top tab showing site name twice

This is how the home page looks in the latest version of Google Chrome: https://screencast.com/t/h9PkhTKQ8suh

thanks. but what i mean, is on chrome, the tabs on the top of the screen that show all the sites you are on. the one for my site says Pro MMA Insider Pro MMA Insider. and if you went to another page it would say something like Pro MMA Insider Jon Jones wins fight. I need to get rid of the extra pro mma insider that shows up

It is really frustrating, if i tweet an article for example, the ProMMAInsider blocks off the title of the article

Might be due to Yoast SEO plugin – try deactivating that to see.

it is from the yoast plug in. i just dont know what it is in there that is causing it to do that

It’s actually because of your theme. In your theme, in header.php, you will find the code echoing the title. You want to get rid of that.

Take a look here:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/wordpress-seo-yoast-duplicate-site-title?replies=17

And here:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-duplicate-title-when-yoast-seo-plugin-is-active?replies=17

To do it properly, it’s best to do it from a child theme.

EASIEST FIX: If you want to go the easy route.. try this:
In the settings for the WordPress SEO -> Titles and Meta -> General tab, choose Force Rewrite Titles.

it didnt work when i chose the force rewrite titles. the rest of what you said is foreign to me. i dont know anything about codes. i am trying to figure out where all that is, but not seeing anything yet

Can’t you talk to whoever gave you that theme for support?

i just found it for free. the forums there are not very well supported. the thing is i have another site that has the exact same theme and it doesnt have the problem. i compared the yoast plug in and both and they are set up exactly the same way.

and i would assume since when i deactivate yoast and it is ok, that is is a yoast problem and not a theme problem.

i checked those threads and tried several of the suggested solutions. none have worked yet

Let’s try switching to Twenty Twelve/ Eleven default theme to resolve this.

Can you do that and then set up a Child Theme?

actually, i found a solution in one of the threads. i changed my title from <title><?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?><?php wp_title(); ?></title>

to

<title><?php wp_title(”); ?></title>

that did it. only problem now is when i try to put a link of an article on face book, it still says ProMMAInsiderName of my article. I would like to get rid of the Pro MMA Insider part. is that part of the same problem?

and thanks for the help so far!

and i also found out every single one of my categories is now going to a 404 page error. ugh!

when i try to put a link of an article on face book, it still says ProMMAInsiderName of my article

You may have to ask this to Facebook/ Facebook-relating forums.

yea, that isnt that big of a deal. and again, my other site is set up the same and doesnt do it. but i can live with this for now. the 404 thing is not good though. i will look for a solution in the forums on that and hopefully wont have to do another thread. i hate being computer stupid! thanks again for everyones help

hmm. working now. thread closed