diff --git a/commands/commandeer.go b/commands/commandeer.go
index c53235cef..697ece1f0 100644
--- a/commands/commandeer.go
+++ b/commands/commandeer.go
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ func (r *rootCommand) PreRun(cd, runner *simplecobra.Commandeer) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Set up the global logger early to allow info deprecations during config load.
-	loggers.InitGlobalLogger(r.logger.Level(), false)
+	loggers.SetGlobalLogger(r.logger)
 
 	r.changesFromBuild = make(chan []identity.Identity, 10)
 
diff --git a/common/hugo/hugo.go b/common/hugo/hugo.go
index 8b32432db..815c25fa7 100644
--- a/common/hugo/hugo.go
+++ b/common/hugo/hugo.go
@@ -414,6 +414,15 @@ func Deprecate(item, alternative string, version string) {
 	DeprecateLevel(item, alternative, version, level)
 }
 
+// DeprecateLevelMin informs about a deprecation starting at the given version, but with a minimum log level.
+func DeprecateLevelMin(item, alternative string, version string, minLevel logg.Level) {
+	level := deprecationLogLevelFromVersion(version)
+	if level < minLevel {
+		level = minLevel
+	}
+	DeprecateLevel(item, alternative, version, level)
+}
+
 // DeprecateLevel informs about a deprecation logging at the given level.
 func DeprecateLevel(item, alternative, version string, level logg.Level) {
 	var msg string
diff --git a/common/loggers/loggerglobal.go b/common/loggers/loggerglobal.go
index c3e2970d0..b8c9a6931 100644
--- a/common/loggers/loggerglobal.go
+++ b/common/loggers/loggerglobal.go
@@ -21,7 +21,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bep/logg"
 )
 
-func InitGlobalLogger(level logg.Level, panicOnWarnings bool) {
+// SetGlobalLogger sets the global logger.
+// This is used in a few places in Hugo, e.g. deprecated functions.
+func SetGlobalLogger(logger Logger) {
+	logMu.Lock()
+	defer logMu.Unlock()
+	log = logger
+}
+
+func initGlobalLogger(level logg.Level, panicOnWarnings bool) {
 	logMu.Lock()
 	defer logMu.Unlock()
 	var logHookLast func(e *logg.Entry) error
@@ -50,5 +58,5 @@ func Log() Logger {
 var log Logger
 
 func init() {
-	InitGlobalLogger(logg.LevelWarn, false)
+	initGlobalLogger(logg.LevelWarn, false)
 }
diff --git a/config/allconfig/load.go b/config/allconfig/load.go
index 999e03645..9e9c7a42a 100644
--- a/config/allconfig/load.go
+++ b/config/allconfig/load.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func LoadConfig(d ConfigSourceDescriptor) (*Configs, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to init config: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	loggers.InitGlobalLogger(d.Logger.Level(), configs.Base.PanicOnWarning)
+	loggers.SetGlobalLogger(d.Logger)
 
 	return configs, nil
 }
diff --git a/config/privacy/privacyConfig_test.go b/config/privacy/privacyConfig_test.go
index 6cde91165..1dd20215b 100644
--- a/config/privacy/privacyConfig_test.go
+++ b/config/privacy/privacyConfig_test.go
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ respectDoNotTrack = true
 [privacy.instagram]
 disable = true
 simple = true
-[privacy.twitter]
-disable = true
-enableDNT = true
-simple = true
 [privacy.x]
 disable = true
 enableDNT = true
@@ -63,8 +59,8 @@ simple = true
 	got := []bool{
 		pc.Disqus.Disable, pc.GoogleAnalytics.Disable,
 		pc.GoogleAnalytics.RespectDoNotTrack, pc.Instagram.Disable,
-		pc.Instagram.Simple, pc.Twitter.Disable, pc.Twitter.EnableDNT,
-		pc.Twitter.Simple, pc.Vimeo.Disable, pc.Vimeo.EnableDNT, pc.Vimeo.Simple,
+		pc.Instagram.Simple,
+		pc.Vimeo.Disable, pc.Vimeo.EnableDNT, pc.Vimeo.Simple,
 		pc.YouTube.PrivacyEnhanced, pc.YouTube.Disable, pc.X.Disable, pc.X.EnableDNT,
 		pc.X.Simple,
 	}
diff --git a/hugolib/page__meta.go b/hugolib/page__meta.go
index 38fe6db56..20ce1aa59 100644
--- a/hugolib/page__meta.go
+++ b/hugolib/page__meta.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/bep/logg"
 	"github.com/gobuffalo/flect"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/langs"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/markup/converter"
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/constants"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hashing"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugo"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/loggers"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/maps"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/paths"
@@ -486,6 +488,11 @@ params:
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if loki == "path" || loki == "kind" || loki == "lang" {
+			// See issue 12484.
+			hugo.DeprecateLevelMin(loki+" in front matter", "", "v0.144.0", logg.LevelWarn)
+		}
+
 		switch loki {
 		case "title":
 			pcfg.Title = cast.ToString(v)
diff --git a/hugolib/page_test.go b/hugolib/page_test.go
index 39a16d948..0fec397e0 100644
--- a/hugolib/page_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/page_test.go
@@ -1942,3 +1942,29 @@ Hugo: h-Home|
 `,
 	)
 }
+
+// See #12484
+func TestPageFrontMatterDeprecatePathKindLang(t *testing.T) {
+	// This cannot be parallel as it depends on output from the global logger.
+
+	files := `
+-- hugo.toml --
+disableKinds = ["taxonomy", "term", "home", "section"]
+-- content/p1.md --
+---
+title: "p1"
+kind: "page"
+lang: "en"
+path: "mypath"
+---
+-- layouts/_default/single.html --
+Title: {{ .Title }}
+`
+	b := Test(t, files, TestOptWarn())
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/mypath/index.html", "p1")
+	b.AssertLogContains(
+		"deprecated: kind in front matter was deprecated",
+		"deprecated: lang in front matter was deprecated",
+		"deprecated: path in front matter was deprecated",
+	)
+}
diff --git a/hugolib/testhelpers_test.go b/hugolib/testhelpers_test.go
index 9fdb63238..2007b658d 100644
--- a/hugolib/testhelpers_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/testhelpers_test.go
@@ -260,8 +260,6 @@ disable = false
 respectDoNotTrack = true
 [privacy.instagram]
 simple = true
-[privacy.twitter]
-enableDNT = true
 [privacy.x]
 enableDNT = true
 [privacy.vimeo]
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/shortcodes_integration_test.go b/tpl/tplimpl/shortcodes_integration_test.go
index 0578e2d8b..b8a4ad833 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/shortcodes_integration_test.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/shortcodes_integration_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestCommentShortcode(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
+	// This cannot be parallel as it depends on output from the global logger.
 
 	files := `
 -- hugo.toml --