Title: Browser Tab Title Reminder
Author: Tim van Iersel
Published: <strong>24 April 2019</strong>
Last modified: 17 May 2026

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# Browser Tab Title Reminder

 By [Tim van Iersel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timvaniersel/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active.1.0.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/#installation)
 * [Development](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/)

## Description

Change the browser tab Title when the tab is not active as a reminder or to get 
the attention back from the user.

The variables that can be set are:

 * Time before the title changes
 * The title when page is inactive

## Screenshots

[⌊Settings⌉⌊Settings⌉[

Settings

## Installation

You can download the plugin from Github.

 1. Upload `browser-tab-title-reminder` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

### Can I use emoji in the title?

Yes, using emoji is a great way to get the users attention.

### Is it supported in all browsers?

From what we tested it is.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Top](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-984/)󠁿

 [barrobert](https://profiles.wordpress.org/barrobert/) 17 January 2021

Funktioniert super mit WP 5.6 Man könnte noch eine Funktion mit reinbringen, dass
das Favicon mit geändert wird als Meldungs-Zeichen .

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### 󠀁[Best!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-779/)󠁿

 [xszejdi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xszejdi/) 17 February 2020

Thank You.

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### 󠀁[Nice little plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-little-plugin-45/)󠁿

 [narubi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/narubi/) 6 December 2019 1 reply

Nice little plugin. It would also be great, if it had multiple titles rotation. 
Thank you!

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### 󠀁[Works well](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-well-1589/)󠁿

 [tomjanssen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tomjanssen/) 26 April 2019 1 reply

Does what it should do. A few ideas for future development: Add multi language support
Option for prefixing existing title

 [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/reviews/)

## Contributors and Developers

“Browser Tab Title Reminder” is open source software. The following people have 
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Tim van Iersel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timvaniersel/)

[Translate “Browser Tab Title Reminder” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Change Log

#### 1.0.2

 * Remove jQuery dependency
 * Improve security

#### 1.0.1

 * Add dutch translations
 * Update author info

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.2**
 *  Last updated **5 months ago**
 *  Active installations **300+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.10**
 *  PHP version ** 5.2.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/)
 * Tags
 * [browser tab](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/browser-tab/)[reminder](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reminder/)
   [title](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/title/)[title tag](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/title-tag/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  4 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ Tim van Iersel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timvaniersel/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-browser-tab-title-when-tab-is-not-active/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tim)