Duplicate Title Still Active

Hello e11studios,

Could you explain exactly what they’re stating with duplicated titles, maybe they’ve pointed to the conflicting pages as well?

I just browsed throughout your site and I couldn’t find any significant issues regarding the SEO meta data output.

This title fix plugin only fixes incorrect output caused by incorrect theme coding standards, not duplicated output per se. And it’s only focused on the <title> tag output, nothing else.

My site is outputting duplicate titles. May I ask what was changed in the header file to alleviate your issue?

I will list my current plugins, however, the only way that I have found to resolve my issue is to change the theme, however the developer hasn’t been very responsive.

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I have tried the “title fix” plugin also, with no luck.

I’m not sure is someone changed some of the code or not…this is NOT my field. I have attached both the function and header files [moderated]

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Hi e11studios,

Thanks for continuing this topic here! ??

What you’ll need to do is force the title fix.
Because the theme is doing it “somewhat” right, the plugin can’t detect it.

To force the title fix, you’ll need to have the Title Fix extension active.
Then, you’ll need to add the following filter to your installation:

add_filter( 'the_seo_framework_force_title_fix', '__return_true' );

This should overwrite the incorrect title output.

If you’re not sure where to put that filter, please refer to this guide.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you require any further assistance.

Have a wonderful day! ??

@cybr, Sorry you’re not allowed to support your customers here.
Edit: I assume this from your modlook comment.

Hi @anevins,

The modlook tag was (as you’ve guessed correctly) aimed at the link to the premium theme files.
I am not a supplier of (the removed) premium software, so I’m not really sure where this is aimed at:

you’re not allowed to support your customers here.

I’m simply helping users out on the matter of theme conflicts against the free software I’ve provided on these forums.

I requested the files in this comment to be sent privately.
So, I added the modlook tag as I assumed they shouldn’t be posted within the forums :).

That makes sense

I’ve added the code to the functions.php file with no luck. Am I missing a step?

[moderated again – Please stop posting commercial code here]

Hi e11studios,

That’s odd, maybe your theme isn’t running the action get_header correctly.

Nevertheless, as I still have a copy of your previously shared code, I can see you know you way around with code as I see you are making your own custom modifications :).

So, let’s try these methods (pick only one):

Method 1: (easy)
In your header.php file, please go to line 9, you’ll see:

<title><?php bloginfo('name'); ?><?php wp_title(); ?></title>

Please change that into:

<title><?php wp_title(''); ?></title>

Method 2: (future-proof)
If you wish to have a more future-proof (and faster!) title output, pick this method.
You’ll need to remove the title output completely (line 9 in header.php), and add the following to your functions.php file:

add_theme_support( 'title-tag' );

Conclusion:
Both of these methods will make sure you won’t need this title fix plugin and all should be solved permanently :).

I hope this helps! Good luck!

Wow! I used the 2nd method and it totally worked. I can’t thank you enough. I will certainly pay it forward if I can help someone.

That’s great to hear!

I’m marking this topic as resolved. If you have any other questions, feel free to open a new topic :).

Have a wonderful day! (You as well Andrew :))

Neither of the solutions above worked for me, but your posts and others helped me discover another method that did work. Here’s a summary of what I did to resolve the duplicate titles caused by SEO Yoast in Cyberchimps themes iFeature Pro 5 and iRibbon Pro 2:

HOW TO FIX PROBLEM OF DUPLICATE PAGE TITLES WHEN USING SEO YOAST

Do NOT enable “Force rewrite titles” in the Yoast SEO plugin on the SEO -> Titles & Metas page. If you “Force rewrite titles”, it will slow down your site.

– You need to use a CHILD THEME so you won’t lose your changes and improvements when your original theme is updated. Your child theme will require at least its own folder, a style.css file, and a functions.php file, and in this case, you also need a header.php file, which is one of the keys to getting rid of the duplicate titles.

– In cPanel, copy the complete header.php file from the original theme to the child theme. Or download a copy from the original, and then upload it to your child theme via FTP.

– In the child theme’s header.php file, delete the title element, which will be between <title> and </title>. such as <title><?php wp_title(”); ?></title> or
<title><?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?><?php wp_title(); ?></title>

When editing pages or posts:

– DO fill in the Title in the default WordPress title field at the top of the edit page. If you do not fill in the title at the top of the edit page, it will be much harder to find individual pages in the Dashboard, since the pages won’t have titles.

– Do NOT fill in the SEO Title in the snippet editor in the Yoast SEO section of the edit page. Leave it at the default %%title%%%%page%%%%sep%%%%sitename%% or else you will get duplicate titles. (It’s good to fill in the meta description in that section.)

The steps above eliminated all duplicate titles on multiple sites which used those two themes. I hope this helps others who have the same problem.

IMPORTANT ADDENDUM: I forgot to mention one step in the fix.

You need to add the following code to functions.php:
add_theme_support( ‘title-tag’ );

If the moderator wants to insert the info in my previous reply, that would be fine, or delete both of my replies, alert me to the fact, and I’ll post again with the missing step included. I apologize for the confusion.

Hi @davekinskey,

I see that your method is more specific to Yoast SEO, but it’s essentially the same as my second method; although far more detailed.

Next time, if you wish to insert code, use backticks ?? otherwise your code might be wrongfully formatted; an apostrophe can become something else, for example.

add_theme_support( ‘title-tag’ ); // PHP error
add_theme_support( 'title-tag' ); // All good.

Have a wonderful weekend!

• This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Sybre Waaijer.