diff --git a/src/templates/pad.html b/src/templates/pad.html
index 12a77bc8c..3e981add9 100644
--- a/src/templates/pad.html
+++ b/src/templates/pad.html
@@ -65,14 +65,18 @@
   <link rel="localizations" type="application/l10n+json" href="../locales.json" />
 </head>
 <body>
-  <% e.begin_block("body"); %>
-
   <!-- WCAG 2.4.1 — bypass the toolbar and jump straight to the editor.
        Visible only when keyboard-focused; click handler in pad.ts routes
-       focus into the editor iframe rather than just scrolling. -->
+       focus into the editor iframe rather than just scrolling.
+       MUST live outside the `body` eejs block: plugins like
+       ep_set_title_on_pad use eejsBlock_body to prepend a focusable
+       title bar, which would otherwise come before this link in DOM
+       order and steal the first Tab. -->
   <a id="skip-to-content" class="skip-link" href="#editorcontainer"
      data-l10n-id="pad.editor.skipToContent">Skip to editor</a>
 
+  <% e.begin_block("body"); %>
+
   <!----------------------------->
   <!--------- TOOLBAR ----------->
   <!----------------------------->
