diff --git a/layouts/_default/rss.xml b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
index 2998400e1d..ad7aa4ac4e 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
@@ -42,8 +42,14 @@
     {{ printf "<atom:link href=%q rel=\"self\" type=%q />" ( partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" . "abs" true)) .MediaType | safeHTML }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- range $pages }}
+      {{- $visible := true }}
       {{- $relearnIsHiddenFrom := index ($page.Scratch.Get "relearnIsHiddenFrom") .RelPermalink }}
-  	  {{- if and .Permalink .Title (or (not $relearnIsHiddenFrom) (ne .Site.Params.disableSeoHiddenPages true) ) }}
+      {{- if or (eq .Kind "taxonomy") (eq .Kind "term") }}
+        {{- $visible = and .Title .Permalink (or (not $relearnIsHiddenFrom) (ne .Site.Params.disableTagHiddenPages true) ) }}
+      {{- else }}
+        {{- $visible = and .Title .Permalink (or (not $relearnIsHiddenFrom) (ne .Site.Params.disableSeoHiddenPages true) ) }}
+      {{- end }}
+  	  {{- if $visible }}
     <item>
       <title>{{ partial "pageHelper/title.hugo" (dict "page" . "format" $format "outputFormat" $outputFormat) }}</title>
       <link>{{ partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" . "abs" true) }}</link>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/header.html b/layouts/partials/header.html
index f27f900a6a..ff6b1f8a34 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/header.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/header.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
 
-    {{- if not (and .Title (or (ne (.Scratch.Get "relearnIsHiddenStem") true) (ne .Site.Params.disableSeoHiddenPages true) ) ) }}
+    {{- if not (and .Title .RelPermalink (or (ne (.Scratch.Get "relearnIsHiddenStem") true) (ne .Site.Params.disableSeoHiddenPages true) ) ) }}
     {{- else }}
       {{- range .AlternativeOutputFormats }}
         {{- if eq .Rel "canonical" }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/menu.html b/layouts/partials/menu.html
index be4c716ab7..5adc8e5d40 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/menu.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/menu.html
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@
             {{- $subHidden := and $relearnIsSubHiddenFrom (not $.showhidden) (not $isSelfSub) (not $isAncestorSub) }}
             {{- $numberOfVisibleChildren = add $numberOfVisibleChildren (int (not $subHidden)) }}
           {{- end }}
+          {{- $title := partial "pageHelper/title.hugo" (dict "page" . "linkTitle" true) }}
+          {{- $url := partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" .) }}
           {{- safeHTML .Params.head }}
           {{- if $numberOfVisibleChildren }}
-            {{- $title := or .LinkTitle .Title }}
-            {{- $url := partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" .) }}
             {{- $isCollapsible := or (.Params.collapsibleMenu | default .Site.Params.collapsibleMenu) (not $url) }}
             {{- $currentAlwaysopen := .Params.alwaysopen | default $alwaysopen }}
             {{- $pageHash := md5 .Page }}
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@
               {{- template "section-tree-nav" dict "sect" . "currentnode" $currentNode "showvisitedlinks" $showvisitedlinks "alwaysopen" $defaultAlwaysopen }}
             {{- end }}</ul></li>
           {{- else }}
-            {{- $title := or .LinkTitle .Title }}
-            {{- $url := partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" .) }}
           <li data-nav-id="{{ $url }}" class="{{if $isActive }}active{{end}}">{{ if $url }}<a class="padding" href="{{ $url }}">{{ else }}<span class="padding">{{ end }}
               {{- partial "menu-pre.html" . }}{{ $title }}{{ partial "menu-post.html" . }}
               {{- if $url }}{{ if $showvisitedlinks }}<i class="fa-fw fas fa-check read-icon"></i>{{ end }}</a>{{ else }}</span>{{ end }}</li>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/meta.html b/layouts/partials/meta.html
index fa676eb136..937b6ad79f 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/meta.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/meta.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         {{- $ver := printf "<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"%s %s\">" "Relearn" $ver }}
     {{ $ver | safeHTML }}
     {{- end }}
-    {{- if not (and .Title (or (ne (.Scratch.Get "relearnIsHiddenStem") true) (ne .Site.Params.disableSeoHiddenPages true) ) ) }}
+    {{- if not (and .Title .RelPermalink (or (ne (.Scratch.Get "relearnIsHiddenStem") true) (ne .Site.Params.disableSeoHiddenPages true) ) ) }}
     <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow, noarchive, noimageindex">
     {{- end }}
     <meta name="description" content="{{ with or .Description .Summary | plainify | htmlUnescape | chomp }}{{ . }}{{ end }}">
diff --git a/layouts/partials/page-meta.hugo b/layouts/partials/page-meta.hugo
index ea157ef321..e72ecb2ee2 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/page-meta.hugo
+++ b/layouts/partials/page-meta.hugo
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@
 		{{- $currentNode.Store.Set $has true }}
 	{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
-
 {{- template "relearn-structure" dict "node" .Site.Home "currentnode" $currentNode "hiddenstem" false "hiddencurrent" false }}
+{{- if not ($currentNode.Scratch.Get "relearnIsSelfFound") }}
+	{{- if not $currentNode.IsHome }}
+		{{- $currentNode.Scratch.Set "relearnPrevPage" .Site.Home }}
+	{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
 {{- define "relearn-structure" }}
 	{{- $currentNode := .currentnode }}
 	{{- $isSelf := eq $currentNode .node }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/pageHelper/isHidden.html b/layouts/partials/pageHelper/isHidden.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 741399dbc2..0000000000
--- a/layouts/partials/pageHelper/isHidden.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{{- return (or (not .Title) .Params.hidden) }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layouts/partials/pageHelper/pagesBy.html b/layouts/partials/pageHelper/pagesBy.html
index 734d47a3d2..63fa3e41b5 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/pageHelper/pagesBy.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/pageHelper/pagesBy.html
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 	{{- $by = "" }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- $by = $by | default $page.Params.ordersectionsby | default $page.Site.Params.ordersectionsby | default "weight" }}
-{{- $hidden := .hidden }}
 
