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Broken Heading Hierarchy on Shopify
Screen reader users navigate by headings. Skipping levels makes content harder to understand.
Issue ID: A11Y-HEADING-001Severity: moderateEffort: S
Why this matters
Screen reader users navigate by headings. Skipping levels makes content harder to understand. This affects usability, compliance risk, and how many visitors can successfully consume the page.
Shopify fix path
How to fix this on Shopify
Use theme settings, page settings, or theme code.
- 1Find the source of the issue in Shopify admin.
- 2Apply the change.
- 3Preview and publish.
After you fix it
- ✓Use a heading outline checker to confirm sequential levels
Same fix, other platforms
Fix broken heading hierarchy on a different CMS
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