Pipeline theme 7.0.2 all homepage slideshow slide headings are H1

Store Design

Topic summary

A user working with Shopify’s Pipeline theme version 7.0.2 encountered an SEO issue where all slideshow headings on the homepage were marked as H1 tags, which is problematic for proper heading hierarchy.

Initial Problem:

  • Multiple H1 tags appeared across slideshow slides
  • User needed to change these to H2, H3, or remove H1 designation entirely

Solution Process:

  • Located the relevant code in section-slideshow.liquid (lines 40-44)
  • Changed the HTML tag from <h1> to <h2> while maintaining the existing CSS class (class="hero__title h2")
  • The homepage now displays no H1 tags after the modification

Technical Details:
The code modification involved changing:

<h1 class="hero__title h2">

to:

<h2 class="hero__title h2">

The issue appears resolved, though the user’s updates contain some reversed/garbled text making full context slightly unclear.

Summarized with AI on November 19. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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We use Pipeline theme 7.0.2 and our homepage has a slideshow.

Every slide has a heading and every slide heading is H1.

How do I either, make the slide headings not H1 or change the slide headings to H2, H3 or higher?

UpDate:

I am in section-slideshow.liquid and have found the following code at line 40 - 44:

{{ block.settings.title | escape }}

Can I delete this or change it?

UpDate 2:

I changed the code to:

{{ block.settings.title | escape }}

But now the homepage has no H1

UpDate3:

I solved the problem by adding a custom html section with the following code:

My Custom H1 Text - Replace with yours

I removed the default custom html and only had the code above.

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UpDate:

I am in section-slideshow.liquid and have found the following code at line 40 - 44:

{{ block.settings.title | escape }}

Can I delete this or change it?