Title: [Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] Edit title code?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] Edit title code?

 *  Resolved [Sambino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sambino/)
 * (@sambino)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-edit-title-code/)
 * Hi,
 * I use WP 3.4 with theme “twenty ten 3.4” and latest version of WordPress SEO.
 * In former versions of WP SEO there was always a note about adding `<title><?php
   wp_title(''); ?></title>` to header.php
 * I don’t find that note in the latest version. Is it still necassary to add this
   code to header.php?
 * Thanks for your answers.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Joost de Valk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joostdevalk/)
 * (@joostdevalk)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-edit-title-code/#post-2843267)
 * Well yes and no. The plugin now auto detects whether force rewrite is necessary.
   If it checks force rewrite for you, then changing your title to that would indeed
   prevent the need for it to be on, which is a performance improvement.
 *  Thread Starter [Sambino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sambino/)
 * (@sambino)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-edit-title-code/#post-2843296)
 * Hi joost,
    Thank you for the quick answer. Force rewrite is not checked. Did 
   auto detection run during the update procedure? Or does it only run on a new 
   installation of the plugin?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Joost de Valk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joostdevalk/)
 * (@joostdevalk)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-edit-title-code/#post-2843298)
 * It runs at several times, you could switch themes back and forth to force it 
   to run, for instance.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-edit-title-code/#post-2843298)
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