WordPress Title Tag Fix for SEO
I have been reading “Building Findable Websites” by Aarron Walter over the past few weeks. I have been mulling over the concepts and adding features to my own sites as quickly as I can. One of the things that really bugged me about WordPress is the <title> tag used by many of the themes.
For example, the title for this page used to be:
Office Cafe » Blog Archive » WordPress Title Tag Fix for SEO
But a better title is:
WordPress Title Tag Fix for SEO | Office Cafe
I agree with Aarron that it needs to be changed. Fortunately, Christopher Ross published a very easy fix to this problem on his website!
Simply change the <title> tag (found in header.php) to this:
<title><?php wp_title(”); ?> <?php if ( !(is_404()) && (is_single()) or (is_page()) or (is_archive()) ) { ?> | <?php } ?> <?php bloginfo(’name’); ?></title>
Read more here: WordPress SEO Tips - The Title Tag
I will be implementing this on my WordPress sites immediately! Thanks Christopher!