Single Post Title Heading (H1) Structure SEO Improvement Request

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  • Avatar: Meto37
    Meto37
    Participant
    April 24, 2026 at 23:11

    Hello,

    I would like to report an issue regarding the HTML heading structure used in single post titles.

    Currently, the post title is rendered as:

    <h2 class="entry-title">Post Title</h2>

    This causes the main article title to appear as an H2 element in the source code instead of H1. From an SEO and semantic HTML perspective, the main content title of a single post should ideally be wrapped in an H1 tag.

    Using H2 for the primary post title may lead to suboptimal heading hierarchy, especially for search engines and accessibility tools, since H1 is expected to represent the main page topic.

    Suggested improvement

    Please consider updating the markup in the next theme update so that:

    <h2 class="entry-title">...</h2>

    is changed to:

    <h1 class="entry-title">...</h1>

    This adjustment would improve semantic structure, SEO compliance, and accessibility consistency.

    Thank you in advance, and I would appreciate it if this could be addressed in a future update.

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    Avatar: Jack Richardson
    Jack Richardson
    Support staff
    April 25, 2026 at 08:05

    Hello @Meto37,

    Please note that it is not recommended to display multiple H1 tags on a single page. Regarding your request, the H1 tag with the post title is already included in the page breadcrumbs (https://prnt.sc/AqUeJQPMy1R5) on single post tempates. However, due to the type of breadcrumbs used, the H1 tag is hidden through CSS, although it remains active for SEO validation.

    If you would like to display this title within the breadcrumbs, you can use the following CSS:

    .single-post .page-heading.bc-type-left2 .title {  
        display: inline !important;  
    }

    For this reason, in your example of single post content, the single post heading is displayed as an H2 tag (https://prnt.sc/LxIjQ5lIG1l4). Making global changes to this tag could disrupt the structure of single post templates.

    Custom CSS placement guide: https://www.8theme.com/documentation/xstore/additional-customisation/optimal-placement-for-custom-css-code/

    Best regards,
    Jack Richardson
    The 8Theme’s Team

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