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Sparrow
Sparrow

Reputation: 13

How do I override title and meta tags in WordPress?

My goal is simple... I created a page in the WordPress root named download.php:

<?php
    $heading_bs = 'My bla bla heading..';
    require_once('wp-load.php');
    get_header();
    // My code here...
    get_footer();
?>

How do I insert $heading_bs in <title> and meta title?

How can I make a custom description?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2602

Answers (1)

user488187
user488187

Reputation:

The typical approach would be to make download.php a template, since otherwise it would not get the required WordPress support for get_header() and get_footer().

The <title> tag is created in your header.php template file. You can test in header.php for your special template and adjust accordingly:

<title><?php echo (get_page_template() == 'download.php') ? $heading_bs : wp_title() ?></title>

You could also test for the existence of the special heading variable:

<title><?php echo (isset($heading_bs) && $heading_bs) ? $heading_bs : wp_title() ?></title>

or if you would rather keep the standard title statement:

<?php if (isset($heading_bs) && $heading_bs) : ?>
<title><?php echo $heading_bs ?></title>
<?php else : ?>
<title>...your current title...</title>
<?php endif; ?>

Upvotes: 1

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