I recently changed themes, but using the same code, so I don't know why it's displaying differently.

The browser tab is showing the page title 2 times. It should show as Page Title - Site Title

How it should look: Filmography - Sabrina Carpenter Online / sabrina-carpenter

But has you can see in the image, it is showing "Filmography" twice. How do I fix this? I have included the code below.

<title>
<?php
// Shows the title of the page or post.
wp_title('');

// If it's an individual entry, you can customize the title here.
if (is_single()) {
    echo ' - ' . get_the_title();
}

// If it is a static page, displays the page title.
if (is_page()) {
    echo ' - ' . get_the_title();
}

// If it is a category, displays the category name.
if (is_category()) {
    echo ' - ' . single_cat_title('', false);
}

// If it is a search, displays the search results.
if (is_search()) {
    echo ' - Results for: ' . get_search_query();
}

// If it is a 404 error, it displays a custom message.
if (is_404()) {
    echo ' - Page Not Found';
}

// At the end, always show the name of the blog.
bloginfo('name');
?>

I recently changed themes, but using the same code, so I don't know why it's displaying differently.

The browser tab is showing the page title 2 times. It should show as Page Title - Site Title

How it should look: Filmography - Sabrina Carpenter Online / sabrina-carpenter

But has you can see in the image, it is showing "Filmography" twice. How do I fix this? I have included the code below.

<title>
<?php
// Shows the title of the page or post.
wp_title('');

// If it's an individual entry, you can customize the title here.
if (is_single()) {
    echo ' - ' . get_the_title();
}

// If it is a static page, displays the page title.
if (is_page()) {
    echo ' - ' . get_the_title();
}

// If it is a category, displays the category name.
if (is_category()) {
    echo ' - ' . single_cat_title('', false);
}

// If it is a search, displays the search results.
if (is_search()) {
    echo ' - Results for: ' . get_search_query();
}

// If it is a 404 error, it displays a custom message.
if (is_404()) {
    echo ' - Page Not Found';
}

// At the end, always show the name of the blog.
bloginfo('name');
?>

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• wp-title

1 Answer 1

Edited to add

Having looked at the source of wp_title(), it looks like it already checks to see if you're on a page, a single post, a category or tag archive page, a search results page, a 404, etc. So a lot of the code is redundant; you might be able to use something like this:

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

...and get the results you want. (As to why your code snippet worked in the old theme: it's possible the old theme was applying filters that the new one does not.)

Original answer

wp_title() will always display the page title in your code, if one is found; then, since is_page() is true (on a page), that code block will also display the page title. (You'll see the same issue on a single post, because there is_single() will return true.)

I'd suggest something like this:

<title>
<?php
// Shows the title of the page or post.
wp_title('');

// If it's an individual entry, you can customize the title here.
if (is_single()) {
    echo ' - ';
}

// If it is a static page, displays the page title.
if (is_page()) {
    echo ' - ';
}

// If it is a category, displays the category name.
if (is_category()) {
    echo ' - ' . single_cat_title('', false);
}

// If it is a search, displays the search results.
if (is_search()) {
    echo ' - Results for: ' . get_search_query();
}

// If it is a 404 error, it displays a custom message.
if (is_404()) {
    echo ' - Page Not Found';
}

// At the end, always show the name of the blog.
bloginfo('name');
?>
</title>

...might work the way you're expecting.