Surprising Ways to Remove Page Names in WordPress

Do you ever find yourself struggling to handle the tricky and stubborn page names of your WordPress site? Fear not! There are several ways to remove page names and make your site look cleaner and more professional. However, beware that making changes to URLs and page names may negatively impact your search engine rankings. Proceed with care!

Option 1: Change the slug in the WordPress Dashboard

The slug is the part of the URL that follows the domain name and describes the content of the page. If you want to change the slug in the WordPress Dashboard, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
2. Navigate to the Pages tab.
3. Select the page you want to remove the name from.
4. Navigate to the “Permalink” section of the page editor.
5. Click on the “Edit” button next to the default slug.
6. Remove the page name from the slug.
7. Click on the “OK” button to save the changes.
8. Click the “Update” button to save your changes.

Option 2: Use a WordPress plugin

If you prefer using plugins, you can remove page names in WordPress by installing the “Hide Pages and Posts” plugin. Here’s how:

1. Install the “Hide Pages and Posts” plugin from the WordPress repository.
2. Activate the plugin.
3. Navigate to the Pages or Posts tab.
4. Select the page or post you want to remove the name from.
5. Check the box next to “Hide this Page/Post” in the “Hide” section.
6. Click the “Update” button to save your changes.

Option 3: Remove the page name via code

If you’re a pro at working with code, you can remove the page name in WordPress via PHP. But be sure to make a backup of your website files before making any changes. Follow these steps:

1. Log in to your website’s FTP (File Transfer Protocol) account.
2. Navigate to the theme folder, open the functions.php file.
3. Add the following code to the end of the file to remove the page name:


add_filter('document_title_parts', 'remove_page_title');
function remove_page_title($title) {
unset($title['title']);
return $title;
}


4. Save the changes to the file.

Conclusion

Regardless of the method you choose, removing page names in WordPress can make your site easier to manage and enhance its appearance. With these simple steps, you can say goodbye to those tricky page names and hello to a cleaner site!