Title: Category Title Error
Last modified: August 28, 2022

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# Category Title Error

 *  Resolved [eddie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ediet/)
 * (@ediet)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-title-error/)
 * Hello,
    The category title setting doesn’t work. No matter what I did it displays
   the default %title% %sep% %sitename% and %title% %page% %sep% %sitename% (for
   pagination pages).
 * I used to have Yoast SEO and moved the settings. My title had %category_description%%
   category_description% in the title, you have no such variable. Ok.
 * I put %seo_description% or %excerpt_only% as the category title in the plugin
   settings. In the preview on the edit page of a particular category, everything
   is displayed correctly. But on the site it still displays the default %title%%
   sep% %sitename%. All caches cleared several times and watched the site in developer
   mode.
 * It turns out that these values are not taken in the output template.
    The only
   option to change the category title is to prescribe it manually. But this is 
   wrong. I’m in the settings set what variable to use as the data value.

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 *  Plugin Support [Rank Math Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmathteam/)
 * (@rankmathteam)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-title-error/#post-15958083)
 * Hello [@ediet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ediet/),
 * Thank you for contacting the support, and sorry for the inconvenience caused.
 * You can use the `%term_description%` variable for the category description. For
   the issue, please share an affected URL and a screenshot of the title & description
   preview for that category so we can check and assist you further. You can use
   a tool like [https://imgbb.com](https://imgbb.com) to share the screenshots.
 * Looking forward to helping you.
 *  Thread Starter [eddie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ediet/)
 * (@ediet)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-title-error/#post-15958557)
 * > You can use the %term_description% variable for the category description
 * undefined
 *  Thread Starter [eddie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ediet/)
 * (@ediet)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-title-error/#post-15960609)
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 *  Plugin Support [Rank Math Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmathteam/)
 * (@rankmathteam)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-title-error/#post-15962235)
 * Hello [@ediet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ediet/),
 * The `%term_description%` variable is working fine on our end. Please make sure
   that you have set a description for your category. For the issue with the title,
   please navigate to WP Dashboard > Rank Math > Titles & Meta > Global Meta and
   enable the Rewrite Titles option. If there is no Rewrite Titles option in the
   Titles & Meta settings, **assuming you are using the latest version of all the
   plugins and the themes (please update if not yet)**, it would seem like a conflict
   with one of the plugins or the theme you are using.
 * To determine that, please follow this troubleshooting guide:
    [https://rankmath.com/kb/check-plugin-conflicts/](https://rankmath.com/kb/check-plugin-conflicts/)
 * Here is a video you can follow as well:
 * **Only the site admin would know and your users won’t be affected by this troubleshooting.**
 * Let us know how that goes. Looking forward to helping you.
 *  Plugin Support [Rank Math Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmathteam/)
 * (@rankmathteam)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-title-error/#post-16011675)
 * Hello,
 * Assuming you are using the latest version of all the plugins, themes & WordPress,
   and the issue is resolved, we are closing this thread.
 * If that is not the case, please feel free to open a new support topic or reply
   to this one, and we will be more than happy to assist.
 * Thank you.

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