Title tag missing

What this means

Every HTML page must have a <title> tag. Google uses it as the default text in search result links, and browsers use it in tabs and history. A missing title is not a minor omission. It is the clearest possible signal to search engines that a page was not prepared for indexing.

How to fix it

Next.js App Router

Export a metadata object from app/layout.tsx or the individual page file.

export const metadata = {
  title: 'My Site',
}

For per-page titles, export metadata from the page itself.

export const metadata = {
  title: 'About | My Site',
}

See nextjs-root-metadata-missing if the root layout has no metadata export at all.

Next.js Pages Router

Import Head from next/head and add a <title> in every page component.

import Head from 'next/head'

export default function About() {
  return (
    <>
      <Head>
        <title>About | My Site</title>
      </Head>
      <main>Your content</main>
    </>
  )
}

SvelteKit

Add <svelte:head> with a <title> to each page component.

<svelte:head>
  <title>About | My Site</title>
</svelte:head>

<main>Your content</main>

Nuxt

Call useHead() with a title property in each page component.

<script setup>
useHead({ title: 'About | My Site' })
</script>

<template>
  <main>Your content</main>
</template>

Astro

Add a <title> inside the layout’s <head>, passed as a prop from each page.

---
interface Props { title: string }
const { title } = Astro.props
---
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en-GB">
  <head>
    <title>{title}</title>
  </head>
  <body><slot /></body>
</html>

---
import Layout from '../layouts/Layout.astro'
---
<Layout title="About | My Site">
  <main>Your content</main>
</Layout>

Plain HTML

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en-GB">
  <head>
    <title>About | My Site</title>
  </head>
  <body>Your content</body>
</html>

Verify the fix

curl -s https://example.com | grep -i '<title'

You should see your <title> tag in the output. Alternatively, re-run the audit:

npx orino audit https://example.com

The title-missing check should now pass.