diff --git a/internal/sections/resolver.go b/internal/sections/resolver.go
index 9d7ed5cf46..2273677949 100644
--- a/internal/sections/resolver.go
+++ b/internal/sections/resolver.go
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ package sections
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"reflect"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/Silo-Server/silo-server/internal/sections/recipes"
 )
 
 const jsonNullLiteral = "null"
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ func Resolve(admin []*PageSection, overrides []ProfileSectionOverride) []Resolve
 			}
 		}
 
+		rs.Title = readableTitle(rs.SectionType, rs.Title, rs.Config)
 		result = append(result, rs)
 	}
 
@@ -102,14 +107,13 @@ func ResolveForSettings(admin []*PageSection, overrides []ProfileSectionOverride
 			continue
 		}
 		rs := ResolvedSection{
-			ID:           s.ID,
-			SectionType:  s.SectionType,
-			Title:        s.Title,
-			DefaultTitle: s.Title,
-			Featured:     s.Featured,
-			ItemLimit:    s.ItemLimit,
-			Config:       s.Config,
-			Position:     s.Position,
+			ID:          s.ID,
+			SectionType: s.SectionType,
+			Title:       s.Title,
+			Featured:    s.Featured,
+			ItemLimit:   s.ItemLimit,
+			Config:      s.Config,
+			Position:    s.Position,
 		}
 
 		if hasOverride {
@@ -132,6 +136,11 @@ func ResolveForSettings(admin []*PageSection, overrides []ProfileSectionOverride
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Both titles get the same readable fallback from the same config, so
+		// an admin title saved as the raw key still equals Title when the
+		// profile has no title override.
+		rs.DefaultTitle = readableTitle(rs.SectionType, s.Title, rs.Config)
+		rs.Title = readableTitle(rs.SectionType, rs.Title, rs.Config)
 		result = append(result, rs)
 	}
 
@@ -187,7 +196,7 @@ func resolveUserAdded(o ProfileSectionOverride) ResolvedSection {
 	return ResolvedSection{
 		ID:          o.ID,
 		SectionType: sectionType,
-		Title:       title,
+		Title:       readableTitle(sectionType, title, cfg),
 		Featured:    featured,
 		ItemLimit:   limit,
 		Config:      cfg,
@@ -196,3 +205,42 @@ func resolveUserAdded(o ProfileSectionOverride) ResolvedSection {
 		Hidden:      o.Hidden,
 	}
 }
+
+// readableTitle replaces a blank title, or one that is just the raw
+// section_type key (older editors saved that when no title was typed), with
+// the recipe's display name: the preset whose default params match the
+// section config on the most keys (as the web editor's matchRecipePreset
+// picks), else the recipe's first preset. Other titles pass through.
+func readableTitle(sectionType SectionType, title string, config json.RawMessage) string {
+	if t := strings.TrimSpace(title); t != "" && t != string(sectionType) {
+		return title
+	}
+	rec, ok := recipes.Get(string(sectionType))
+	if !ok {
+		return title
+	}
+	presets := rec.Definition().Presets
+	if len(presets) == 0 {
+		return title
+	}
+	var cfg map[string]any
+	_ = json.Unmarshal(config, &cfg)
+	best, bestScore := presets[0].DisplayName, -1
+	for _, p := range presets {
+		var params map[string]any
+		if json.Unmarshal(p.DefaultParams, &params) != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		matched := true
+		for k, v := range params {
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(cfg[k], v) {
+				matched = false
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if matched && len(params) > bestScore {
+			best, bestScore = p.DisplayName, len(params)
+		}
+	}
+	return best
+}
diff --git a/internal/sections/resolver_test.go b/internal/sections/resolver_test.go
index 1966ac71c9..ae9bc549aa 100644
--- a/internal/sections/resolver_test.go
+++ b/internal/sections/resolver_test.go
@@ -301,3 +301,48 @@ func TestResolveBackwardCompatLegacyUserAdded(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("legacy user-added not resolved correctly: %+v", resolved)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestResolve_ReplacesRawSectionTypeTitle(t *testing.T) {
+	admin := []*PageSection{
+		{ID: "1", Position: 0, SectionType: "trending_on_server", Title: "trending_on_server", Config: json.RawMessage(`{"window":"7d"}`)},
+		{ID: "2", Position: 1, SectionType: "trending_on_server", Title: "Hot Right Now", Config: json.RawMessage(`{"window":"7d"}`)},
+		{ID: "3", Position: 2, SectionType: "format_showcase", Title: "format_showcase", Config: json.RawMessage(`{"format":"4k","sort":"recent"}`)},
+	}
+
+	result := Resolve(admin, nil)
+	if result[0].Title != "Trending This Week" {
+		t.Errorf("raw-key title = %q, want %q", result[0].Title, "Trending This Week")
+	}
+	if result[1].Title != "Hot Right Now" {
+		t.Errorf("custom title = %q, want unchanged", result[1].Title)
+	}
+	if result[2].Title != "New in 4K" {
+		t.Errorf("most specific preset = %q, want %q", result[2].Title, "New in 4K")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestResolveForSettings_RawKeyAdminTitleIsNotARename: an admin row saved with
+// the raw section_type key gets the preset name in both Title and DefaultTitle,
+// so settings does not report a rename the profile never made.
+func TestResolveForSettings_RawKeyAdminTitleIsNotARename(t *testing.T) {
+	admin := []*PageSection{
+		{ID: "1", Position: 0, SectionType: "trending_on_server", Title: "trending_on_server", Config: json.RawMessage(`{"window":"7d"}`)},
+		{ID: "2", Position: 1, SectionType: "trending_on_server", Title: "trending_on_server", Config: json.RawMessage(`{"window":"7d"}`)},
+	}
+	overrides := []ProfileSectionOverride{{SectionID: "2", Title: "My trending"}}
+
+	result := ResolveForSettings(admin, overrides)
+	got := map[string][2]string{}
+	for _, r := range result {
+		got[r.ID] = [2]string{r.Title, r.DefaultTitle}
+	}
+	want := map[string][2]string{
+		"1": {"Trending This Week", "Trending This Week"},
+		"2": {"My trending", "Trending This Week"},
+	}
+	for id, w := range want {
+		if got[id] != w {
+			t.Errorf("section %s (title, default title) = %q, want %q", id, got[id], w)
+		}
+	}
+}