h1 Problem

by AlphaWarrior

Posted: 9 years ago 5 replies

I just looked at the source code of a page published on my WP site.

There are two h1 tags: it has (1) a h1 tag for the title of the whole site (this same site title h1 tag is on every page) and (2) a h1 tag for the page title (every page has a unique title). The site title h1 tag is automatically inserted by WP and the page title h1 is inserted by my page code. Both h1's are in the body code.

Isn't two h1 tags per page bad (maybe, very bad) for SEO?

Any suggestions on how to correct the problem so that each page has one unique applicable h1 tag?

Thanks!

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Tim3 9 years ago

You need to get in the templates and edit the code,
Try header.php, index.php, or style.css use Ctrl+f on your keyboard and type h1 in the search box for each template and see what you find.

You can change the h1 to another h tag, but it will make the text smaller (as per the css)
Or you could use a <p> tag with a custom css style class/tag.
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nettiapina 9 years ago

Originally Posted by AlphaWarrior

The site title h1 tag is automatically inserted by WP and the page title h1 is inserted by my page code. Both h1's are in the body code.

No. That extra h1 is a gift from the clueless primate who programmed your theme. WordPress only does what the theme instructs.

Originally Posted by Tim3

You can change the h1 to another h tag, but it will make the text smaller (as per the css)

Yes, this is the way to do it. Just clarifying a bit.

When you've changed the element to something else (say, div class="sitetitle") open the CSS file. Find the style for that h1 element, add the new element, and copy h1's style for your new element.
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- AlphaWarrior 9 years ago
  
  Thanks Tim and nettiapina. The page title really needs to be the h1. The site title should not be the h1 tag on every page. So, as you suggested and as I was afraid of, the only solution is to modify the CSS, which I will attempt to do.
  
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jessicalad 9 years ago

Please explain in detail what is H1 Tag Problem in code so that I can explain it in detail..
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- nettiapina 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by jessicalad
  
  Please explain in detail what is H1 Tag Problem in code so that I can explain it in detail..
  
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