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1. nexusmedia
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   How do I dynamically set the page title? I would like to specify the page title before wp_head is passed, so that the <title> tag will output whatever I want. I've searched for a while but can't find a simple solution.

   I don't want to display or return wp_title - I want to dynamically SET it before it's output to the page from within a custom content type, ie.

   set_wpl_title('My Custom Title');

   And when wp_head is called, all the other stuff is included plus

   <title>My Custom Title</title>

   Any simple way of achieving this?

2. mnolf
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   i'd like to do exactly the same thing.
   did you have any luck so far?

3. nexusmedia
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Not really, but I created a bit of a hack to achieve what I was trying to accomplish:

   So wherever I wanted the customize the page title, I would set a global variable containing the required title and then call get_header():

   global $title;
   $title = 'My Custom Title';
   get_header(); ?>

   And then the header.php page looks like this:

   <? global $title; ?>
   <? if ($title): ?>
   <title><?=$title?></title>
   <? else: ?>
   <title>
   <? wp_title('');?>
   </title>
   <? endif; ?>

   This could be shorthanded with a ternary syntax:

   <? global $title; ?>
   <? ($title) ? $title : wp_title('') ;?>

   So not the cleanest solution, but it got the job done.

4. mnolf
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   for some reason, the short version doesn't work for me. the long one, however, works perfectly.
   thanks very much!

   (side note: when using the "all in one SEO" plugin, it needs to be deactivated on the concerned pages)

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