How do I remove double meta tags?

  • It seems I have double meta info in my main page and in my posts. In my WP panel, there is an option to insert keywords and description meta tags, but these tags are already showing up and show up double when I post. How do I remove the double meta info? Can I do everything from the WP admin panel or do I need to go into the wp php files? Here’s an example…

    <!– InstanceBegin template=”/Templates/newtemplate.dwt” codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked=”false” –><head profile=”https://gmpg.org/xfn/11″&gt;
    <meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html; charset=UTF-8″ />
    <!– InstanceBeginEditable name=”doctitle” –>
    <meta name=”keywords” content=”Absoluteincentives.com” />
    <meta name=”description” content=”2Absoluteincentives.com” />
    <!– <meta name=”keywords” content=”” />
    <meta name=”description” content=”Welcome To The New Absolute Incentives!” />
    –>
    <title>AbsoluteIncentives.com – Get Rakeback from Absolute Poker » Welcome To The New Absolute Incentives!</title>

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  • Sounds like you are using a plugin that is adding meta-keywords. One of the SEO plugins would be an obvious candidate. So you need to either deactivate that plugin or remove the meta-keyword and meta-description lines in your theme’s header.php file.

    Thread Starter omgplzwork

    (@omgplzwork)

    Ok, I will install the SEO plugin. But in my header.php file I don’t see any meta info, I just see the code below. Where else would I find it?

    <?php include(‘templates/start.php’); ?>

    <!– container START –>

    <?php include(‘templates/header.php’); ?>
    <div id=”content”>
    <div class=”content_middle”>
    <div class=”content_top”>
    <div class=”content_bottom”>
    <!– Main Starts –>
    <div id=”main” class=”flL”>
    <!– innermain Starts –>
    <!– innermain Starts –>
    <div class=”inner_main”>
    <!– Section Ends –>
    <!– Section Starts –>
    <div class=”section last”>
    <div class=”introtemplate”>

    Ok, I will install the SEO plugin

    No! I meant that an SEO plugin was an obvious candidate for causing this kind of problem. If you had one installed, you could try deactivating it. Don’t install another.

    But in my header.php file I don’t see any meta info, I just see the code below. Where else would I find it?

    The relevant file appears to be templates/header.php.

    Thread Starter omgplzwork

    (@omgplzwork)

    Actually I checked and I don’t have said plug-ins installed. Just one for pagination and another for social bookmarking. When I edit individual posts there is a box called “custom fields” which allows me to set meta keywords and descriptions, is this standard in WP? I’m not sure what to do now.

    I checked the code at template/header.php and only find this…

    <!– header START –>
    <!– Header Starts –>
    <? include_once “../header.php”; ?>

    <!– navigation START –>
    <!– navigation END –>
    </div>
    <!– header END –>

    is this standard in WP?

    Custom fields are part of the native WP. but using these particular fields to populate your meta tags will be part of your theme.

    I checked the code at template/header.php and only find this

    Try looking at templates/start.php.

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