Custom Page Title Not Showing

  • Resolved chrimbus

    (@chrimbus)


    5 years, 4 months ago

    Hi there,

    A different developer built the site. I inherited the client. When editing Custom Page Title in the Page SEO Settings and refreshing the page it is just showing the site url in the tab/title area in the browser.

    Code in header.php:
    <title><?php echo $tabTitle===''?$title:$tabTitle;?></title>

    I thought maybe that had something to do with the issue.

    I’m not seeing any obvious problems with the SEO Framework settings. I tried installing the Extension Manager but that did nothing.

    I just tried using this code for the title instead:
    <?php echo get_the_title(); ?>

    The EM didn’t see and fix that either, I’m at a loss at this point. Any help is much appreciated.

    Thanks!

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hello!

    Yes, that title output is not according to the specification.

    get_the_title() is used for display on the page in the loop (like for a <h1> tag), not in the header.

    I think it’d be best to do the following:

    1. Remove the <title> tag code completely from the header.
    2. Add this to the theme’s functions.php file: add_theme_support( 'title-tag' );

    Then the theme’s up-to-date again… at least regarding the title tag ??

    Cheers!

    Hello. I’m having the same issue: https://episode11productions.com. The custom titles aren’t showing. Should I do the same as instructed above?

    Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hi @e11studios,

    Yes, feel free to pursue that.

    We also have an extension available for you that does this, called Title Fix.

    I have installed the title fix but still having the same issue. Any suggestions?

    Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hi @e11studios,

    I browsed your website, and I couldn’t find any title-related issues on your site anymore. Please note that it takes some time for search engines to process changes on your website.

    Cheers!

    Thank you for responding. It’s only posting the name of the site with the vertical line. The custom titles from the pages aren’t showing.

    Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hi @e11studios,

    I see you’ve got it resolved since your last reply. Please keep in mind that it takes some time for Google to process these changes; so, check back in a week or two, and it’ll all be okay.

    Cheers!

    Hi @cybr, I too was having the same issue and your title fix extension sorted it out. Thanks very much and hats off for all the time you’ve spent answering numerous threads on this when it’s obviously not an issue with the plugin itself.

    Cheers and have a good weekend!

    Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Thank you so much, @seanpearse, for your kind words and review ??

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