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Broken Heading Hierarchy on Squarespace

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.

Squarespace fix path

How to fix this on Squarespace

Check page settings, navigation, and code injection.

  1. 1Identify whether this is page-level or site-level.
  2. 2Apply the fix.
  3. 3Republish and confirm.

After you fix it

  • Use a heading outline checker to confirm sequential levels

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