Headings rules for pages vs. posts?

  • My site is page-based, but also with a blog.

    I just now read that I was supposed to be assuming all Page Titles are formatted as Heading 1, and that I should be starting my actual page with H2.

    Is that in fact the best practice for SEO purposes?

    Since I was trained as a Microsoft Office training many years ago, I learned to always start a heading scheme or an outline etc with Heading 1, and never start anything with Heading 2.

    I never considered the Page Title to be part of the page. So, I began my actual pages with Heading 1 for the lead headline, and then H2 for its subheading. Hundreds of pages.

    Should I have been starting with H2 and H3 as the subheading?

    I do not mind going back across the pages and changing the formatting.

    But is it worth it? And should I henceforth never use H1 in a page or post, because the Title is automatically being formatted as h1?

    Thanks

    • This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by Jan Dembowski.
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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    Google is able to figure it out, so I wouldn’t worry about it. Generally, this is up to your theme.

    Thread Starter tspnyc

    (@tspnyc)

    Thanks. Apparently my theme is holding my actual style sheet hostage. I only learned today some themes will not allow access to the actual css, unless you pay money. So I am dumping the theme ASAP.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    Whether it’s an H1 or H2 is in the code of the theme, not its CSS. CSS just explains to the browser how to display it, and can always be overridden in the customizer.

    Thread Starter tspnyc

    (@tspnyc)

    Be that as it may, not being able to get to the actual style sheet to browse through the details of how it is set up, so I get some idea of what I want to say in the “additional CSS” when other themes let me in, makes all the difference.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    Learn to use the Chrome Developer Tools or Firefox Developer Tools to help you see and test changes to your CSS.

    Thread Starter tspnyc

    (@tspnyc)

    Thanks. I will look into it. I use the Inspect to see such things. But I still want access to MY style sheet of MY website, without having to download it from internet.

    I realize this is not exclusive to my current issue. Microsoft has been doing this with Office and Windows for years now, locking away basic administrator tools from the license owner, even when they are the only administrator and sole user of the product.

    It is not just annoying, it is offensive.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    All of your theme’s CSS is right there on your web site. Nothing is hidden. But you do not want to edit it as any changes get blown away by updates. So, that’s why you use the Customizer to override the theme’s CSS as necessary.

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