How to Hide Post and Page Titles in WordPress?

If you own a WordPress website, you might have faced a situation where the title of a page or post doesn’t quite match your website’s design. Removing the title completely might not be the best solution as it could negatively impact your website’s SEO and performance. However, you can hide the title of the page or post instead of deleting it. This guide will show you how to do that in WordPress. You can either manually add code to your theme’s stylesheet, use the Gutenberg editor, or install a third-party tool.

While page titles are crucial for website navigation and search engine optimization (SEO), there might be situations where you want to hide them on specific pages. This article will guide you through two methods to achieve this in WordPress: using the theme customizer (manual) and with plugins. But before we dive in, let’s understand why you might want to hide a title and the potential SEO implications.

Why Hide Page Titles?

There are a few reasons you might consider hiding a page title:

• Hero Banner Takes Center Stage: For pages with a prominent hero banner or image, hiding the title can create a cleaner, more visual impact.
• Minimalist Design: If your design leans towards minimalism, hiding titles can contribute to a sleek aesthetic.
• Landing Pages: Some landing pages might benefit from a more focused approach where the title competes with the call to action.

Manual Method: Using the Theme Customizer

Step 1: First login to your WordPress website using your user id and password.

 

Step 2: After logging into your WordPress dashboard, hover over the “Posts” section and click on “All Posts”.

 

Step 3: Choose the post for which you want to hide the title of the post and then click on the “edit” link.

 

Step 4: After clicking on the edit link, the edit post option will appear on your screen, now hover over to the post title and then click on the eye icon to disable the title of the post.

 

Step 5: Finally click on the update button to save all the changes to your post.

 

After updating the post, the title of the post gets hidden.

Post with no title

This is how you can hide the post title from the post you want, In this article we are using the Astra theme, but the process is the same for another theme as well.

Plugin Power: Extending Your Control

Step 1: First hover over the “Pages” and then click on the “All Pages” link.

 

Step 2: Now choose the page for which you want to hide the title of the page and then click on the “edit” link of the page.

 

Step 3: Just similar to hide the title of the post, hover over the page title and then click on eye icon the to hide the title of the page.

 

Step 4: After hiding the title of the post, click on the “Update” button to save all the changes to the page.

 

Now the title from your page gets hidden.

Page with no title

This is how you can hide the title of posts and pages easily on your WordPress website. Using this method you can only hide the title from the selective post and pages.

Hiding page titles can be a viable option for specific scenarios, but prioritize SEO best practices when doing so. By strategically combining manual methods and plugins, you can achieve the desired visual effect while maintaining a search-engine friendly website.