# Don't require title in the blueprint

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/dont-require-title-in-the-blueprint/1360>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v2\
**Created:** [June 16, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/dont-require-title-in-the-blueprint/1360 "2015-06-16T12:58:37Z")\
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@texnixe @lukasbestle I usually tend to agree with you but this time I don’t.

## Error message in the panel

If I don’t add title in the blueprint it says in the panel something like this…

```
Title is missing in blueprint, can't show your fields

```

Now in the panel I can’t do a thing before I add a title to my blueprint. It’s totally locked. Why not fallback to the slug in this case? Why force me to add content that I don’t use, other than beautifying the panel?

## What if it was not required in the first place?

Think like this. If from the start the blueprint “title” was not required. You are as free as a bird to use your own fields. Suddenly with Kirby 2.1 the “title” field is now required. What would you think? How would you react?

I bet you would think that it could be a good thing, but that it should be optional, not forced.

## SEO aspect

I work on an SEO company. I often use fields like this…

```
seo_title
seo_description
page_title
excerpt_title

```

In my setup there are no such thing as “title”. That’s too general. I have different titles depending on if it’s an archive page or a single page. The SEO title falls back to the page\_title.

## Waste of space

When having a “title” in the text file it takes up space. That is bad if you never use it on the frontend. As once heard: “Bytes cost money”.

Now the “title” does not only take up space in a single page, but in all pages across the whole site.

## Don’t force fields

In conclusion. Don’t force fields, make them optional. When using Kirby I feel free as a bird most of the times, but this time I feel locked in.

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