Hello,
I’m using the Newspaper theme with a Cloud Template header (free news). Yoast SEO Premium is generating the correct <title> tag, but the theme is adding an additional <title> tag before Yoast’s output.
This results in two <title> tags in the page source, for example:
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<title>Portal Polish Express – …</title> ← generated by Newspaper
<title>Portal Polish Express – …</title> ← generated by Yoast SEO
Yoast SEO Premium does not offer “Force rewrite titles” anymore.
The duplicate <title> appears before the Yoast SEO comment block, which means it is generated by the theme itself.
This causes SEO issues and breaks external audit tools.
I need to know:
Which exact function or file in the Newspaper theme generates the first <title> tag?
How can I disable the theme-generated <title> so that Yoast SEO is the only source of the title tag?
Is there an official method (hook, filter, theme option) to prevent Newspaper from outputting its own <title>?
Please provide the recommended solution or code snippet to disable the theme’s title output.
Thank you.
I’m attaching a screenshot that clearly shows the exact <title> tags I’m referring to.
The issue occurs both on the homepage and on individual post pages.
I would really appreciate your help in resolving this problem.
Hi,
In this situation, you’ll need to edit the theme files, for example;
wp-content/plugins/td-composer/legacy/Newspaper/header.php
if tagDiv Standard Pack plugin is in used, you need to edit the
wp-content/plugins/td-standard-pack/Newspaper/header.php
Thanks for your previous reply.
Before I make any direct edits to the theme files, I would like to confirm one thing with you.
Newspaper appears to generate its own <title> tag even though WordPress already handles the document title via add_theme_support( ‘title-tag’ ) and Yoast SEO also outputs its own <title>. This results in duplicate title tags.
I found that Newspaper provides a filter to disable the theme-generated title tag:
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add_filter( ‘td_wp_booster_disable_title_tag’, ‘__return_true’ );
Can you please confirm that this is the correct and recommended way to disable the theme’s <title> output when using Yoast SEO?
This approach would allow me to avoid editing core theme files and keep the setup update‑safe.
Thanks in advance!
Hi,
Unfortunately, the mentioned filter will not remove the title. The best method to remove the title from the theme is the method I provided in the previous message.
