Some of my blog post titles are long -- will that affect my SEO?

Some of my blog post titles are long -- will that affect my SEO?

No, you won't be penalised for having too long a title, even if you get a warning in your WordPress editor.

SEO plugins will give a warning on long titles because Google will truncate it after a certain number of characters and your whole title won't display. It's not a ranking factor, but a minor concern from a user experience standpoint. 

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