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Skip Navigation Link Missing on WordPress

No skip-to-content link found. Keyboard and screen reader users must tab through the entire navigation on every page load before reaching the main content.

Issue ID: A11Y-SKIP-LINK-001Severity: minorEffort: S

Why this matters

No skip-to-content link found. Keyboard and screen reader users must tab through the entire navigation on every page load before reaching the main content. This affects usability, compliance risk, and how many visitors can successfully consume the page.

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How to fix this on WordPress

Use the page editor, theme, or SEO tooling depending on where this issue lives.

  1. 1Inspect the page and theme output.
  2. 2Apply the fix in the most direct place.
  3. 3Publish and validate with a re-audit.

After you fix it

  • Press Tab on page load and confirm a "Skip to content" link appears

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