WordPress wp_title blank on index page

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I’m new to WordPress and just installed version 3.3.1.

I did some googling regarding this question and found some answers but they were relevant to version 2.7 and were 2-3 years old.

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Basically, the wp_title function works fine on every page except my home page where it returns blank and I get no title whatsoever. I could just hard code the title in but I’d rather not do that.

Guilty line of code: 

<title><?php wp_title ( '| So Fresh n' So Clean', true,'right' ); ?></title>

I couldn’t find anything regarding this problem happening in 3.3.1 so clearly I’ve done something wrong.

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  1. Here’s is what I read from Codex:

    If you are using a custom homepage with custom loops and stuff, you
    will have an empty wp_title. Here goes a neat hack to add the
    description/tagline at the wp_title place on homepage:

    <title><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> | <?php is_front_page() ? bloginfo('description') : wp_title(''); ?></title>

    So use is_front_page() to get the title on homepage, the way it is suggested in above code.

  2. But if you use a static home page, this is the code:

    <title><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> &raquo; <?php is_front_page() ? bloginfo('description') : wp_title(''); ?></title>

  3. Update
    for WordPress versions (>= 4.4)

    Try this

    function some_name(){
    add_theme_support( 'title-tag' );
}

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'some_name' );

    Do this in functions.php and remove ‘title’ tag from head…

  4. Working off of Amna’s answer, I came up with the following code which should display the page title when there is one, followed by the site name.

    <?php wp_title(' - ',TRUE,'right'); bloginfo('name'); ?>

    Post/Page Outputs: “The Page Title – Site Name”

    Home Page Outputs: “Site Name”

    Obviously, this can also be swapped to display the site name first.

    <?php bloginfo('name'); wp_title(' - '); ?>

    Post/Page Outputs: “Site Name – The Page Title”

    Home Page Outputs: “Site Name”

    This can also be combined with a conditional to display the site description when viewing the home page.

    <?php bloginfo('name'); echo ' - '; is_front_page() ? bloginfo('description') : wp_title(''); ?>

    Post/Page Outputs: “Site Name – The Page Title”

    Home Page Outputs: “Site Name – The Site Description”

  5. For google search on wordpress wp_title empty this is the first result. So I thought that I might share the most elegant solution for this.
    In functions.php add a filter for wp_title.

    function custom_wp_title( $title, $sep ) {
    if ( is_feed() ) {
        return $title;
    }

    global $page, $paged;

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

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

    // Add a page number if necessary:
    if ( ( $paged >= 2 || $page >= 2 ) && ! is_404() ) {
        $title .= " $sep " . sprintf( __( 'Page %s', '_s' ), max( $paged, $page ) );
    }

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

  6. The new hack from Codex is as follows:

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

    Then in your “functions.php” from theme file :

    add_filter( 'wp_title', 'baw_hack_wp_title_for_home' );
function baw_hack_wp_title_for_home( $title )
{
  if( empty( $title ) && ( is_home() || is_front_page() ) ) {
    return __( 'Home', 'theme_domain' ) . ' | ' . get_bloginfo( 'description' );
  }
  return $title;
}

  7. I use this one and it never failed:

        function pageTitle($echo){
        $title = "";

        global $paged;
        if (function_exists('is_tag') && is_tag()) {        
            $title .= single_tag_title(__("Tag Archive for &quot;" , 'circle'),false); 
            $title .= '&quot; - '; 
        }
        elseif (is_archive()) {
            $title .= wp_title('',true); 
            //$title .= __(' Archive - ' , 'circle');
            $title .= __(' - ' , 'circle');

        }
        elseif (is_search()) {
        $title .= __('Search for &quot;' , 'circle') . esc_html(get_search_query()).'&quot; - '; 
        }
        elseif (!(is_404()) && (is_single()) || (is_page())) {
            $title .= wp_title('',true); 
            $title .= ' - '; 
        }
        elseif (is_404()) {
            $title .= __('Not Found - ' , 'circle'); 
        }
        if (is_home()) {
            $title .= get_bloginfo('name'); 
            $title .= ' - '; 
            $title .= get_bloginfo('description'); 
        }
        else {
            $title .= get_bloginfo('name'); 
        }
        if ($paged>1) {
            $title .= ' - page ' . $paged; 
        }

        if ( !$echo ) return $title;
        echo $title;
    }

    Note that there are translation domains in it that you might want to change.

  9. I use this method in my WordPress site 

    //Meta Header
if ( ! function_exists( 'dima_wp_title' ) ) :
  function dima_wp_title( $title ) {

    if ( is_front_page() ) {
      return get_bloginfo( 'name' ) . ' | ' . get_bloginfo( 'description' );
    } elseif ( is_feed() ) {
      return ' | RSS Feed';
    } else {
      return trim( $title ) . ' | ' . get_bloginfo( 'name' ); 
    }

  }
  add_filter( 'wp_title', 'dima_wp_title' );
endif;

  10. Late to the conversation…

    But if you want to use the actual title of the page that you are using for the static front page, you can use the following:

    if (is_front_page())
{
    $title = single_post_title( '', false );
}

    Although, in the actual source for wp_title(), there is the following, specificaly disabling this for the static front page:

    if ( is_single() || ( is_home() && ! is_front_page() ) || ( is_page() && ! is_front_page() ) ) {
    $title = single_post_title( '', false );
}

    I suspect there is good reason for this. So, proceed with caution.

  12. You could also put something like this inside your title tag: 

    <?php 
    if (is_front_page()) { ?> 
        Home | <?php bloginfo('description'); 
    } else {
        wp_title('|', 'true', 'right'); bloginfo('description');
    } ?>