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Table caption is not marked as one

table-fake-caption

A table has a title row acting as a caption without being marked as the caption.

Who this affects

Screen reader users, who do not hear what the table is about before entering it.

Fix it in WordPress

TablePress and the core Table block both support a real caption field, use it instead of a merged top row.

What the fix is, technically

Use a real caption element as the first child of the table.

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