Is it possible to change the page title with code?
For example, let's say the page's name is "Book your Order", but I want to change it to "Book Order #123".
I Google'd a bit and looked here and didn't see anything. Anyone know of a plugin or hack?
wp_title returns the page title but doesn't allow setting the page title: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_title
There is no documentation on it but you could always apply a filter to the_title like this:
add_filter('the_title','some_callback'); function some_callback($data){ global $post; // where $data would be string(#) "current title" // Example: // (you would want to change $post->ID to however you are getting the book order #, // but you can see how it works this way with global $post;) return 'Book Order #' . $post->ID; } See these:
if ($post->ID == 45) { ... } the_title filter no longer works in the latest versions of Wordpress, use document_title_parts or pre_get_document_title filters as detailed in other answers. As of Wordpress 4.4, you can use the Wordpress filter document_title_parts to change the title.
Add the following to functions.php:
add_filter('document_title_parts', 'my_custom_title'); function my_custom_title( $title ) { // $title is an array of title parts, including one called `title` $title['title'] = 'My new title'; if (is_singular('post')) { $title['title'] = 'Fresh Post: ' . $title['title']; } return $title; } 
the_title() and get_the_title() functions work - so no need to pass any parameters. For those wishing to change the document's title attribute, I found that using the wp_title filter no longer works. Instead, use the pre_get_document_title filter:
add_filter("pre_get_document_title", "my_callback"); function my_callback($old_title){ return "My Modified Title"; } When having Yoast enabled you need to override the title like so:
add_filter('wpseo_title', 'custom_titles', 10, 1); function custom_titles() { global $wp; $current_slug = $wp->request; if ($current_slug == 'foobar') { return 'Foobar'; } } Really depends if you're looking to display a custom title for the current page (i.e. the contents of the <title></title> tag in the header) or filter the title of pages in the page body or in listings.
In the former case (the title of the current page), try adding a filter for wp_title() like so: http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/wp_title
If you want to modify page titles across the board, filtering the_title() will do the trick: http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/the_title
wp_title and the_title to cover both. If you're using All In One Seo v4+, use this filter:
add_filter( 'aioseo_title', 'aioseo_filter_title' ); function aioseo_filter_title( $title ) { if ( is_singular() ) { return $title . 'some additional title content here'; } return $title; } Actually the easiest way to do this is use one line of js.
Put the following code in the template:
<script>document.title = "<?php echo $new_title; ?>";</script> This code doesn't has to be in the html header, it can be put in the html body.
