Custom front page title doesn’t work

  • Resolved Nikodemsky

    (@nikodemsky)


    8 years, 1 month ago

    So the thing is, that “custom title” option simple doesn’t work – google still fetch Description from Settings > General > title/description, while SEO Framework should have priority(at least that’s what i understand from custom title option description).

    Is it broken or am i missing something?

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  • Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hi Nikodemsky,

    Google might not have crawled your website since you’ve changed the title. This means Google still outputs the title it has last seen from its cache.

    Could you verify that the browser tab of your front page shows the correct and newly input title? Thanks!

    Have a great weekend!

    Thread Starter Nikodemsky

    (@nikodemsky)

    I’ve already request page reindex in GSC, but seems like it will take some time.

    I was using Yoast before, so it’s kinda weird. I will wait and see when google will finally crawl my website what will be indexed, but that would be strange if google wouldn’t touch my front page in months.

    Thread Starter Nikodemsky

    (@nikodemsky)

    Ok, now i’m sure, that something’s off.

    Google reindexed front page and it took title&description from wordpress setttings, it’s almost like google bot ignoring SEO settings(i mean custom title and description) from plugin.

    Wordpress settings:

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    SEO Settings:

    View post on imgur.com

    My front page is dynamic, so there’s no other option to edit title/description for it.

    My website adress is playernotes.pl

    Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    Hi Nikodemsky,

    Checking Google index
    To get a correct reflection of your SEO data, you should use the following search query in Google:

    site:example.com/

    Or, if you wish to browse a certain path or complete URL, simply fill in the path or URL you wish to search for, like:

    site:example.com/path/

    This way, you can confirm when everything’s alright (or not).

    The issue and resolution
    Unfortunately, I noticed the title isn’t output correctly on your website.
    You should definitely try the Title Fix extension.

    If you’ve programmed your theme yourself, you should remove the title tag from the header.php file and add the following snippet in the functions.php file:

    add_theme_support( 'title-tag' );

    When this is done correctly, the Title Fix extension is no longer needed.

    More on this topic can be found here.

    When that’s finished, and when the title is output as intended in your browser tab, all the titles should be working correctly again.

    I hope this helps! Best of luck :).

    Thread Starter Nikodemsky

    (@nikodemsky)

    Seems like the extension fixed it, i’ll stick it with till next theme update.

    I know about site: command, otherwise i wouldn’t even bother you ??

    Thanks for the help!

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