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Wordpress Post Title Question

by Trent Brownrigg
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I have several wordpress blogs and by default the blog title comes after the post title on individual posts.

For example, if I have a post titled "Trent is Awesome" and my blog title is "Things That Are Cool" the title would look like this:

Trent is Awesome >> Things That Are Cool

However, I have one WP blog that does it the other way around and puts the blog title before every post title. That's annoying because the blog title comes up in the search engine results before each post title.

How do I change it to put the post title first as described above?

I am not technical at all so the simplest instructions would be great!

Thanks!
#post #question #title #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author J. David Rogers
    Try the All in One SEO plugin. You can use it to configure your page titles as you described, and a whole lot more. You can download it from the main wordpress.org site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ken Shorey
    Hi Trent,

    Do you use the All in one SEO plugin?
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  • Profile picture of the author Trent Brownrigg
    Actually I do use it on some of my blogs. For some reason I never even thought of installing it on this one. I will do that. Thanks!

    Either way I would still like to know the answer to my original question without using a plugin just for future reference.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Dulisse
    Go Settings/Permalink, and delete after %posttitle% |
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    • Profile picture of the author entrepenerd
      Originally Posted by Mark Dulisse View Post

      Go Settings/Permalink, and delete after %posttitle% |
      That changes the URL, not the page title in the browser


      If you wanted to do this without a plugin, you would need to edit the theme you are using. I wouldn't recommend it. That's why there are so many SEO plugins out there. They make it much easier to make a simple sitewide change like this. All-in-one SEO is very good, but is no longer in active development. Another good option based on All-in-one SEO is Platinum SEO pack. It's in active development and is very similar to the original with some enhancements.

      Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ken Shorey
    Trent,

    Go the the theme editor and edit open the header.php file

    Look for the tilte section and make sure it looks like this:

    <title><?php if (is_home()) { bloginfo('description'); } else { wp_title('',true); } ?> -- <?php bloginfo('name'); ?></title>
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  • Profile picture of the author Trent Brownrigg
    @Ken - Thanks I'll try that.
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  • Profile picture of the author LoveLinguist
    This is a good tip. I'll remember to use All in one SEO on my next blog. Didn't realize the positive impact on titles.

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    The Love Linguist
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  • Profile picture of the author Trent Brownrigg
    Okay, here is what mine says...

    <?php bloginfo('name'); ?> <?php if ( is_single() ) { ?> <?php } ?> <?php wp_title(); ?>

    So what should it be instead?
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  • Profile picture of the author Ken Shorey
    Trent,

    Try

    <?php wp_title(); ?> <?php if ( is_single() ) { ?> <?php } ?> <?php bloginfo('name'); ?>
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  • Profile picture of the author Ivancho
    All in One SEO plugin for wordpress is your answer...

    Their is other way that you can change this but you need to edit some of the code of the php files
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  • Profile picture of the author Samuel Lee
    Great posts so far, the all in one SEO is a great plugin to use but I don't think its still being supported by developers, but the there is a new all in one SEO platinum pack which still has current support by developers. I'd highly reccommend it as it's still in active development and is extremely similar to the original with great new features. Hope this helps!
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