---
title: Disable Title Rewrite in WordPress SEO
date: 2013-05-14T08:21:44+00:00
modified: 2013-05-14T08:27:00+00:00
permalink: https://kaspars.net/blog/disable-title-rewrite-wordpress-seo
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  name: Kaspars
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  - WordPress
---

# Disable Title Rewrite in WordPress SEO

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;
}
```