](https://caffeinecreations.ca/blog/category/expressionengine/)
# Low Title - Addon Review
[Low Title](http://gotolow.com/addons/low-title) is a free add-on by [@low](http://twitter.com/low) who also makes the very popular[ Low Variables](http://gotolow.com/addons/low-variables) and [Low Seg2Cat](http://gotolow.com/addons/low-seg2cat) addons. Low Title has been around for some time, but I only learned about it a couple of months ago and it has revolutionized how I code <title> tags in the document head.
[Low Title](http://gotolow.com/addons/low-title) is a free add-on by [@low](http://twitter.com/low) who also makes the very popular[ Low Variables](http://gotolow.com/addons/low-variables) and [Low Seg2Cat](http://gotolow.com/addons/low-seg2cat) addons. Low Title has been around for some time, but I only learned about it a couple of months ago and it has revolutionized how I code <title> tags in the document head.
Previoiusly to using low title I would typically pass a channel:entries tag through an embed. Something like this:
```
```html
{embed="embeds/_head" title="{exp:channel:entries channel='blog' limit='1' disable='pagination|custom_fields|categories|member_data'}{title}{/exp:channel:entries} "}
```
```
This would require that on each template I customize the embeded channel entries tag and is more difficult if you are using switch:ee to have a single template for your index page and individual entires. To learn more about switch:ee see this [excellent article on how to use switch:ee](http://eeinsider.com/articles/simpler-expressionengine-urls-with-a-simple-template/).
Low Title makes this much easier and the documentation is super easy to understand. Basically you take your template and pop a variation of the following inside your title tag and Low Title takes care of everyting for you. Be sure to check out the [documentation](http://gotolow.com/addons/low-title/docs) for the different parameters available.
```
```html
{exp:low_title:category url_title="{segment_3}"}
```
```
In my last project I created a snippet that I now place in each template that then creates the title tag for me. It looks like this
```
```html
{snip-title} {site_name}
```
```
inside the snippet I have the following code which uses switch:ee to help identify which type of page it is.
```
```html
{exp:switchee variable = "{segment_2}" parse="inward"}
{!--Listing page no extra title--}
{case value="#^P(\d+)$#|''"}{/case}
{!--Category name added here--}
{case value="category"}
{exp:low_title:category url_title="{segment_3}"} |
{/case}
{!--convert archive 2012/03 to March, 2012 for monthly archives--}
{case value="archives"}
{exp:monthlee month="{segment_4}"}, {segment_3} |
{/case}
{!--single entry title added here--}
{case default="yes"}
{exp:low_title:entry url_title="{segment_2}"} |
{/case}
{/exp:switchee}
```
```
Now I have the title tag in one location for all templates and it pulls the correct title without having to use a full on channel:entries tag. Super easy, super clean - if you're not already using [Low Title](http://gotolow.com/addons/low-title/), you should be. It won't cost you anything, and it will make your title tags smile.