If you're using the Yoast SEO plugin (which it looks like you are) then [this](http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/163023/96768) answer might help you > If you are using yoast SEO plugin then the easiest method is to remove > the archive word from "titles & metas-> Taxonomies->category" > > find: > > %%term_title%% Archives %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% replace it with: > > %%term_title%% %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% Alternatively you could try changing it using the `get_the_archive_title` filter as explained [here](http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/179590/96768) > > add_filter( 'get_the_archive_title', function ($title) { > > if ( is_category() ) { > > $title = single_cat_title( '', false ); > > } elseif ( is_tag() ) { > > $title = single_tag_title( '', false ); > > } elseif ( is_author() ) { > > $title = '<span class="vcard">' . get_the_author() . '</span>' ; > > } > > return $title; > > });