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How Do I Remove The Title Of My Site In The Wordpress Header

by highbids
11 replies
How do I remove my sites title in the header & just have my own
custom header there with out the title text showing.

I've tried removing it in wordpress in settings-Site Title and when
I do & bookmark it it shows this bookmark.

http--www.ebidpennyauctions.com-

Here's my site ebidpennyauctions.com

I know it's important for seo & will be using a seo pluging to
seo the site is there a plugin that will do this.
#header #remove #site #title #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author N4PGW
    You are using the default theme, 2011. I haven't played with it, but you can look at the theme options. You might find an option of turning off the title. If not, you can either edit the header.php file to take it out or find a theme that allows it.

    I use Flexibility 3, a free theme that allows you to customize it any way you want.

    If it is not there, you can either find a theme that allows it, or edit the header.php file (I think) to remove it.
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  • Profile picture of the author highbids
    Thanks hopefully someone here will steer me toward a way to do this
    with a theme or plugin.
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  • Profile picture of the author sheepswitch
    If you want to remove it from the page, you'll have to edit the header.php file. Look for a code similar to this >>> <h1><?php the_title() ?></h1> and delete it.

    Or go to the settings table in the admin panel and see if there's an option to remove it.

    If you want, pm me your header file and I'll do it for you
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    • Profile picture of the author highbids
      I'll see if I can edit it myself first are there any themes you can
      recommend that's simple to use that's also good for seo.


      Originally Posted by sheepswitch View Post

      If you want to remove it from the page, you'll have to edit the header.php file. Look for a code similar to this >>> <h1><?php the_title() ?></h1> and delete it.

      Or go to the settings table in the admin panel and see if there's an option to remove it.

      If you want, pm me your header file and I'll do it for you
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      • Profile picture of the author N4PGW
        Originally Posted by highbids View Post

        I'll see if I can edit it myself first are there any themes you can
        recommend that's simple to use that's also good for seo.
        I think you overlooked this in my reply:
        I use Flexibility 3, a free theme that allows you to customize it any way you want.
        Flexibility 3 is a very versatile and SEO friendly theme.
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        • Profile picture of the author ebony66
          Have you tried this?
          Go to appearance
          Click on the theme name in the navigation area
          You can change anything you want about your theme

          For instance if I click on the theme I am using
          and click on "Header" there is this option:

          Retain title/tagline for SEO? (if using logo):

          You can select - No

          Worth a try
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          • Profile picture of the author cpacashman
            Thanks that got it fixed I'm using the Twenty Eleven them and there was an option in the header settings down at the bottom to display text and
            I checked the no box & it worked.


            Originally Posted by ebony66 View Post

            Have you tried this?
            Go to appearance
            Click on the theme name in the navigation area
            You can change anything you want about your theme

            For instance if I click on the theme I am using
            and click on "Header" there is this option:

            Retain title/tagline for SEO? (if using logo):

            You can select - No

            Worth a try
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  • Profile picture of the author Alastair McDermott
    This is about the text in the site banner, not your HTML title which is a different thing.

    Don't delete it in your theme or set it to empty in WordPress settings - not the best way to go about it for SEO at all

    If you look at your site homepage and do View Source you will see:

    Code:
    <header id="branding" role="banner">
			<hgroup>

				<h1 id="site-title"><span><a href="http://www.ebidpennyauctions.com/" title="ebidpennyauctions.com" rel="home">ebidpennyauctions.com</a></span></h1>
				<h2 id="site-description"></h2>
			</hgroup>
    The bit between <h1 id="site-title"> and </h1> is the bit that's showing at the top of your page. What you can do is edit your theme's header.php file (go to Dashboard -> Theme -> Editor - > header.php) and change the text <h1 id="site-title"> to read <h1 id="site-title" style="display:none;"> and update.

    There's a bunch more you can do, and other ways you can do it (e.g. if the theme provides a function to hide the banner text) but this will get you started. Learn some more basic CSS and HTML at the likes of w3schools.

    HTH
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    • Profile picture of the author highbids
      I've just tried the suffusion theme & the same thing with the title
      did wordpress change something with there update.

      Which code down below would stay the same in other themes
      for me to do the same thing.

      Originally Posted by AMcDermott View Post

      This is about the text in the site banner, not your HTML title which is a different thing.

      Don't delete it in your theme or set it to empty in WordPress settings - not the best way to go about it for SEO at all

      If you look at your site homepage and do View Source you will see:

      Code:
      <header id="branding" role="banner">
            <hgroup>
 
                <h1 id="site-title"><span><a href="http://www.ebidpennyauctions.com/" title="ebidpennyauctions.com" rel="home">ebidpennyauctions.com</a></span></h1>
                <h2 id="site-description"></h2>
            </hgroup>
      The bit between <h1 id="site-title"> and </h1> is the bit that's showing at the top of your page. What you can do is edit your theme's header.php file (go to Dashboard -> Theme -> Editor - > header.php) and change the text <h1 id="site-title"> to read <h1 id="site-title" style="display:none;"> and update.

      There's a bunch more you can do, and other ways you can do it (e.g. if the theme provides a function to hide the banner text) but this will get you started. Learn some more basic CSS and HTML at the likes of w3schools.

      HTH
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  • Profile picture of the author sheepswitch
    Most good themes with integrated SEO plugins are not free. This site has lots of SEO themes:
    themeforest.net/searches?term=seo&type=files&categories=wordpress& sidebar_redirect=true

    heatmaptheme.com/

    Sadly, they aren't free.

    Free: wordpress.org/extend/themes/quickpress
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  • Profile picture of the author GregSilva
    Just use an SEO plugin like All-In-One SEO and you can change the title of your pages to whatever you want.
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