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Hello I’m new to your plugin so I might be missing a step but I don’t seem to be able to get the long titles to show up in google correctly. Nor are the meta descriptions. The titles seem to be following the “rewrite titles” rules i.e. “%page_title% | %blog_title%” etc. for every page and post even though I don’t have the box checked. The meta description seems to be ignored as well.
The home page is acting a little different. The meta description seems to be working but the long title is not and only shows the blog title even though I’ve filled in the basic options at the top of the options page.
Site info:
custom theme built using blankslate theme
wordpress version 4.2.3
multi-site install (utilizing fv simpler seo on main site)Any thoughts on why I’d be having these issues? Am I missing something?
Thanks
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I haven’t heard from anyone at Foliovision yet but at this point I’ve found a little more information that may be helpful. I’ve found the following in the header.php doc of blankslate theme (used for the site in question):
<title><?php wp_title( ‘ | ‘, true, ‘right’ ); ?></title>
This indicates to me that what looked like “rewrite titles” rules i.e. “%page_title% | %blog_title%” was actually caused by the theme and not your plugin. Google must have cached the pages with these titles before the implementation of your plugin.
If you agree that this is the case, will your plugin override this code so that google correctly indexes the SERP with the information I’ve added via fv simpler seo on its next visit to my site?
I really need to sort this out ASAP as my page titles currently listed in google aren’t very intuitive due to this issue. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Storio,
I’d suggest putting in a standard header tag in your them. Non-standard themes are a real issue for WordPress.
Cheers,
Alec
Hi Storio,
I’d suggest putting in a standard header tag in your theme. Non-standard themes are a real issue for WordPress.
Cheers,
Alec
Hello Alec,
Could you give me an example of what you’d consider a “standard header tag”? Did you mean “standard title tag”? and if so, an example of what you’d consider a standard title tag?
According to the following WordPress codex link: https://codex.wordpress.org/Meta_Tags_in_WordPress
It seems to suggest that a standard WordPress install would not have any meta or title tags. So the solution you are suggesting with a “standard header tag” is to remove all meta and title tags from the theme header. Am I understanding you correctly?
Hi Storio,
Yes, exactly. That way WordPress and FV Simpler SEO will generate the titles for you.
Let us know how it goes.
Alec
Hello Alec,
Thank you very much for the clarity you’ve provided. I did want to let you and other users of your plugin know that although I understand how a non-standard header could cause issues, the default blank slate theme header seems to be overridden by your plugin. This is intended and desired behavior. By leaving the original header code including the title tag (shown above in this thread) it acts as a sort of fallback if no title is added to FV simpler SEO. Although Google hasn’t picked up all of my FV titles and descriptions it has picked up some so I’m presuming it’s just a matter of time before it picks up the rest.
