#1 Remove "Archive:", "Category:", "Tag:", "Author:" from the_archive

If you are a WordPress developer or WordPress website owner. And looking for ways to completely remove “Archive:”, “Category:”, “Tag:”, “Author:” from the_archive_title in WordPress then you must need to read this article.

In this article, you will get complete steps to make it possible for you. By default, WordPress displays “Archive:”, “Category:”, “Tag:”, “Author:” in the_archive_title.

Remove "Archive:", "Category:", "Tag:", "Author:" from the_archive_title

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Before starting the process, you just need to create a child theme of your current theme. So that you will not lose your updated code after the main theme updation in the future.

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Remove “Archive:”, “Category:”, “Tag:”, “Author:” from the_archive_title

Now add the following code in the functions.php file of your child theme.


add_filter( 'get_the_archive_title', function ($title) {    
        if ( is_category() ) {    
                $title = single_cat_title( '', false );    
            } elseif ( is_tag() ) {    
                $title = single_tag_title( '', false );    
            } elseif ( is_author() ) {    
                $title =get_the_author();    
            } elseif ( is_tax() ) { //for custom post types
                $title = sprintf( __( '%1$s' ), single_term_title( '', false ) );
            } elseif (is_post_type_archive()) {
                $title = post_type_archive_title( '', false );
            }
        return $title;    
    });

add_filter( 'get_the_archive_title', function ($title) {

if ( is_category() ) {

$title = single_cat_title( '', false );

} elseif ( is_tag() ) {

$title = single_tag_title( '', false );

} elseif ( is_author() ) {

$title =get_the_author();

} elseif ( is_tax() ) { //for custom post types

$title = sprintf( __( '%1$s' ), single_term_title( '', false ) );

} elseif (is_post_type_archive()) {

$title = post_type_archive_title( '', false );

}

return $title;

});

Now open your category or archive page and see the magic of the above code snippet. Please refer below image

Conclusion

Well, In this article you will get the complete steps to Remove “Archive:”, “Category:”, “Tag:”, “Author:” from the_archive_title in WordPress. You can extend the functionality as per your requirement. I hope you found this tutorial helpful for your project. Keep learning!.

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