[freemansiam]

Hi there,

Thank you for reaching out and for your attention to SEO best practices!

This is actually a common concern, and the good news is that it’s not an issue. Let me explain:

The theme uses two H1 tags — one for the site title within the header section element, and the other for the page title inside the article section element. In HTML5, using multiple H1 tags is perfectly valid and SEO-friendly when each one is placed within its own sectioning element (header, article, section, nav, etc.).

This is part of the HTML5 document outline algorithm, where each sectioning element creates its own heading hierarchy. Google has confirmed multiple times that they handle this correctly.

You can read more about it here:
https://www.w3.org/wiki/HTML/Usage/Headings/h1only

Many SEO audit tools still flag this as a “warning” because they check for the older HTML4 rule (one H1 per page), but they haven’t fully adapted to the HTML5 sectioning model. It’s a false positive in this case.

So to summarize:
– No hidden setting change is needed
– No PHP modification is necessary
– Your current structure is semantically correct and SEO-safe

That said, if your SEO tool report is important for a client presentation or audit, you can safely ignore that specific warning.

Please let us know if you have any other questions!

Best regards

[serkan]

Hi there,

Thank you for reaching out and for your attention to SEO best practices!

This is actually a common concern, and the good news is that it’s not an issue. Let me explain:

The theme uses two H1 tags — one for the site title within the

section element, and the other for the page title inside the

section element. In HTML5, using multiple H1 tags is perfectly valid and SEO-friendly when each one is placed within its own sectioning element (pre header article section nav, etc.).

This is part of the HTML5 document outline algorithm, where each sectioning element creates its own heading hierarchy. Google has confirmed multiple times that they handle this correctly.

You can read more about it here:
https://www.w3.org/wiki/HTML/Usage/Headings/h1only

Many SEO audit tools still flag this as a “warning” because they check for the older HTML4 rule (one H1 per page), but they haven’t fully adapted to the HTML5 sectioning model. It’s a false positive in this case.

So to summarize:
– No hidden setting change is needed
– No PHP modification is necessary
– Your current structure is semantically correct and SEO-safe

That said, if your SEO tool report is important for a client presentation or audit, you can safely ignore that specific warning.

Please let us know if you have any other questions!

Best regards

[freemansiam]

Hi Support Team,

Thank you so much for the detailed explanation and the incredibly fast response!

It is a huge relief to know that the multiple H1 tags are perfectly fine under the HTML5 document outline and that the theme is already fully optimized for SEO. I really appreciate you clearing that up for me so clearly.

Thanks again for your excellent support. I will leave the header structure exactly as it is.

Best regards,

[serkan]

Hi there,
You are welcome :) Glad we could help!
If you can spare a minute, we’d be very happy if you could rate the theme on ThemeForest. Your feedback boosts our motivation and helps us work harder on future updates.
https://themeforest.net/downloads
Thank you for your support, and don’t hesitate to reach out if you ever need anything!
Best regards
Serkan