Title: Double title since v.1.4.7
Last modified: August 22, 2016
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# Double title since v.1.4.7
* [dararede](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dararede/)
* (@dararede)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-since-v147/)
* Hi! I updated my theme to version 1.4.7 from 1.4.5 and I noticed that I have
two title tags in source code and they look like this;
* abc &# 8211; website
abc | website
* Is this normal or?
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* [bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/)
* (@bdbrown)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-since-v147/#post-5715694)
* Hi dararede. Doesn’t look quite right. Can you post a link to your site? Thanks.
* [Alexander Agnarson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alxmedia/)
* (@alxmedia)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-since-v147/#post-5715816)
* Make sure to update to WordPress 4.1+
* Thread Starter [dararede](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dararede/)
* (@dararede)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-since-v147/#post-5715844)
* I am using latest WP, here is the website; [http://www.kartoslo.com](http://www.kartoslo.com)
* When I activate 1.4.5 I have one title and with 1.4.7 I have two.
* [odarma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/odarma/)
* (@odarma)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-since-v147/#post-5715887)
* Same problem here and it affects when you use OpenGraph and Twitter cards links
apears like this:
* og:title El secreto de los hongos rojos de Mario Bros.diipad | diipad
* There is 2 “diipad” titles :/
* [bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/)
* (@bdbrown)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-since-v147/#post-5715901)
* [@dararede](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dararede/) – Which title specifically
are you referring to? The site title? Page title? Are you currently running v1.4.7?
If not, please activate it so we can see the issue. Thanks.
* Thread Starter [dararede](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dararede/)
* (@dararede)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-since-v147/#post-5715903)
* Please see my source, there you will find two(four in total) < title > tags.
* [bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/)
* (@bdbrown)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-since-v147/#post-5715914)
* OK, I see it now. One contains a “-” separator and the other a “|”. It’s the
same in v2.2.0. I’ll do some checking and see what I can find.
* [bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/)
* (@bdbrown)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-since-v147/#post-5715931)
* After some research here’s what I’ve come up with. The title with the “-” separator
is generated by code in the theme header.php file. That’s the way the theme was
originally designed. The title with the “|” is generated automatically by WP
if the theme provides support for the standardized WP title. This standardized
title was added to WP in v4.1. The latest versions of the theme included support
for the standardized WP title, so we end up with two title tags. Since the WP
title is inserted after the theme title, the theme title is used and the WP title
is ignored. Having two title tags does not appear to generate any conflicts within
the theme. My guess is the theme title was left in to provide backward compatibility
until more users move to WP 4.1+. If you are having problems with plugins or
other functionality, one workaround is to copy header.php to a child theme and
remove the built-in tag line.
Alex – if you’re reading this, and I’ve
missed something, please feel free to correct what I’ve posted. Thanks.
* Thread Starter [dararede](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dararede/)
* (@dararede)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-since-v147/#post-5715963)
* I’m not an expert, but having two title tags is not the best for SEO. Removing
title code from header.php is one way of resolving this problem but it doesn’t
see right to me.
* [Alexander Agnarson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alxmedia/)
* (@alxmedia)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-since-v147/#post-5715972)
* My theme setups works fine, so it should be one of the following:
* 1. You have a child theme that does not use the updated header.php
* ```
<title><?php wp_title( '-', true, 'right' ); ?>
```
* 2. You have the alx_setup function in your child theme, which needs to be updated
with:
* ```
// Enable title tag
add_theme_support( 'title-tag' );
Refer to the parent theme to see how they are added.
```
* 3. You use some SEO plugin which modifies the title in some way and conflicts.
4. You need to upgrade to WordPress 4.1+
* Thread Starter [dararede](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dararede/)
* (@dararede)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-since-v147/#post-5715981)
* I have checked two of my websites, both have double titles, now I installed fresh
WP 4.1, no plugins, downloaded theme from admin panel and again I have double
titles.
* [Alexander Agnarson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alxmedia/)
* (@alxmedia)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/double-since-v147/#post-5715982)
* Hm, looks like it’s my mistake then. Must’ve applied the new title tag wrong.
Let me look into it.
* Edit: Yeah, there should be no in header.php at all. My mistake.
* Edit 2: Update submitted. Thanks for reporting the issue!
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