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    • SamCUK
      SamCUK last edited by

      My categories are indexed and I want to change the category page title. At present it just defaults to the category name but I want to set a different page title. For example I want the category to be 'Motor Cars' but I want the category page title to be 'Buy Motor Cars - New And Used'.

      How can I do this?

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      • seoman10
        seoman10 last edited by

        The easiest way is to do it is from WordPress itself, as in the CMS settings, changing the code itself can get tricky and problematic especially when you come to update.

        You can change the default meta title from the Yoast SEO plug-in > search appearance > Taxonomies tab see here https://www.print4hospitality.co.uk/edit-category-titles/

        or you can of course edit individual pages, which of course is not very practical for a site-wide change.

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        • Antony_Towle
          Antony_Towle last edited by

          I have been looking at this recently also and you can do it with the newest version of the Yoast SEO plugin.

          Navigate to Posts>Categories and then select the category you would like to edit. On this page you can input your Meta Title and Description, breadcrumbs title and title and indexing status using Yoast

          Hope this helps

          James

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          • SamCUK
            SamCUK @GeorgeDavis last edited by

            That doesn't appear to work for me. Are there any plugins maybe?

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            • GeorgeDavis
              GeorgeDavis @SamCUK last edited by

              It is hard for me to tell, as your template may vary.  That does appear to be the correct spot, try it out and see what happens.

              Make sure you are backing up for wordpress database and install before you go changing this stuff.

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              • SamCUK
                SamCUK @GeorgeDavis last edited by

                IThanks -  don't have that exact code but I do have this?

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                • GeorgeDavis
                  GeorgeDavis last edited by

                  In wordpress editor, edit archives.php, find the following code block and change as needed:

                   <code># term->Title(); ?></code> 
                  
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