Custom Post Type - Archive page title

Question

I'm wondering if I could make a custom Page title for my Custom Post Type Archive page? Right now I'm using:

<title><?php wp_title( '|', true, 'right' ); ?></title>

For my regular pages, it display what I want, but on my custom post type archive page it displays:

Custom Post Type Name Archive

Is it possible to add a custom page title for just that page?

Answer 1

You can use is_archive conditional code in your header.php to control the title

    <?php if(is_archive()): ?>
    <title>Archive page</title>
    <?php else: ?>
    <title><?php wp_title( '|', true, 'right' ); ?></title>
    <?php endif; ?>

Answer 2

You can add a filter in the file functions.php of your template. It modify the archive page meta title of the custom post type 'myCPT'

function new_cpt_archive_title($title){

    if ( is_post_type_archive('myCPT') ){
        $title = 'My Custom post type archive - ' . get_bloginfo('name');
        return $title;
    }

    return $title;
} 

add_filter( 'pre_get_document_title', 'new_cpt_archive_title', 9999 );

Answer 3

Yes and there's several ways to do it.

Hook it in from your child themes functions file

function wpsites_add_cpt_archive_page_title() {

if ( is_post_type_archive( 'your-cpt-name' ) )

echo '<h1 class="entry-title">Your CPT Archive Title</h1>';

}

add_action('genesis_before_content', 'wpsites_add_cpt_archive_page_title');

The above code snippet uses the genesis_before_content hook which you can change to a theme specific hook or a WordPress hook like loop_start.

You can also add support for a custom post type archive settings page in the code which creates the CPT if your theme supports it.

Answer 4

You can use this now

<?php 
if(archive()) {
  if (have_posts() ) :
    the_archive_title( '<h1 class="page-title">', '</h1>' );
    while ( have_posts() ) : 
      the_post();
    endwhile;
  endif; 
}
?>

or

<?php
$post_archive = post_type_archive_title('', false);
?>

to answer the post

<?php if ( is_post_type_archive() ) { ?>
<title><?php post_type_archive_title(); ?></title>
<?php } ?>

reference

wp docs