[hbnbm]

I got it to work. It just irks me a bit that I paid $160 for a plugin, emailed tech support, was redirected to a forum, then suggested that I use someone else’s Gist from an old thread, instead of given clear instructions for a common issue that would uphold the integrity of the plugin.

[hbnbm]

I found a few resources that mention the issue already:
https://theeventscalendar.com/support/forums/topic/editing-page-titles-when-using-wordpress-seo-plugin/
https://theeventscalendar.com/support/forums/topic/yoast-ecl/

But I could use some clearer instructions on exactly how to fix this. Thanks!

[hbnbm]

The setting in Yoast: “Force rewrite titles
WordPress SEO has auto-detected whether it needs to force rewrite the titles for your pages, if you think it’s wrong and you know what you’re doing, you can change the setting here.”

With the setting disabled, titles on everything else are broken, and the default title for /events is SitenameEvents, without a space.

[hbnbm]

Disabling all plugins and default theme is impractical as all of that is necessary for the site in its current form. Could you tell me how the title on the landing page is constructed?

I’m using Yoast WordPress SEO which is a pretty common plugin. Events, Venues, and Organizers show up in its options.

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