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

11 years ago

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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highbids

11 years ago

Thanks hopefully someone here will steer me toward a way to do this
with a theme or plugin.

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sheepswitch

11 years ago

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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highbids

11 years ago

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

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

Thanks
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N4PGW

11 years ago

Originally Posted by 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.

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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ebony66

11 years ago

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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cpacashman

11 years ago

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

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

Thanks

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Alastair McDermott

11 years ago

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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highbids

11 years ago

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

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

Thanks

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sheepswitch

11 years ago

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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GregSilva

11 years ago

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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