How to Remove the Page Title in Kadence (3 Ways)

That big page title sitting above your content can look redundant. Especially when you’ve already designed a custom hero section or a transparent header – having “About” or “Home” plastered across the top kind of ruins the effect. Kadence makes it easy to hide page titles, and you don’t need any code for the first 2 methods.

But there’s a catch that almost nobody warns you about. When you hide the page title in Kadence, you’re usually removing the only H1 tag on the page. And Google really wants to see exactly one H1 on every page. Skip that step, and you’re quietly hurting your SEO without realizing it.

Here are 3 ways to remove the page title – from quickest to most flexible – plus how to avoid the H1 trap.

How Do I Hide the Title on a Single Page?

This is the fastest method. It takes about 5 seconds and only affects the one page you’re editing.

1. Open the page in the WordPress block editor.
2. Click the Page Settings icon – it’s the small pencil/page icon in the top right of the editor toolbar.
3. Find the “Page Title” section.
4. Toggle it to “Disable”.
5. Update or publish the page.

That’s it. The title disappears from the front end, but it stays as the page name in your WordPress admin. So you won’t lose track of which page is which.

I use this method the most. It’s perfect for your homepage, About page, landing pages – anywhere you’ve built a custom layout and the default title just gets in the way.

And here’s the nice part: this per-page setting always overrides the global setting. So even if you later change your site-wide title visibility, your individual page overrides stay in place.

How Do I Hide Page Titles Across My Entire Site?

If you want to remove the title from every page at once, there’s a global toggle in the Customizer.

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Posts/Pages Layout > Page Layout.
2. Find the “Show Page Title?” option.
3. Toggle it to Off.
4. Click Publish to save.

This turns off the title on all standard pages in one click. No need to edit them individually.

But keep a couple of things in mind. First, this only affects standard WordPress pages. If you’re using custom post types – like portfolio items or testimonials added by a plugin – they might have their own layout settings. You might also want to disable breadcrumbs on specific pages while you’re cleaning up your layout. Check under their specific post type layout section in the Customizer.

Second, you can still override this on any individual page using Method 1. So you could turn titles off globally and then re-enable them on specific pages where you actually want them visible. Or the reverse – keep them on globally and disable them one by one where they don’t fit.

I’d start with the per-page approach (Method 1) unless you genuinely want titles gone everywhere. It’s easier to control and you won’t accidentally strip titles from pages where they’re actually useful.

What If Neither Method Works? (CSS Fallback)

In rare cases, the toggle methods don’t work. This usually happens when a plugin or child theme overrides Kadence’s built-in settings. If you’ve tried both methods above and the title is still showing up, CSS is your fallback.

1. Go to Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS.
2. Paste this snippet:

.page .entry-header {
  display: none;
}

3. Click Publish.

This hides the entire title area on all pages. If you only want to target a specific page, you’ll need that page’s ID. WordPress adds a class like page-id-42 to the body tag. So the CSS becomes:

.page-id-42 .entry-header {
  display: none;
}

You can find the page ID by editing the page and looking at the URL in your browser’s address bar – the number after post= is your ID.

I’d only use this as a last resort. The built-in toggles are cleaner and easier to manage. But when something else on your site is fighting Kadence’s settings, CSS gets the job done.

Wait – Won’t Removing the Title Hurt My SEO?

This is the part most tutorials skip. And it’s the most important thing in this entire article.

When Kadence displays your page title, it wraps it in an <h1> tag. That H1 is usually the only one on the page. It tells Google what the page is about – it’s basically the headline of your content as far as search engines are concerned.

When you hide that title using any of the 3 methods above, you’re removing the only H1 tag from the page. And Google’s own documentation recommends exactly one H1 per page for clear content structure.

The fix is simple: add an H1 Heading block manually in your page content.

1. Edit the page in the block editor.
2. Add a Heading block near the top of your content.
3. Make sure it’s set to H1 (not H2 or H3).
4. Type a descriptive title that includes your target keyword.

