Title: Hyperlink  Headlines
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Hyperlink Headlines

 *  [nesoccertoday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nesoccertoday/)
 * (@nesoccertoday)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-headlines/)
 * I recently got my site approved for Google News, but was told
 * > In order for Google News to include your content, each headline must hyperlink
   > to a page dedicated solely to that article, as your site does. However, when
   > the headline on this page is an active link, we often have difficulty displaying
   > it correctly. For example, the headline [[Bradley’s Contract Extended]] is 
   > an active hyperlink on this page: [[http://nesoccertoday.com/?p=101]].
   > Making these headlines regular text, not links, will increase the likelihood
   > that our crawler will extract the correct headlines.
 * Is there anyway to make the titles not an active link?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-headlines/#post-1654857)
 * On single.php, and maybe page.php, your titles seem to be links to themselves.
   This is needed of course, on index.php as that is how you get to see the full
   article single view. But on single and page maybe look for something like:
 *     ```
       <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
       ```
   
 * Could become
 *     ```
       <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
       ```
   
 * Of course, make backups before messing with anything!
 *  Thread Starter [nesoccertoday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nesoccertoday/)
 * (@nesoccertoday)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-headlines/#post-1655000)
 * Do you mean in single.php for the current theme? I can’t seem to find anything
   related to the title in single.php in the arras theme.
 *  Thread Starter [nesoccertoday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nesoccertoday/)
 * (@nesoccertoday)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-headlines/#post-1655011)
 * Anyone?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [nesoccertoday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nesoccertoday/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-headlines/#post-1655011)
 * Status: not resolved

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