How do I alter the ? character that precedes wp_title

Check (most likely) your theme’s header. And look for » — that’s what makes a ?

I looked there and nothing. Where ever I use or move the <?php wp_title(); ?> code the » preceds it. Example:
If I alter page.php in the theme so the Page title appears before the blog info …like this…

..<title><?php wp_title(); ?> | <?php bloginfo(‘name’); ?></title>..

The page title appears like this:
» Pagetitle | blogInfo

I just want to drop the “»” but I don’t see it anywhere in the code…I Know waht I’m looking for —- & r a q uo ;
Am I crazy?

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Does your theme have a header.php? That’s where I’d be looking.

Yes it does, but there is no indication of the & r a q uo ; code anywhere:

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Here is why I don’t think this is part of the theme or header:
(beside that fact I can’t find the code anywhere)

If I move <?php wp_title(); ?> into the meta keywords area of a given page and then examine the keyword meta after the page is generated it includes the & r a q uo ; before the wp_title in the keyword meta data.

It appears to me as if the & r a q uo ; charcater is generated as part of the <?php wp_title(); ?>.

Does that make any sense. I’m puling my hair out and there isn’t a whole lot left ??

Odd. I don’t recall that being hard-coded anywhere. And, assuming I found your blog, you have two of ’em in the <title>!

Let’s take another tack: Can you copy your theme’s header.php over to https://wordpress.pastebin.ca/ and post the link back here?

I’d like to have a peek at it.

wp_title automatically outputs the symbol. Just pass the argument ” to the title and it should work.
EG
<?php wp_title('');?>

… and this is why we shouldn’t try and do support with a 100+ fever and flu.

I’m so sorry for wasting your time, emortell.

Ok done.

Thanks or tying to unravel this with me.

“assuming I found your blog”
This issue is not with my Captain’s blog ??
I am too afraid to upgrade that one to ver 2.1 for fear I’ll kill all my links and loose my posts.

this is why we shouldn’t try and do support with a 100+ fever and flu.”
Ahah I knew something had to have been wrong.

If for some reason you actually need it to show up in other places and only want it to remove just first one:
<?php echo trim(wp_title('&raquo;',false), '&raquo; ');?>

HandySolo,
No waste of time at all. I apreciate any help I can get ??
Feel Better!

Ajd777,
Thanks very much for solving my issue!