Implement apply_filters( ‘get_the_archive_title’) to Remove WordPress Category, Tag Page Title Prefix – WordPress Tutorial

When you are creating a wordpress theme, you may find there exists a prefix in the title of wordpress category page, tag page and archive page. In this tutorial, we will introduce how to remove this prefix.

Preliminary

As to wordpress, the prefix of wordpress category, tag and archive page title is:

Here is an example:

How to remove prefix?

We can apply_filters( ‘get_the_archive_title’) to do it.

Open your theme functions.php and add code below.

function my_theme_archive_title( $title ) {
    if ( is_category() ) {
        $title = single_cat_title( '', false );
    } elseif ( is_tag() ) {
        $title = single_tag_title( '', false );
    } elseif ( is_author() ) {
        $title = get_the_author();
    } elseif ( is_post_type_archive() ) {
        $title = post_type_archive_title( '', false );
    } elseif ( is_tax() ) {
        $title = single_term_title( '', false );
    }
 
    return $title;
}
 add_filter( 'get_the_archive_title', 'my_theme_archive_title' );

Save it, then you will find the prefix disappear.