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title: "How to Limit Word Count in Heading Elementor?"
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# How to Limit Word Count in Heading Elementor?

## 

- Heading Title widget cuts the Heading Title and Sub Title to a fixed number of words or characters, and it adds an ellipsis where the text is cut.
- The Plus Addons for Elementor includes the Heading Title widget in the free edition, and it sits under The Plus Addons > Widgets.
- Animated Split style has no Extra Option section and no limit settings, so Heading & Sub Title Limit does not apply there.
- Character mode counts every character including spaces, while Word mode cuts at a word boundary and never leaves a half word.

Headings pulled from a dynamic source have a habit of running long, and a heading that wraps onto three lines stops looking like a heading.

The **Heading Title** widget can cut the title and the sub title down to a fixed number of words or characters, and add an ellipsis where it cut.

*To check the complete feature overview documentation of The Plus Addons for Elementor Heading Title widget, [click here](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/heading-title-widget-settings-overview/).*

***Requirement - This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor, make sure it's installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.***

[LIVE WIDGET LINK](https://theplusaddons.com/elementor-widget/heading-titles/?utm_source=tpae&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=text)

## Before You Start

- **Edition:** **Free** — the **Heading Title** widget is part of the free The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin.- **Widget to enable:** **Heading Title**, under **The Plus Addons > Widgets**. Search for it and turn the toggle on.- **Prerequisite:** a **Style** other than **Animated Split**. That style has no limit settings.- **Prerequisite:** text that is actually longer than the limit, or nothing visible changes.

## Steps

- Add the **Heading Title** widget and type your text into **Heading Title** and **Sub Title** in the **Content** section.- Open the **Extra Option** section and turn **Heading & Sub Title Limit** on. Two popover controls appear, **Heading Title Limit** and **Sub Title Limit**.- Click the pencil on **Heading Title Limit** to open it.- Set **Limit on** to **Word** to count words, or leave it on **Character** to count characters.- Type the number you want to keep into **Heading Title Count**.

![The Extra Option section with Heading and Sub Title Limit on, the Heading Title Limit popover open and Limit on set to Word](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/headingtitle-extra-option.webp)

- Leave **Display Dots** on to mark where the text was cut, or turn it off for a clean stop.- Repeat in **Sub Title Limit** for the sub title. The two are independent, so you can limit one and leave the other alone.

## What It Looks Like

The same heading and sub title, first with no limit and then with **Limit on** set to **Word**, **Heading Title Count** 4 and **Display Dots** on for the title, and **Character** with a count of 20 and Display Dots off for the sub title:

![The same heading unlimited, then cut to four words with an ellipsis and a sub title cut to twenty characters](https://theplusaddons.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/headingtitle-result-limit.webp)

## The Settings

| Setting | What it does | Default |
| ------- | ------------ | ------- |
| **Heading & Sub Title Limit** | The master switch. Off, nothing is trimmed. | Off |
| **Heading Title Limit** / **Sub Title Limit** | Popovers holding the three settings below, one set per line of text. | Off |
| **Limit on** | Count in **Character**s or in **Word**s. | Character |
| **Heading Title Count** / **Sub Title Count** | How many characters or words to keep. | empty |
| **Display Dots** | Appends an ellipsis to the trimmed text. | On |

## How It Behaves

- The limit is applied when the page renders, so the full text stays in the widget — raise the number and the rest comes back.- **Character** counts every character including spaces. A count of 20 on “A complete widget library” leaves “A complete widget li”.- **Word** cuts at a word boundary, so the result is never a half word.- The title limit and the sub title limit are set separately and can use different modes.

## Limitations

- **Display Dots** adds a single ellipsis character, not three full stops. If you are matching a design that specifies “...”, they will not look identical.- The **Animated Split** style has no **Extra Option** section, so there is no limit there.- The limit is a hard cut at the count you give; there is no “read more” link and no way to reveal the rest.

## Troubleshooting

### Nothing changed after I set a count

Check that **Heading & Sub Title Limit** is on, that you opened the right popover, and that the text really is longer than the number you typed.

### I cannot find the Extra Option section

**Style** is set to **Animated Split**. Switch to any other style.

### The heading is cut in the middle of a word

**Limit on** is set to **Character**. Switch it to **Word**.

### I want the text short but no dots

Turn **Display Dots** off inside the same popover.

## Related Docs

- [Heading Title Widget: Settings Overview](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/heading-title-widget-settings-overview/)- [How to Add Post Page Title in Elementor?](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/post-page-title-in-elementor/)- [How to Add Animated Headings in Elementor?](https://theplusaddons.com/docs/animated-headings-in-elementor/)