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I want to display different titles in category archives than the category title.

I have created a function with if statements for this purpose:

function category_titles_change() {
    if (is_category('name1')) { ?>  
        new title 1
    <?php }
    elseif (is_category('name2')) { ?>  
        new title 2
    <?php }
    elseif (is_category('name3')) { ?>  
        new title 3
    <?php }
}

How can I use this to change the <title></title> shown in the <head></head>

I have tried this:

function head_category_titles_change() {    
 if (is_category()) { ?> 
 <title> 
<?php category_titles_change(); ?> 
 </title> 
<?php }}
add_action( 'wp_head', 'head_category_titles_change' );

But this ads a second <title> to the <head> in addition to the default title. How can I replace the default Title in Category archives with my desired titles?

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2 Answers 2

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Well thank you for this question i did this after you posted this

function category_title( $title ){
if( is_category('name1') ){
    $title = 'name1 title';
}elseif( is_category('name2') ){
    $title = 'name2 title';
}
return $title;
}
add_filter( 'get_the_archive_title', 'category_title' );

Hope this helps

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  • +1 for the effort, but doesn't work. Doesn't have any effect.
    – IXN
    Commented Apr 26, 2018 at 13:26
  • It woks if I use add_filter( 'pre_get_document_title', 'category_title' );
    – IXN
    Commented Apr 26, 2018 at 14:39
  • It worked in my archive page bro
    – sagar
    Commented Apr 30, 2018 at 5:18
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You shouldn't use wp_head action - it doesn't give you a chance to modify title that is already printed. But WordPress has special hook for that: wp_title.

The code below should do the trick:

function my_change_category_title( $title, $sep ) {
    if ( is_category('name1') ) {
        return 'Cat 1 title';
    }
    if ( is_category('name2') ) {
        return 'Cat 2 title';
    }
    ...

    return $title;
}
add_filter( 'wp_title', 'my_change_category_title', 10, 2 );

You can also try to use pre_get_document_title hook with the same filter function.

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  • +1 for the effort, but doesn't work. Doesn't have any effect.
    – IXN
    Commented Apr 26, 2018 at 13:26
  • And does your theme use wp_title at all? Do you use any SEO plugins that may rewrite the title?
    – Krzysiek Dróżdż
    Commented Apr 26, 2018 at 13:27
  • I don't use any Seo plugins. There is no wp_title in my functions. There is only: add_theme_support( 'title-tag' ); and this code changing the separator: add_filter( 'document_title_separator', 'xxx_title_separator' ); function xxx_title_separator( $sep ) { $sep = ''; return $sep;} Maybe we should use 'document_title_parts' or wp_get_document_title()?
    – IXN
    Commented Apr 26, 2018 at 13:53
  • 1
    It woks if I use add_filter( 'pre_get_document_title', 'my_change_category_title' );
    – IXN
    Commented Apr 26, 2018 at 14:38

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