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No way to skip the menu

bypassOur plugin repairs this

There is no "skip to content" link, so anyone navigating by keyboard has to tab through the whole menu on every page before reaching the content.

Who this affects

Keyboard-only users and screen reader users. On a site with a 30-item menu this means 30 extra key presses per page.

Fix it in WordPress

Add a skip link immediately after the opening body tag in header.php, targeting the main content id. It should be hidden until it receives keyboard focus, never permanently hidden with display:none.

What the fix is, technically

Add a skip link as the first focusable element on the page, pointing at the main content's id.

Or let the plugin do it

This is one of the failures AccessVane can repair for you. It changes the pages your server actually sends, not a script layered on top, and switching the repair off puts everything back exactly as your theme had it.

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