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Content sits outside any labelled region

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Parts of the page are not inside a recognised area such as header, navigation, main or footer.

Who this affects

Screen reader users, who navigate by jumping between these regions.

Fix it in WordPress

Check the theme's header.php and footer.php use the real header, nav and footer elements rather than generic divs.

What the fix is, technically

Place all content inside landmark elements, header, nav, main, aside, footer.

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