 {{- $pages := slice }}
 
diff --git a/layouts/partials/pageHelper/title.hugo b/layouts/partials/pageHelper/title.hugo
index 8d9a8b8219..143e1df643 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/pageHelper/title.hugo
+++ b/layouts/partials/pageHelper/title.hugo
@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@
   {{- if .Params.menuTitle }}
     {{- warnf "%q: UNSUPPORTED frontmatter 'menutitle' found, use 'linktitle' instead; see https://mcshelby.github.io/hugo-theme-relearn/basics/migration#600" $.File.Filename }}
   {{- end }}
-  {{- $format := $.format | default (partial "get-format.hugo" .) }}
-  {{- $outputFormat := $.outputFormat | default (partial "output-format.hugo" (dict "page" . "format" $format)) }}
   {{- $siteTitle := site.Title }}
   {{- $title = .Title }}
   {{- if $.linkTitle }}
-    {{- $title = or $.page.LinkTitle $title }}
+    {{- $title = or .LinkTitle $title }}
   {{- end }}
 
-  {{- if eq $outputFormat "searchpage" }}
-    {{- $title = T "Search" }}
-  {{- else if eq .Kind "home" }}
-    {{- $title = or $title $siteTitle }}
+  {{- if eq .Kind "home" }}
+    {{- $title = $title | default $siteTitle }}
+    {{- $format := $.format | default (partial "get-format.hugo" .) }}
+    {{- $outputFormat := $.outputFormat | default (partial "output-format.hugo" (dict "page" . "format" $format)) }}
+    {{- if eq $outputFormat "searchpage" }}
+      {{- $title = T "Search" }}
+    {{- end }}
   {{- else if eq .Kind "taxonomy" }}
     {{- $title = default (default .Data.Plural (i18n .Data.Plural)) .Params.Title }}
   {{- else if eq .Kind "term" }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/topbar/button/prev.html b/layouts/partials/topbar/button/prev.html
index 3c38ed73fd..27d87136f3 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/topbar/button/prev.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/topbar/button/prev.html
@@ -10,16 +10,17 @@
 		{{- if eq (.Language.LanguageDirection | default (T "Reading-direction") | default "ltr") "rtl" }}
 			{{- $startarrow = "🡒" }}
 		{{- end }}
-		{{- $prev := .Scratch.Get "relearnPrevPage" | default .Site.Home }}
+		{{- $prev := .Scratch.Get "relearnPrevPage" }}
 		{{- if eq $outputFormat "searchpage" }}
 			{{- $outputFormat = "html" }}
-		{{- else if eq .Page.Kind "home" }}
-			{{- $prev = "" }}
+			{{- $prev = .Site.Home }}
 		{{- else if eq .Page.Kind "term" }}
 			{{- /* go to previous term page or taxonomy page if it is the first term */}}
 			{{- $taxonomy_page := .Site.GetPage .Data.Plural }}
 			{{- $pages := partialCached "partials/pageHelper/taxonomyPages.html" $taxonomy_page $taxonomy_page }}
 			{{- $prev = partial "partials/pageHelper/prev.html" (dict "collection" $pages "item" .) | default $taxonomy_page }}
+		{{- else if eq .Page.Kind "taxonomy" }}
+			{{- $prev = .Site.Home }}
 		{{- end }}
 		{{- $prevTitle := partial "pageHelper/title.hugo" (dict "page" $prev "format" $format "outputFormat" $outputFormat) }}
 		{{- partial "topbar/func/button.html" (dict