Title: Edit ‘view source’
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Edit ‘view source’

 *  [iwaller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwaller/)
 * (@iwaller)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-view-source/)
 * I have duplicate _description_ and _key word _meta tags in my ‘view source’. 
   When I try to edit the ‘view source’ in wordpad, to remove them, my changes will
   not ‘save’. Anyone know how I can edit my my ‘source’ to remove the duplicates?
   
   Many thanks!

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 *  [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/)
 * (@stvwlf)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-view-source/#post-1009728)
 * Hi
 * Most likely in the header.php file in your theme’s folder /wp-content/themes/{
   themename} The HTML code is likely to be interspersed with PHP code. There are
   some plugins that can insert meta tags also, such as All in One SEO.
 *  Thread Starter [iwaller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwaller/)
 * (@iwaller)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-view-source/#post-1009806)
 * Thank you for the response. Unfortunately the header.php in /wp-content/themes/
   contains no meta tags, neither does the php.header in my webhost file manager.
   These files are generic. The meta tags only show up in the ‘source’ thus my rationalie
   for trying to edit the ‘source’ page to correctt those that appear there.
    If
   I use my meta tag plugin, it just adds additional meta tags rather than replacing
   those already existing in ‘view source’ Again, thanks for your reply.
 *  [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/)
 * (@stvwlf)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-view-source/#post-1009832)
 * Hi
 * If the code is not in header.php, then it is either coming from a plugin, or 
   else from a routine in functions.php
 * Another possibility is a file that is “included” in header.php. The PHP code 
   would be “include” or “require” and list a file location/filename.
 * There are no other sources the entries could be coming from.
 *  Thread Starter [iwaller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwaller/)
 * (@iwaller)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-view-source/#post-1009928)
 * Thanks very much for the advice. I’ll investigate your suggestions. Again, thanks.

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 * Last reply from: [iwaller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iwaller/)
 * Last activity: [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-view-source/#post-1009928)
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