Title: [Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] Title Issue Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # [Plugin: WordPress SEO by Yoast] Title Issue * [reneepawlish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneepawlish/) * (@reneepawlish) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/) * Hi, in using this plug-in the title at the top of the page (sorry I am not tech savvy when it comes to blogs) displays like this: “How To Use TriberrTo Become A Writer” As you can see, it does not put a space between the blog post title and the title of the blog itself. How do I fix this? And please, if you say something like “put this code in the header” or something like, please walk me through how to get to that place 🙂 It will save me a lot of time trying to find where to make the fix. Many thanks, I’m still trying to figure out a lot, but I do like the plug-in. Renee * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 24 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/page/2/?output_format=md) * [primitivenet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/primitivenet/) * (@primitivenet) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549565) * Under SEO >> Titles * In the “Post” section under “Title template” you need the following `%%title%% | %%sitename%%` With this you have the pipe ( | ) seperator, but you could change this to whatever you like such as a hyphen ( – ) or whatever you like. * If this doesn’t fix your problem, make sure that in your theme’s header.php file your title tags look like this `<?php wp_title(''); ?>` * Thread Starter [reneepawlish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneepawlish/) * (@reneepawlish) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549622) * Forgive me, I’m not an expert here. When you say in the post section under “ Title Template”, where do you mean? On “Homepage Title Template”? or where? there are numerous places to put this code. Also (I’ve run into this before), many will say “in your theme’s header.php” change etc – but no one says where to find this. I’ve searched on the Internet and can’t find this – where do I go? I did try to put the code on “Homepage Title Template” but it didn’t change anything so I am lost. My apologies if this is basic and I’m missing it. * [kletskater](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kletskater/) * (@kletskater) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549623) * go to your wp-admin – appearence – theme editor there you will find your header. php file * Thread Starter [reneepawlish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneepawlish/) * (@reneepawlish) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549624) * yes, but where in here? If I go into theme, there is no header.php file. I am running Twenty Ten 1.2 by the WordPress team and in the theme page, there are links to widgets, menu, background and header, but I don’t see a header.php file anywhere. * Thread Starter [reneepawlish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneepawlish/) * (@reneepawlish) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549625) * Never mind found it 🙂 Let me see if I can get this to work, thanks! * Thread Starter [reneepawlish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneepawlish/) * (@reneepawlish) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549626) * I don’t want to mess this up, here’s what’s in the title tag * <?php /* * Print the <title> tag based on what is being viewed. */ global $page, $paged; * wp_title( ‘|’, true, ‘right’ ); * // Add the blog name. bloginfo( ‘name’ ); * // Add the blog description for the home/front page. $site_description = get_bloginfo(‘ description’, ‘display’ ); if ( $site_description && ( is_home() || is_front_page())) echo ” | $site_description”; * // Add a page number if necessary: if ( $paged >= 2 || $page >= 2 ) echo ‘ | ‘ . sprintf( __( ‘Page %s’, ‘twentyten’ ), max( $paged, $page ) ); * ?> * where do I add the code? Thanks! * [primitivenet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/primitivenet/) * (@primitivenet) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549630) * Replace all of that with `<?php wp_title(''); ?>` * Thread Starter [reneepawlish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneepawlish/) * (@reneepawlish) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549634) * primitvenet, I replaced the code and it worked but I have another question 🙂 Before it said “How To Use TriberrTo Become A Writer” Now it just has the the title of the blog post (so “How to Use Triberr”) From an SEO standpoint, does this matter? Many thanks to you and kletskater for your help! * [primitivenet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/primitivenet/) * (@primitivenet) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549635) * In Settings >> General What have you got under Site Title and Tagline? * Under SEO >> Titles Did you put the following in the Post section under Title Template? `%%title%% | %%sitename%%` * The title should read: How To Use Triberr | To Become A Writer * Thread Starter [reneepawlish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneepawlish/) * (@reneepawlish) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549636) * Oops, I had that, then took it all out when things didn’t work. I’ll add it back in. Thanks for helping a newbie 🙂 * Thread Starter [reneepawlish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneepawlish/) * (@reneepawlish) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549637) * Actually, that didn’t work…I put it under SEO – Titles – Post – Title template. * [primitivenet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/primitivenet/) * (@primitivenet) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549642) * Hmmm… * What’s your URL? * And what have you got in Settings >> General >> Site Title and Tagline? * Do you have any caching plugins enabled? eg. WP Super Cache or W3 Total Cache? * Thread Starter [reneepawlish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reneepawlish/) * (@reneepawlish) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549643) * [http://tobecomeawriter.com](http://tobecomeawriter.com) Site Title: To Become A Writer Tagline: Blog home of master wordsmith Renée Pawlish, author of mystery novels, horror books, and the Writers Workshop. * This shows up if you’re on the main page, but if you go to a link, it just shows the title of the blog post – it’s fine, better than: How To Use TriberrTo Become A Writer but if it negatively affects SEO, I would want it different 🙂 * [primitivenet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/primitivenet/) * (@primitivenet) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549659) * Hmmm… this is odd. * Try ticking the “Force rewrite rules” under SEO >> Titles It’s not a perfect solution, but should work if you’ve got the right stuff between your tags and in the SEO >> Title form. * [primitivenet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/primitivenet/) * (@primitivenet) * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-title-issue/#post-2549660) * This may sound obvious – but under SEO >> Titles you are scrolling down to the bottom of the page and hitting save after making the changes, right? 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