23. December 2005
Hacks
Add the parent page name to the title tag on sub-pages
The page you are currently viewing is a sub-page of the page “Wordpress”.
The regular title would look like “lynk » Hacks”. This is fine because the page is about Hacks, but it doesn’t tell you by the title that it’s about Wordpress Hacks.
“lynk » Wordpress » Hacks” is much better for search engine results.
Replacement for <title></title> in header.php:
<title><?php
bloginfo('name');
if($wp_query->post->post_parent!=0)
{
$_post_parent = get_post($wp_query->post->post_parent);
echo " » ".$_post_parent->post_title;
}
wp_title();
?></title>
2 Responses to “Hacks”
Thank you. That’s a neat hack and I’m using it now.
FWIW, my pages go down 3 levels, and once you hit the bottom, the parent page has gone from the title – but that’s something I can easily live with.
Funnily enough as I was writing this I looked at my breadcrumbs and saw the remarkable similarity between how they work and how the title should look. Maybe that will be my first attempt at a plugin – though it seems a bit harsh to rip off all the hard work that others have done.
Anyway, thanks.
Ted
Really helpful. Thank you very much!
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