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    • Branden_S
      Branden_S last edited by

      I have an issue with a few page titles not matching the title I have In WordPress.  I have 2 pages, blog & creative gallery, that show the homepage title, which is causing duplicate title errors.  This has been going on for 5 weeks, so its not an a crawl issue.  Any ideas what could cause this?

      To clarify, I have the page title set in WP, and I checked "Disable PSP title format on this page/post:"...but this page is still showing the homepage title.  Is there an additional title setting for a page in WP?

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      • Doc_Sheldon
        Doc_Sheldon last edited by

        I changed to Wordpress SEO by Yoast. I had some issues with both Platinum SEO and Ultimate SEO, and have never had a problem with Joost's plugin.

        http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/

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        • Branden_S
          Branden_S @Doc_Sheldon last edited by

          Interesting...I deactivated Platinum SEO plugin and the blog page title changed to "homepage title | Blog page title"

          I then reactivated the Platinum SEO plugin and the blog title went to 'homepage title"

          Any solutions? ideas?   What SEO plugin did you switch to?

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          • Doc_Sheldon
            Doc_Sheldon last edited by

            Branden, I used to use Platinum SEO and occasionally had some quirky behavior like this with custom pages. Since the Blog page is basically an empty page importing recent posts, it might be playing poorly with PSEO. Have you tried turning that plugin off for a minute, doing a hard refresh and seeing what happens?

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              Branden_S @DavidKidd last edited by

              Hey David,

              I am using Platinum SEO plugin.

              the url of the page in question is www.jkradvertising.com/blog

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              • DavidKidd
                DavidKidd last edited by

                Check your other plugins for conflicts. Such as do you have an SEO plugin? What is the url of the pages in question? Is the theme changing the way the title is used. There are many things that can affect the use of the meta title. If that is what you are asking about and not the wp title. You might also check the permalinks settings.

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