Title: Changing Tab Title
Last modified: April 13, 2018
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# Changing Tab Title
* Resolved [katielems](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katielems/)
* (@katielems)
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/)
* I want to change the title that shows up in the tab of my homepage. I’ve been
doing some research and think it might have to do with Yoast SEO settings but
am completely lost as to what to do about it.
* I already tried changing the Site Title under Appearance. I already tried going
into Editor, under the Header section for my theme but it did not list the site
name, just wp_title.
* The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fchanging-tab-title-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
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* [drcoopa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drcoopa/)
* (@drcoopa)
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178657)
* If you are using yoast – I think it should be possible to Change the Title inside
the Yoast-Settings of the homepage. Just scroll to the bottom there and see if
changing the text there will fix your problem.
* greets
* Thread Starter [katielems](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katielems/)
* (@katielems)
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178665)
* Can you clarify how to get to the page you’re talking about?
* [Naveen Kharwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naveenkharwar/)
* (@naveenkharwar)
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178721)
* Hey 👋
just Go to _Header.php_ file in your theme’s folder and find the below
code,
* `<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> | <?php is_front_page() ? bloginfo('description'):
wp_title(); ?>`
* and remove
* ` | `
* from
* ` `
* and add whatever you want to show it on your tab between ` `
,
I suggest you to just change only
* ``
* because this function calls site name and other two will call for current front
page and description.
hope this will work ☺
- This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [Naveen Kharwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naveenkharwar/).
* Thread Starter [katielems](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katielems/)
* (@katielems)
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178747)
* I tried adding
*
* and both
* Hot & Sour
* and
* Hot and Sour
* in between with no success
* [Naveen Kharwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naveenkharwar/)
* (@naveenkharwar)
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178792)
* Replace this `` with Hot & Sour.
* Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
* (@sterndata)
* Volunteer Forum Moderator
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178827)
* Use [Yoast SEO](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo) rather than following
Naveen’s advice. It will provide you with a lot more flexibility.
- This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
* Thread Starter [katielems](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katielems/)
* (@katielems)
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178862)
* Naveen, I did try that and it didn’t seem to work.
* Steve, what do you mean by use Yoast SEO? I can’t find a place on my plugin where
I can edit the title.
* [Naveen Kharwar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naveenkharwar/)
* (@naveenkharwar)
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178873)
* [https://kb.yoast.com/kb/yoast-wordpress-seo-titles-metas-template-variables/](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/yoast-wordpress-seo-titles-metas-template-variables/)
* Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
* (@sterndata)
* Volunteer Forum Moderator
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178883)
* set the defaults for titles on `http://www.hotandsourblog.com/wp-admin/admin.
php?page=wpseo_titles` and override for individual pages/posts by editing the
page/post and editing the snippet in the Yoast SEO section
* [[
* Thread Starter [katielems](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katielems/)
* (@katielems)
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178912)
* When I try to use the link, it leads me to my dashboard. My SEO dropdown only
includes: Search Appearance, Search Console, Social, Tools, and Premium.
* Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
* (@sterndata)
* Volunteer Forum Moderator
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178919)
* It’s the “search appearance” link, on the “general” tab.
* Thread Starter [katielems](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katielems/)
* (@katielems)
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178928)
* I changed it to Hot & Sour, and it shows up as Hot and Sour on my tab. Is this
because characters are not allowed?
* Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
* (@sterndata)
* Volunteer Forum Moderator
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178934)
* You’d have to escape that, so use ampersand amp semicolon to get `&`. HTML is
weird.
* I can’t paste that in correctly here. I’ll have to use an image.
* See [https://cldup.com/u_UNHwGrvVr/dnZG38.png](https://cldup.com/u_UNHwGrvVr/dnZG38.png)
* [[
- This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
* Thread Starter [katielems](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katielems/)
* (@katielems)
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178971)
* I tried it and it didn’t work, but I’m not too concerned about that. Will it
also show up as Hot and Sour in Google searches? It hasn’t yet, but I’m not sure
it if will need time to update.
* Is there a difference between the “home page” and the main site page?
* Thanks for your help!
* Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
* (@sterndata)
* Volunteer Forum Moderator
* [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-tab-title-2/#post-10178976)
* yes. and yes.
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