How to Completely Remove Archive Title a.k.a the_archive_title?

I want to remove it COMPLETELY. Not only the label "Archive: " but EVERYTHING. It should not appear. I've been looking for the solution for hours to no avail.

Please help. Thank you!

I want to remove it COMPLETELY. Not only the label "Archive: " but EVERYTHING. It should not appear. I've been looking for the solution for hours to no avail.

Please help. Thank you!

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Share Improve this question asked Nov 12, 2018 at 11:29 Syamsul AlamSyamsul Alam 111 silver badge66 bronze badges 4

• So the page should render as <title></title>? – kero Commented Nov 12, 2018 at 11:32
• You need to remove it from the template, that's it. – Jacob Peattie Commented Nov 12, 2018 at 11:40
• @kero if i remove it, are my title tag gonna be empty? I just want to remove the <h1>Archive: Bla3</h1> not removing the title tag, is it possible? – Syamsul Alam Commented Nov 13, 2018 at 3:17
• @JacobPeattie can you please elaborate in answer, i'm not familiar with removing it from template.. thank you mate. :D – Syamsul Alam Commented Nov 13, 2018 at 3:30

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You can add the following function in the functions.php of your child theme.

add_filter('get_the_archive_title', 'my_get_the_archive_title' );
function my_get_the_archive_title( $title ) {
    if ( is_category() ) {
        $title = single_cat_title( '', false );
    } elseif ( is_tag() ) {
        $title = single_tag_title( '', false );
    } elseif ( is_author() ) {
        $title = '<span class="vcard">' . get_the_author() . '</span>' ;
    }

    return $title;
}

Basically I'm adding this code in my theme's / child theme's function.php

add_filter('get_the_archive_title', 'my_get_the_archive_title' );
function my_get_the_archive_title( $title ) {
    return '';
};

And voilà it's gone, completely, forever!! Just the way I want it!