Replace the default WordPress tagline in the title
Why it matters
The homepage title still carries the text WordPress ships with ("Just another WordPress site" or its translation). It shows in search results and browser tabs, tells visitors nothing about the business and looks like an unfinished site.
The fix
- Change the title of the homepage so that it names the business and what it offers, for example the brand name followed by a few plain words about the service.
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<title>Example company | Handmade oak furniture</title> Related
- Reported by the SEO basics check
- Add a title to the homepage
- Add a meta description to the homepage
- Add a canonical link to the homepage
- Fix the canonical link on the homepage
- Point the canonical link at your own domain
- Add Open Graph tags for link previews
- Complete the Open Graph tags
- Add a viewport meta tag
- Make the viewport follow the device width
- Fill in the empty part of the homepage title
- Change the canonical link to https
- Check that the canonical link names the right host
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