WordPress Codex: wp_title()

Published on Monday, September 10th, 2012 in Blog. No Comments → 666 views

wp_title is WP funtion that displays or returns the title of the page. A separator string can be defined and it can be designated to print before or after the title of the page.

This tag can be used anywhere within a template as long as it’s outside The Loop on the main page, though is typically used in the element for the head of a page. Usage <code><?php wp_title( $sep, $echo, $seplocation ); ?></code> Parameters <code>$sep (string) (optional) Text to display before or after of the post title (i.e. the separator). By default (if sep is blank) then the » (») symbol will be placed before or after (specified by the seplocation) the post title. Default: » (») 1 (True) - default 0 (False) $echo (boolean) (optional) Echo the title (True) or return the title for use as a PHP string (False). Default: True $seplocation (string) (optional) Introduced with Version 2.5, this parameter defines the location of where the sep string prints in relation to the title of the post. For all values except 'right', the sep value is placed in front of (to the left of) the post title. If the value of seplocation is 'right' then the sep string will be appended after the post title. Default: None Return values None.</code> Examples Separator with Blog Name <code><title> <?php wp_title('|',true,'right'); ?> <?php bloginfo('name'); ?>

Title Reversed
This lets you reverse page title and blog name in the title tag from example above
(Hello world!–My WordPress Blog) by removing the separator (using wp_title(‘ ‘),
then tests if there is a post title (using if(wp_title(‘ ‘, false))), and displays the separator
between it and bloginfo() if it does.

 <?php wp_title(' '); ?> <?php if(wp_title(' ', false)) { echo '|'; } ?> <?php bloginfo('name'); ?> 

More info: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_title