Title before blog name

  • jackwhittle123

    (@jackwhittle123)


    11 years, 1 month ago

    Hey everyone,

    I have a theme by Qode and the seo seems to be weird. I want to have the page name before my site name i.e. About Us | Jack Whittle Design

    Which part would i have to change from my code in order for it to work?

    <title><?php if($seo_title) { ?><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> | <?php echo $seo_title; ?><?php } else {?><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> | <?php is_front_page() ? bloginfo('description') : wp_title(''); ?><?php } ?></title>
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  • Christi Nickerson

    (@christini)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Hi jackwhittle123,

    Before you go making changes to your theme (and please use a Child Theme if you do decide to make changes to your theme) a plugin may be a better solution. The WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin makes it easy to modify your Title Tags and even set a custom Title tag for each page:

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/

    Hope this helps!

    Christi

    wpstudio5

    (@wpstudio5)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Hi jackwhittle123

    First question: what is the name of this theme? Is it in the WordPress.org repository?

    You will actually need to create a child theme for this one, just as Christi recommended. The reason is that you need to edit the header.php file for this theme, and only include the basic elements. Then install Yoast SEO (as Christi recommended), and set your title as you desire it to be.

    You should copy the header.php file into your child theme, then change the title tag to this:

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

    After that’s done, install Yoast SEO and configure the “Titles and Meta” section. Look for the “Home” sub-section (or similar).

    Hope that helps

    Christi Nickerson

    (@christini)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Hi jackwhittle & CJ,

    I don’t think a Child Theme will be necessary if you use the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin. Using that plugin, you can create the Title Tag for each Page or Post right in the WordPress editor, with no changes needed to your theme. I would definitely recommend just installing the plugin first, then if it doesn’t work right, you can create a Child Theme as CJ recommended.

    Thanks!

    Christi

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