Description
By default, the page title will display the separator before the page title, so that the blog title will be before the page title. This is not good for title display, since the blog title shows up on most tabs and not what is important, which is the page that the user is looking at.
There are also SEO benefits to having the blog title after or to the ‘right’ of the page title. However, it is mostly common sense to have the blog title to the right with most browsers supporting tabs. You can achieve this by using the seplocation parameter and setting the value to ‘right’. This change was introduced around 2.5.0, in case backward compatibility of themes is important.
Parameters
- $sep
-
(string) (Optional) How to separate the various items within the page title. Default '»'.
Default value: '»'
- $display
-
(bool) (Optional) Whether to display or retrieve title.
Default value: true
- $seplocation
-
(string) (Optional) Location of the separator ('left' or 'right').
Default value: ''
Return
(string|null) String on retrieve, null when displaying.
Best practices
Plugins might use the wp_title filter to generate a value. While it is possible to construct a “title” by doing things such as concatenating with bloginfo (the Site Name), if you do not use the wp_title function in your theme, you will likely have errors or unexpected behavior.
Return Values
The function returns a concatenated string. It always queries the database for a default string; the value of the default string depends on the type of post or page:
- Single post
- the title of the post
-
Date-based archive
- the date (e.g., “2006”, “2006 – January”)
- Category
- the name of the category
-
Author page
- the public name of the user
The function then prepends or appends the sep string and returns the entire value.
Source
File: wp-includes/general-template.php
function wp_title( $sep = '»', $display = true, $seplocation = '' ) {
global $wp_locale;
$m = get_query_var( 'm' );
$year = get_query_var( 'year' );
$monthnum = get_query_var( 'monthnum' );
$day = get_query_var( 'day' );
$search = get_query_var( 's' );
$title = '';
$t_sep = '%WP_TITLE_SEP%'; // Temporary separator, for accurate flipping, if necessary.
// If there is a post.
if ( is_single() || ( is_home() && ! is_front_page() ) || ( is_page() && ! is_front_page() ) ) {
$title = single_post_title( '', false );
}
// If there's a post type archive.
if ( is_post_type_archive() ) {
$post_type = get_query_var( 'post_type' );
if ( is_array( $post_type ) ) {
$post_type = reset( $post_type );
}
$post_type_object = get_post_type_object( $post_type );
if ( ! $post_type_object->has_archive ) {
$title = post_type_archive_title( '', false );
}
}
// If there's a category or tag.
if ( is_category() || is_tag() ) {
$title = single_term_title( '', false );
}
// If there's a taxonomy.
if ( is_tax() ) {
$term = get_queried_object();
if ( $term ) {
$tax = get_taxonomy( $term->taxonomy );
$title = single_term_title( $tax->labels->name . $t_sep, false );
}
}
// If there's an author.
if ( is_author() && ! is_post_type_archive() ) {
$author = get_queried_object();
if ( $author ) {
$title = $author->display_name;
}
}
// Post type archives with has_archive should override terms.
if ( is_post_type_archive() && $post_type_object->has_archive ) {
$title = post_type_archive_title( '', false );
}
// If there's a month.
if ( is_archive() && ! empty( $m ) ) {
$my_year = substr( $m, 0, 4 );
$my_month = $wp_locale->get_month( substr( $m, 4, 2 ) );
$my_day = intval( substr( $m, 6, 2 ) );
$title = $my_year . ( $my_month ? $t_sep . $my_month : '' ) . ( $my_day ? $t_sep . $my_day : '' );
}
// If there's a year.
if ( is_archive() && ! empty( $year ) ) {
$title = $year;
if ( ! empty( $monthnum ) ) {
$title .= $t_sep . $wp_locale->get_month( $monthnum );
}
if ( ! empty( $day ) ) {
$title .= $t_sep . zeroise( $day, 2 );
}
}
// If it's a search.
if ( is_search() ) {
/* translators: 1: Separator, 2: Search query. */
$title = sprintf( __( 'Search Results %1$s %2$s' ), $t_sep, strip_tags( $search ) );
}
// If it's a 404 page.
if ( is_404() ) {
$title = __( 'Page not found' );
}
$prefix = '';
if ( ! empty( $title ) ) {
$prefix = " $sep ";
}
/**
* Filters the parts of the page title.
*
* @since 4.0.0
*
* @param string[] $title_array Array of parts of the page title.
*/
$title_array = apply_filters( 'wp_title_parts', explode( $t_sep, $title ) );
// Determines position of the separator and direction of the breadcrumb.
if ( 'right' === $seplocation ) { // Separator on right, so reverse the order.
$title_array = array_reverse( $title_array );
$title = implode( " $sep ", $title_array ) . $prefix;
} else {
$title = $prefix . implode( " $sep ", $title_array );
}
/**
* Filters the text of the page title.
*
* @since 2.0.0
*
* @param string $title Page title.
* @param string $sep Title separator.
* @param string $seplocation Location of the separator ('left' or 'right').
*/
$title = apply_filters( 'wp_title', $title, $sep, $seplocation );
// Send it out.
if ( $display ) {
echo $title;
} else {
return $title;
}
} Changelog
| Version | Description |
| 1.0.0 | Introduced. |