2019-01-23 13.50.55

This snippet of PHP sets a blank post title using the current date and time. Very useful with status type posts. This code is based on work by Chris Reed.

//Remove Post Title in Blog for Status Posts

add_filter( 'post_class', 'crt_remove_status_post_titles' );

function crt_remove_status_post_titles( $classes ) {
     if ( has_post_format( 'status' ) ) {
         $classes[] = 'hidetitle';
     }
     return $classes;
}
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// Change the Post Title to the Current Date

add_filter( 'wp_insert_post_data', 'crt_update_blank_title' );
 function crt_update_blank_title( $data ) {
     $title = $data['post_title'];
     $post_type = $data['post_type'];

    if ( empty( $title ) && ( $post_type == 'post' ) ) {
         $timezone = get_option('timezone_string');
         date_default_timezone_set( $timezone );
         $title = date( 'Y-m-d H.i.s' );
         $data['post_title'] = $title;
     }
     return $data;
}