Changing Tab Title

  • Resolved katielems

    (@katielems)


    6 years, 7 months ago

    I want to change the title that shows up in the tab of my homepage. I’ve been doing some research and think it might have to do with Yoast SEO settings but am completely lost as to what to do about it.

    I already tried changing the Site Title under Appearance. I already tried going into Editor, under the Header section for my theme but it did not list the site name, just wp_title.

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

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  • If you are using yoast – I think it should be possible to Change the Title inside the Yoast-Settings of the homepage. Just scroll to the bottom there and see if changing the text there will fix your problem.

    greets

    Thread Starter katielems

    (@katielems)

    Can you clarify how to get to the page you’re talking about?

    Hey ??
    just Go to Header.php file in your theme’s folder and find the below code,

    <title><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> | <?php is_front_page() ? bloginfo('description') : wp_title(); ?></title>

    and remove

    <?php bloginfo('name'); ?> | <?php is_front_page() ? bloginfo('description') : wp_title(); ?>

    from

    <title> </title>

    and add whatever you want to show it on your tab between <title> </title>
    ,
    I suggest you to just change only

    <?php bloginfo('name'); ?>

    because this function calls site name and other two will call for current front page and description.
    hope this will work ?

    Thread Starter katielems

    (@katielems)

    I tried adding

    <?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?>

    and both

    Hot & Sour

    and

    Hot and Sour

    in between with no success

    Replace this <?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?> with Hot & Sour.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    Use Yoast SEO rather than following Naveen’s advice. It will provide you with a lot more flexibility.

    Thread Starter katielems

    (@katielems)

    Naveen, I did try that and it didn’t seem to work.

    Steve, what do you mean by use Yoast SEO? I can’t find a place on my plugin where I can edit the title.

    https://kb.yoast.com/kb/yoast-wordpress-seo-titles-metas-template-variables/

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    set the defaults for titles on https://www.hotandsourblog.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_titles and override for individual pages/posts by editing the page/post and editing the snippet in the Yoast SEO section

    Thread Starter katielems

    (@katielems)

    When I try to use the link, it leads me to my dashboard. My SEO dropdown only includes: Search Appearance, Search Console, Social, Tools, and Premium.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    It’s the “search appearance” link, on the “general” tab.

    Thread Starter katielems

    (@katielems)

    I changed it to Hot & Sour, and it shows up as Hot and Sour on my tab. Is this because characters are not allowed?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    You’d have to escape that, so use ampersand amp semicolon to get &. HTML is weird.

    I can’t paste that in correctly here. I’ll have to use an image.

    See https://cldup.com/u_UNHwGrvVr/dnZG38.png

    Thread Starter katielems

    (@katielems)

    I tried it and it didn’t work, but I’m not too concerned about that. Will it also show up as Hot and Sour in Google searches? It hasn’t yet, but I’m not sure it if will need time to update.

    Is there a difference between the “home page” and the main site page?

    Thanks for your help!

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    yes. and yes.

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