Here are two simple filters to remove the rewrite of <title>
content functionality provided by WordPress SEO:
// Remove the wp_title filter add_action( 'init', 'remove_wpseo_title_rewrite' ); function remove_wpseo_title_rewrite() { global $wpseo_front; remove_filter( 'wp_title', array( $wpseo_front, 'title' ), 15 ); } // Remove the title metabox from backend UI add_filter( 'init', 'remove_wpseo_title_rewrite_metabox' ); function remove_wpseo_title_rewrite_metabox( $metaboxes ) { if ( isset( $metaboxes['title'] ) ) unset( $metaboxes['title'] ); return $metaboxes; }