Remove Protected and Private from titles

remove-protected-private-from-wordpress-titles.php

<?php

// Remove Protected: and Private: from Titles in WordPress
// https://endurtech.com/remove-protected-private-from-title-in-wordpress/

add_filter( 'the_title', 'the_title_trim' );
function the_title_trim( $title )
{
  $title = attribute_escape( $title );
  $findthese = array(
    '#Protected:#',
    '#Private:#'
  );
	$replacewith = array(
    '', // replacement for "Protected:"
		'' // replacement for "Private:"
	);
	$title = preg_replace( $findthese, $replacewith, $title );
	return $title;
}

?>