This H1 doesn’t have to match the page title you just hid. In fact, it can be better. You can write it specifically for SEO – longer, more descriptive, with your exact keyword phrase – while keeping your page’s visual design clean.

For example, if your hidden page title was just “About” but your page is really about your freelance web design services, your H1 Heading block could say “Freelance Web Design Services in Portland.” That’s much better for search rankings than a generic “About.”

I can’t stress this enough: this is the number one mistake beginners make when hiding page titles. They get the visual result they want and don’t realize they’ve stripped out critical SEO structure. Every page on your site should have exactly one H1. No exceptions.

Does Kadence Pro Give You More Options?

For just hiding titles, the free version handles everything perfectly. You don’t need to upgrade.

But Kadence Pro does add one feature worth mentioning: Hooked Elements. Instead of simply hiding the title, Hooked Elements let you replace the entire title area with a custom-designed hero section. You could build a hero with a background image, custom heading, subtitle, and a call-to-action button – then hook it in where the title used to be.

That’s overkill if you just want to hide a title. But if you’re building landing pages or want a unique hero on every page, it’s a genuinely useful Pro feature. I go deeper into what Hooked Elements can do in my guide on using Kadence Hooked Elements for custom search. The key difference is hiding vs. replacing – free hides, Pro replaces.

What About the Gap After Removing the Title?

One issue that surprises beginners: after hiding the page title, you might see extra white space at the top of your content where the title used to be. The title area is gone, but the spacing around it sometimes lingers.

If this happens, check whether the .entry-header container still exists in your page’s HTML (right-click > Inspect). The Kadence toggle usually removes it entirely, so there shouldn’t be a gap. But if you used the CSS method, the container is still there – just invisible. In that case, the CSS display: none should collapse the space. If it doesn’t, try adding margin: 0; padding: 0; to the same selector.

Most of the time, though, the built-in toggles handle this cleanly and you won’t see any gap at all.

Quick Reference Table

Method	Scope	Difficulty	Free?	Best For
Page Settings toggle	Single page	Easy	Yes	Landing pages, homepage
Customizer toggle	All pages	Easy	Yes	Sites that never show titles
CSS snippet	Targeted or all pages	Medium	Yes	When toggles don’t work
Hooked Elements (Pro)	Custom replacement	Advanced	No	Replacing title with hero section

Frequently Asked Questions

Does hiding the page title affect my SEO?

Yes, if you don’t add an H1 manually. When you hide the page title in Kadence, you’re removing the only H1 tag on the page. I always add an H1 Heading block in the page content right after disabling the title. That way, Google still sees proper heading structure.

Can I hide the title on posts too, not just pages?

Kadence’s per-post settings work the same way. Open any post in the block editor, click the Page Settings icon, and toggle the title off. I’ve done this on posts where I wanted a custom header layout instead of the default title.

Will the hidden title still show in my WordPress admin?

Yes. Hiding the page title only affects what visitors see on the front end. Your WordPress dashboard, page list, and menus still show the original title. Nothing changes on the admin side.

Does hiding the title remove it from Google search results?

No. Google pulls your search result title from your SEO title tag (set via a plugin like SEO Simple Pack), not the visible H1 on the page. Hiding the page title in Kadence doesn’t change what appears in search results.

Do I need Kadence Pro to hide page titles?

No. All 3 methods I covered – the per-page toggle, the global Customizer toggle, and the CSS fallback – work in the free version of Kadence. You don’t need Pro for this.

Wrapping Up

Hiding page titles in Kadence is one of the simplest customizations you can make – the per-page toggle takes 5 seconds. But the SEO side of it matters more than the visual side.

Here’s my recommended workflow:

1. Hide the title using Method 1 (per-page toggle) or Method 2 (global toggle).
2. Immediately add an H1 Heading block to your page content.
3. Write that H1 with your target keyword in mind.
4. Check the page on mobile to make sure everything looks right.

Don’t skip step 2. A page without an H1 is like an article without a headline – search engines won’t know what it’s about, and your rankings will quietly suffer. It takes 10 seconds to add, and it’s the difference between doing this right and making a common beginner mistake.