# How to set the page title?

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-set-the-page-title/15899>\
**Category:** Developer help\
**Created:** [July 16, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-set-the-page-title/15899 "2020-07-16T03:01:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-set-the-page-title/15899/3 "2020-07-16T15:44:40Z")

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Hey @terry 👋  
Someone was asking about a similar case here:

> [@How to use functional helpers to select index, with custom routing?](https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-use-functional-helpers-to-select-index-with-custom-routing/14106/2):
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> Just to clarify, the routes file should be named routes.yaml blush I’m not entirely sure what SEO metadata you want to change, but here’s a method of applying your custom page title and pagination number: Replace the {{meta\_title}} in the default.hbs with the following: \<title\>{{{block "title"}}}\</title\> This will allow you to customise the page title in all templates. So in most cases you’ll want to set it to the meta\_title. That can be done by adding the following to the template: {{#co…

This occurs on collection pages and can be amended using the technique in the linked post.

Hope this helps!

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