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WordPress How to Build a WordPress Theme Preparing to Code WordPress Templates Adding Titles and Meta Tags

Brittany Cerra
Brittany Cerra
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Posted by Brittany Cerra
Brittany Cerra
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Question regarding argument in $pageTitle = wp_title( ' ', FALSE)

When storing the title in this variable, why are the empty parentheses necessary? Why wouldn't (FALSE) work alone as the argument?

1 Answer

Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
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Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
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Check out the WordPress codex on wp_title @ http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_title

There are 3 possible parameters for wp_title(); and they are $sep, $display, $seplocation.

$sep default value is '»' so setting it to '' gets rid of it the double arrows before the title.

"» Title of Post" is how it would look by default. "Title of Post" is how it is if you set $sep to be empty quotes.

EDIT: They're not empty quotes, there's a space inside the quotes. So there's a space before the title.

Brittany Cerra
Brittany Cerra
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Brittany Cerra
Brittany Cerra
7,424 Points

Got it! Thanks, Colin :) I appreciate it!