WordPress version: 3.5
WordPress SEO version: 1.3.4.3
I did this:
I added add_filter( 'wpseo_title', '__return_false' ); to my theme's functions.php file (theme: TwentyTwelve)
This is based on the example here:
http://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-api-docs/#examples
I expected the plugin to do this:
I expected the <title> tags to be ignored.
Instead it did this:
Instead, the title tag is still being modified (its position in the <head> area changed) and it's empty.
For example, my <head> area looks like this:
<head>
<meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title><?php wp_title( '|', true, 'right' ); ?></title>
<link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" />
<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo( 'pingback_url' ); ?>" />
<?php // Loads HTML5 JavaScript file to add support for HTML5 elements in older IE versions. ?>
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/js/html5.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<![endif]-->
<?php wp_head(); ?>
</head>But if I attempt to disable "wpseo_title", the resulting source code is:
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" />
<link rel="pingback" href="http://mysite.com/xmlrpc.php" />
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="http://mysite.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/js/html5.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<![endif]-->
<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast WordPress SEO plugin v1.3.4.3 - http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/ -->
<title></title>
<!-- Admin only notice: this page doesn't show a meta description because it doesn't have one, either write it for this page specifically or go into the SEO -> Titles menu and set up a template. -->
<link rel="canonical" href="http://mysite.com/" />
<!-- / Yoast WordPress SEO plugin. -->
...
...
</head>As you can see the <title> tags have changed position and the plugin has added comments to that area. Also my <title> is empty.
Why doesn't add_filter( 'wpseo_title', '__return_false' ); prevent the plugin from having any effect on the title tags?
Thanks,
Eric