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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.

  1. 1Find the source of the issue in Shopify admin.
  2. 2Apply the change.
  3. 3Preview and publish.

After you fix it

  • Use a heading outline checker to confirm sequential levels

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