WordPress Double Title In header – No seo plugins

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Working on a site for a client: http://tinyurl.com/lc4ewwf

I did not create this template, and my client wants me to remover the double titles that is happening to the sub pages. The thing is, I can not figure out what is causing this to happen. This is not happening on the main page either. There is no SEO scripts installed either.

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This is what the header.php looks like 

<?php
/**
 * The Header for our theme.
 *
 * Displays all of the <head> section and everything up till <div id="main">
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Twenty_Ten
 * @since Twenty Ten 1.0
 */
?><!DOCTYPE html>
<html <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
<head>
<meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>" />
<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', 'twentyten' ), max( $paged, $page ) );

    ?><?php echo get_the_title($ID); ?></title>
<link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" />
<?php /*?><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="<?php bloginfo( 'stylesheet_url' ); ?>" /><?php */?>
<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo( 'pingback_url' ); ?>" />
<?php
    /* We add some JavaScript to pages with the comment form
     * to support sites with threaded comments (when in use).
     */
    if ( is_singular() && get_option( 'thread_comments' ) )
        wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' );

    /* Always have wp_head() just before the closing </head>
     * tag of your theme, or you will break many plugins, which
     * generally use this hook to add elements to <head> such
     * as styles, scripts, and meta tags.
     */
    wp_head();
    ?>
    <!-- Styles -->
<link href="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/css/bootstrap-responsive.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/css/styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/css/wordpress.css" rel="stylesheet">

<!-- HTML5 shim, for IE6-8 support of HTML5 elements -->
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
      <script src="//html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
    <![endif]-->

<!-- Favorite Icons -->
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/favicon.ico">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="114x114" href="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/apple-touch-icon-114-precomposed.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="72x72" href="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/apple-touch-icon-72-precomposed.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/apple-touch-icon-57-precomposed.png">

<!-- TypeKit -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://use.typekit.com/zlf3uad.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">try{Typekit.load();}catch(e){}</script>
<!-- For slideshow -->
</head>

<body>

Am I just crazy and is overlooking something?

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2 comments 

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

    and

    echo get_the_title($ID);

    outputs the title; therefore you have two titles.

    Try hooking this up into wp_title function via functions.php:

    function my_wp_title( $title, $sep ) {
    global $paged, $page;

    if ( is_feed() ) {
        return $title;
    }

    // Add the site name.
    $title .= get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' );

    // Add the site description for the home/front page.
    $site_description = get_bloginfo( 'description', 'display' );
    if ( $site_description && ( is_home() || is_front_page() ) ) {
        $title = "$title $sep $site_description";
    }

    // Add a page number if necessary.
    if ( $paged >= 2 || $page >= 2 ) {
        $title = "$title $sep " . sprintf( __( 'Page %s', 'textdomain' ), max( $paged, $page ) );
    }

    return $title;
}
add_filter( 'wp_title', 'my_wp_title', 10, 2 );

    and use the function in the title:

    <title><?php wp_title(); ?></title>

  2. You’ve got two calls that look like they’re duplicated. Inside the PHP block in the <title> tag, you’re calling:

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

    Accord to the documentation, this will return the title of the post.

    Then, after your PHP block, you’re calling:

    echo get_the_title($ID)

    Which does exactly the same thing.