Not able to change wp_title using add_filter

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I have a custom page where I try to change the page title.
The function executes, but the title is not changed. This is the code I’m using: 

  add_filter('wp_title', set_page_title($brand));

  function set_page_title($brand) { 
    $title = 'Designer '.$brand['name'].' - '.get_bloginfo('name');
    //Here I can echo the result and see that it's actually triggered
    return $title;  
  }

So why is this not working? Am I using add_filter wrong?

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  1. wp_title filter is deprecated since WordPress 4.4 (see here). You can use document_title_parts instead

    function custom_title($title_parts) {
    $title_parts['title'] = "Page Title";
    return $title_parts;
}
add_filter( 'document_title_parts', 'custom_title' );

    In custom_title filter, $title_parts contains keys ‘title’, ‘page’ (the pagination, if any), ‘tagline’ (the slogan you specified, only on homepage) and ‘site’. Set “title” the way you like. WordPress will keep your configured format to then concatenate everything together.

    If you want to override WordPress title formating, then use pre_get_document_title and provide to that filter a function that takes a string and returns the title you want.

    function custom_title($title) {
    return "Page Title";
}
add_filter( 'pre_get_document_title', 'custom_title' );

  2. You cannot pass an array to set_page_title, the filters callback accept only the original title as input parameter.

    If you want your function work this way, define the $brand array outside the function and make it global

      add_filter( 'wp_title', 'set_page_title' );
  $brand = array( 'name' => 'Brand Name' );

  function set_page_title( $orig_title ) { 
    global $brand;
    $title = 'Designer '.$brand['name'].' - '.get_bloginfo( 'name' );
    //Here I can echo the result and see that it's actually triggered
    return $title;  
  }

  3. What is happening in both examples of code is that add_filter is not calling a function to accept a return as the new title. The function add_filter expects at least two parameters, the first being a string that contains the ‘tag’ or name of the filter you would like to use, and the second is mixed. In the case of using a defined function you should use the function name as a string, it can also accept an array for a callback within a namespace, and an anonymous function.

    In the case of:

    add_filter('wp_title', set_page_title('test'));

    The inner most function will be evaluated first, passing its return results to the next outer function.

    So…

    add_filter('wp_title', set_page_title(other_function(function() {return "real_filter";})));

    Would pass the string ‘real_filter’ to add_filter assuming that all functions between the two pass their input parameters as their return value.

    I believe what you would want would be something along the lines of:

    function my_title_filter($old_title, $sep, $seplocation) {
    // Add some code to determine if/what you want to change your title to.

    global $brand;

    $title = "Designer " . $brand['name'] . " $sep " . get_bloginfo('name');

    return $title;
}

add_filter('wp_title', 'my_title_filter', 10, 3); // 10 is the priority,
    // and 3 is the number of arguments the function accepts.
    // wp_title can pass 3.

    An additional caveat… The filter must be initialized before apply_filters is called. And best practice is to have your function defined prior to calling add_filter.