[Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] Issue With Duplicate Post Titles {Help}

  • cdferguson

    (@cdferguson)


    13 years, 2 months ago

    I am running the latest version of WordPress with the latest version of the plugin on a Wootheme with the most recent framework.

    I installed yesterday and have triple checked all settings for accuracy.

    My post SEO Titles are all changing to the title of an article I wrote a week ago, site wide. When I remove the check from force rewrite titles the article titles change to the SEO Title+Homepage title (but appears to be pulling homepage title from the wordpress settings) no space between SEO Title and Home Page Title.

    I tried modifying the header.php and no luck so I changed it back and clicked force rewrite titles again. Uncheck box, I get the results above. Check it, I get the same title on every post.

    Is this a weird Wootheme conflict or any ideas on how to correct this?

    I would love to continue using the plugin and love it but cannot continue messing with it. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know or I would gladly hire someone that can fix it if that is an option.

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  • rbbeltran

    (@rbbeltran)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    Guys im having same problem. A quick solution is to add this to header.php
    <title>
    <?php
    if(is_home() || is_front_page()) { echo bloginfo(“name”); echo ” | “; echo bloginfo(“description”); }
    else
    { echo wp_title(‘|’, true, ‘right’); } ?>
    </title>

    Im using this plugin in my site: http://www.downloadformph.com/

    shotwell

    (@shotwell)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    I forced rewrite of titles and resolved the issue. Go to Yoast WordPress SEO: Titles and check the box to [Force rewrite titles].

    justinwhall

    (@jwind)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    @iccgames, and @rbbeltran and my solution are all essentially the same thing. They all just say if it’s the home page OR front page print the blog title and description. Otherwise, the page name and blog name. WHat i don’t understand is is no matter what chacter i pass to the wp_title( *****HERE----->'|', true, 'right');
    It prints twice.

    At some pint, when I have time, i’m going to take a closer look.

    walejames

    (@walejames)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    if you put include <title><?php wp_title(”); ?></title> in the title section header of your header.php, you need to uncheck the force rewrite titles. That worked for me at http://businessnews.com.ng/

    muchbett

    (@muchbett)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    Well this is doing my head in. I have just started 2 new sites. Both using the same theme. One works fine with the SEO yoast plugin while the other is experiencing the problems stated above.

    See http://www.cutekitties.net

    I appreciate the attempted answers above but is anyone in a position to now give a step by step answer to resolve this issue. That is to say if new code need to be added, where exactly must it be added and does it need to replace anything.

    I’ve looked hard but can’t see what the difference is between my 2 sites that makes one work but not the other.

    Cheers,

    Jamie

    Torben Schmidt Bendixen

    (@freelancekonsulenten)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    I have found out that not all themes have their meta data in the file: header.php

    So you have to find the file where the meta data is, and then change your title meta to: <title><?php wp_title(”); ?></title>

    That have worked for me in several cases.

    muchbett

    (@muchbett)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    I have no idea what I was doing wrong before but I have sussed it now.

    Replace <title>< whatever you have ></title>

    from headerphp and replace with

    <title><?php wp_title(”); ?></title>

    Then untick “Force rewrite titles” in Yoast WordPress SEO: Titles if you had previously ticked it.

    jpwot

    (@jpwot)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    I have tried all the suggestions in this thread but still get a duplicate site title stuck on the end of every <title>.

    I have edited my header file to
    <title><?php wp_title(”); ?></title>
    then unchecked ‘Force rewrite titles’, but nothing changes.

    I’m using a child theme, could this have anything to with it?

    lindamoran57

    (@lindamoran57)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    It’s now July and the problem still exists. I have to assume that the Yoast plug-in is not getting the attention it needs, so I’ve abandoned it.

    As soon as I deactivated it, my troubles went away.

    jpwot

    (@jpwot)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    The only way around this problem I could find was to remove my site title from Settings>General.
    Not ideal but after trying out a few others I came back to this SEO plugin for its ease-of-use.
    Here’s hoping this minor problem can get fixed soon.

    Btw, I also saw duplicate site titles being added with All in One SEO Pack, so maybe something is up with my theme?
    I’m using WP 3.2 and a theme I made using Starkers, which itself is based on TwentyTen.

    travisneel

    (@travisneel)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    From what I can remember, I solved this by looking into the functions.php for the theme. I know I experienced this with Starkers and TwentyTen (which both have functions that do something with wp_title). I believe this happened with a few themes from ThemeForest as well. Removing whatever was in functions.php that was modifying wp_title seemed to fix it for me.

    jpwot

    (@jpwot)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    @travisneel – Thanks ever so much. As you suggested, the culprit was the function twentyten_filter_wp_title in Starkers’ functions.php.
    I commented it out and my titles are now working great.

    Seems funny that a function from TwentyTen, the default theme should be causing the problem :-/ Oh well… Thanks again for your help!

    edson_bsx

    (@edson_bsx)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    @travisneel – Another thank you! Been bugging me for a while. Also worked wonders for me.

    @jpwot – I agree, that does seem odd. Oh well, it’s fixed now! =)

    The Mexykan

    (@the-mexykan)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    I’ve still got the same problem.
    In the dashboard it all works fine. No dupe titles, site descriptions,etc.
    But on all other pages and posts there are dupes in the titles, no spacing between.
    Really screws up the SEO too, as now search engines are seeing repeated titles and site descriptions.

    I’ve had no luck.
    Can anyone give some advice that will help me resolve this issue?
    I sure appreciate any help that can help!

    I’m using wp 2010 latest update and sub-theme weaver

    Thanks in advance for any useful help!

    arni

    (@arni)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    My God, half a year has passed and the problem with a double title to date have not solved!
    I have the same problem.

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