Removing Raquo

This article will detail how to identify and remove the raquo symbol for your Wordpress installation. It may also be useful to users of other blog/website software.

Raquo or » or » is as loved as it is hated. On Wordpress, it is often the default symbol set in the theme of your installation. Let’s look at how we can remove or replace it.

1. Have a look in the header.php file of whatever theme you are using. You should see something like this within the code.

<?php bloginfo(’name’); ?> <?php if ( is_single() ) { ?><br /> » <?php<br />
foreach((get_the_category()) as $cat) {<br /> echo $cat->cat_name . ‘ ‘;<br /> }
 ?> <?php } ?></p> <p><?php wp_title(); ?>

2. Look for either » or ». Replace it with a | or whatever you like.

3. We also put a | in this line of code to give us a | after the title. Have a look below to see what we did on phauxshow.com

<?php bloginfo(’name’); ?> <?php if ( is_single() ) { ?> |<br /> <?php<br />
foreach((get_the_category()) as $cat) {<br /> echo $cat->cat_name . ‘ ‘;<br />
} ?> <?php } ?></p> <p><?php wp_title(’ | ‘); ?>

The effect is a | between our site name, page, category or archive. We think ‘Phauxshow | Artists | Elizabeth West’ looks a little better than ‘Phauxshow » Artists » Elizabeth West’, don’t you?

For more information on raquo check out raquo.net

Let us know if you have any questions!