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WordPress Tagline

by cooler1
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How do you remove the tagline which appears inside the header image?

The tagline I mean is the one which is set in Settings> General Settings

I outsourced a web site which doesn't have the tagline displayed in the header image.

Im using exactly the same header.php file as that site. Also I have the Allinone SEO plugin setup exactly the same, so im confused as to why the tagline appears in the header.

Thanks,
#tagline #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author flhtth
    Easily done. First go to your admin page (your site URL/wp-admin) Go to Dashboard. If you have the latest version 3.1.4, you can click the admin tab at the top of the page to open the dashboard.

    Scroll down the left side and click on Settings. When that opens click on General. When that opens you will see a block with the word Tagline in front of it.

    Remove the text in that block, and make sure the block is left empty with no text in it.

    Click Save Settings at the bottom of the page and you should be good to go.
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    • Profile picture of the author cooler1
      Originally Posted by flhtth View Post

      Easily done. First go to your admin page (your site URL/wp-admin) Go to Dashboard. If you have the latest version 3.1.4, you can click the admin tab at the top of the page to open the dashboard.

      Scroll down the left side and click on Settings. When that opens click on General. When that opens you will see a block with the word Tagline in front of it.

      Remove the text in that block, and make sure the block is left empty with no text in it.

      Click Save Settings at the bottom of the page and you should be good to go.
      I know I can remove it by removing the tagline, but isn't having a tagline good for SEO purposes or does it make no difference?
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  • Profile picture of the author hotlinkz
    Ok, I'm confused. Do you want to remove the tagline or not?

    It can be beneficial, but it's not a deal-breaker; especially if
    you are using a theme that creates a really ugly tagline.

    There are thousands of high PR and high ranking blogs that
    do not implement the tagline.
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    • Profile picture of the author cooler1
      Originally Posted by hotlinkz View Post

      Ok, I'm confused. Do you want to remove the tagline or not?

      It can be beneficial, but it's not a deal-breaker; especially if
      you are using a theme that creates a really ugly tagline.

      There are thousands of high PR and high ranking blogs that
      do not implement the tagline.
      I want to remove the tagline from being shown on the header yes, but I wasn't sure if it's good to have one for SEO purposes or not. I'll just remove it completely then if it's no deal breaker.

      Is the tagline purely for visual purposes or do the search engines read it also?
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    If you want to have but not to show it...

    Find the name (class or id) of the div (HTML element) containing it.
    Add to the stylesheet:
    element-name {
    display: none;
    }
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    • Profile picture of the author cooler1
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      If you want to have but not to show it...

      Find the name (class or id) of the div (HTML element) containing it.
      Add to the stylesheet:
      element-name {
      display: none;
      }
      Thanks. Im not sure where it is contained. Im using a custom theme. Below is the header.php file, which line displays the tag and how do I find out the class or ID.

      <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
      <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
      <head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11">
      <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" />
      <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type') ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo('charset') ?>" />
      <title><?php echo art_get_page_title() ?></title>
      <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url') ?>" type="text/css" media="screen" />
      <!--[if IE 6]><link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/style.ie6.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /><![endif]-->
      <!--[if IE 7]><link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/style.ie7.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /><![endif]-->
      <?php if(WP_VERSION < 3.0): ?>
      <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="<?php printf(__('%s RSS Feed', 'kubrick'), get_bloginfo('name')); ?>" href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" />
      <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="<?php printf(__('%s Atom Feed', 'kubrick'), get_bloginfo('name')); ?>" href="<?php bloginfo('atom_url'); ?>" />
      <?php endif; ?>
      <link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo('pingback_url'); ?>" />
      <?php if (is_file(TEMPLATEPATH .'/favicon.ico')):?>
      <link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/favicon.ico" />
      <?php endif; ?>
      <?php wp_head(); ?>
      <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/script.js"></script>
      </head>
      <body>
      <?php
      ob_start();
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    That's all in the header.php?

    Then it will be more difficult because you'll have to edit many files. Meaning: the line is NOT there in this file. You see on a website only what's AFTER the <body> tag...
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