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Intrusive Interstitial Detected on Mobile on WordPress
An intrusive interstitial or popup covers the main content on mobile. Google may demote pages with intrusive interstitials in mobile search results.
Issue ID: MOBILE-INTERSTITIAL-001Severity: majorEffort: S
Why this matters
An intrusive interstitial or popup covers the main content on mobile. Google may demote pages with intrusive interstitials in mobile search results. This affects usability on phones, which is where most local-business traffic now happens.
WordPress fix path
How to fix this on WordPress
Use the page editor, theme, or SEO tooling depending on where this issue lives.
- 1Inspect the page and theme output.
- 2Apply the fix in the most direct place.
- 3Publish and validate with a re-audit.
After you fix it
- ✓Load the page on mobile and confirm no intrusive interstitial blocks content immediately
Same fix, other platforms
Fix intrusive interstitial detected on mobile on a different CMS
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