How to edit WP-title separator? WordPress newbie…

Hello petrachappell,

Is this a template you have brought or did you create it yourself? You can edit the title separator by adding in a parameter to the wp_title code in your header.php. More information can be found here: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/wp_title.

I see the separator currently works on your homepage. Do you have your header.php code we could have a look at to see what’s going on?

Kind regards

Hi graphicscove,

Thanks for your comment.

I bought this template. I have had a look in the header.php file and here is the code that I think is related to the title:

<title><?php
	/*
	 * Print the <title> tag based on what is being viewed.
	 */
	global $page, $paged;

	wp_title( '|', true, 'right' );

	// Add the blog name.
	bloginfo( 'name' );

	// Add the blog description for the home/front page.
	$site_description = get_bloginfo( 'description', 'display' );
	if ( $site_description && ( is_home() || is_front_page() ) )
		echo " | $site_description";

	// Add a page number if necessary:
	if ( $paged >= 2 || $page >= 2 )
		echo ' | ' . sprintf( __( 'Page %s', 'fairpixels' ), max( $paged, $page ) );

	?>
</title>

The separator is working between the site title and the tagline (ie. the | between The Global Couple and Travel & Photography blog), but you can see there is no space or – between Home and The Global Couple (that’s what I’m wanting to add in).

I appreciate your help and time! ??

Try inserting this extra code line to print the space:

wp_title( '|', true, 'right' );
print ' ';
// Add the blog name.
bloginfo( 'name' );

However, header.php is going to be overwritten by theme updates.

Consider using this plugin:
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wordpress-seo/
At Admin page > SEO > Titles and metas, you get full control over your title text, independent of theme updates or even of theme.

Thank you lorro!

Adding the extra code worked perfectly. I’ll just need to remember to update it after theme updates.