H1 tag in wordpress
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Hi there! I'm having problems to locate the h1 tag in wordpress (in each page) in order to optimize the pages for SEO. When introducing text it starts with h2. Where can I locate it?
Thanks in advanced.
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many thanks Paul
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You could likely change it yourself if you're familiar with html, php and WordPress tags, JM. You'll have to edit the source code of theme templates.
The h2/h1 tags would need to be changed for each page type (especially main index, pages and posts - there may be multiples of each). You can edit these fairly easily using the Editor under the Appearance link in the left sidebar of the admin dashboard.
For any files you edit manually, you will have to go back and re-edit them each time you update your theme, as they will be likely be overwritten during the upgrade.
Also, the styling of theH1/H2 tags is controlled in the CSS stylesheet. You'll need to edit that as well if the titles don't look the way you want after changing to H1s. (And will also need to be re-updated after each upgrade.)
Hope that helps?
Paul
P.S. Be sure to make a backup of the template file before editing so you can easily restore if you run into problems. Just copying and pasting it into a txt document is usually enough.
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Hi Paul, is there a way I can solve it myself? just replacing the h2 tag with h1 tag in the text? how can I notice that the h1 tag is implemented? via source code?
Thanks.
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Thanks Paul
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Your theme has not been coded correctly for best SEO performance, Juan Miguel. It is using
tags for the page titles instead of H1 as it should. No idea why a developer would do this as it's standard practice (especially in WordPress themes) to have the pager title as the H1 on the page.
That said, the H1 tag is not a tremendously significant ranking factor for on-page optimization. It would be good to get it fixed, but I would put that at a fairly low priority. When you feel the really important SEO work has been done and you have a bit of time, you can see about getting the H2s changed to H1s. (Best would be to ask the theme developer to fix it, so it can be done correctly in the code, and other users of the theme will benefit from the fix as well.)
Hope that helps?
Paul
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Hi Mike! here is one link:
http://www.sehaidoyamama.com/piensapiensa/servicios/talleres-para-docentes/aprendizaje-cooperativo/
should it be "taller de aprendizaje cooperativo", the title of the page "not the title tag"
Thanks.
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In most themes, but by no means all, the h1 tag is the name of the post or page you're on.
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That can depend on the theme of your Wordpress site. Can you post a link to your site so we can take a look?
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