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An element is marked decorative but is still interactive

presentation-role-conflict

Some elements are declared as purely decorative while still being focusable or carrying accessibility information, a contradiction software resolves unpredictably.

Who this affects

Screen reader users, who get inconsistent behaviour between browsers.

Fix it in WordPress

Common on decorative images inside links. If the image is inside a link, it is not decorative, describe the link's destination instead.

What the fix is, technically

Either make it genuinely decorative by removing focus and ARIA attributes, or drop the presentation role.

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