• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Equalize Digital

Equalize Digital

Website Accessibility Consulting, Training, and Development

  • My Account
  • Checkout
  • Services
    • Bespoke Websites
    • Accessibility Audits
    • User Testing
    • Accessibility Remediation
    • Accessibility Monitoring
    • Web Accessibility Training
    • Accessibility for Agencies
  • Accessibility Checker
    • Overview
    • Features
    • Pricing
    • Documentation
    • Support
    • Priority Support Packages
    • Buy Now
  • Company
    • About Us
    • Certified B Corporation
    • Industry Expertise
    • Blog
    • WordPress Accessibility Meetup
    • Accessibility Statement
    • Contact
    • Become An Affiliate
  • How can we help?
  • My Account
  • Checkout
Home / AAA

AAA

Warning icon

Image Animated GIF

Category: Tool Tips Notice Type: Warning WCAG Levels: AA, A, AAA

To resolve this warning, you need to review any GIFs that are present to ensure that they meet all applicable guidelines for accessibility and then either "Ignore" the warning in Accessibility Checker or remove the GIF from your page or post if it is not accessible.

Warning icon

A Video is Present

Category: Tool Tips Notice Type: Warning WCAG Levels: AA, A, AAA

To resolve this warning, you need to visit the front end of your website and fully ensure that any videos on the page or post are accessible. Once you have fully tested your videos for accessibility, you need to resolve any accessibility errors that may be present and then can "Ignore" the warning in Accessibility Checker for that post or page.

Error icon

Readability & Simplified Summary

Category: Tool Tips Notice Type: Error WCAG Levels: AAA

If a page or post has been flagged as having a grade-level readability score over ninth grade, you can either ensure that the text on the flagged web page has been simplified and scored below a ninth-grade reading level, or keep the original text, and provide a simplified summary.

Warning icon

A Slider is Present

Category: Tool Tips Notice Type: Warning WCAG Levels: A, AAA

To resolve this warning, you need to visit the front end of your website and fully ensure that any sliders on the page or post are accessible. Once you have fully tested your slider for accessibility, you need to resolve any accessibility errors that may be present and then can "Ignore" the warning in Accessibility Checker for that post or page.

Error icon

Insufficient Color Contrast

Category: Tool Tips Notice Type: Error WCAG Levels: AA, AAA

To fix an Insufficient Color Contrast error, you will need to ensure that flagged elements meet the minimum required ratio of 4.5:1. To do so, you will need to find the hexadecimal codes of your foreground and background color, and test them in a color contrast checker. If these color codes have a ratio of 4.5:1 or greater, or you can confirm that they meet one of three exceptions, you can "Ignore" this error. If the color codes do not have a ratio of at least 4.5:1, you will need to make adjustments to your colors.

Warning icon

Link Opens New Window or Tab

Category: Tool Tips Notice Type: Warning WCAG Levels: A, AAA

For every Link Opens New Window or Tab warning that is flagged on your website, it is best to find the linked text and change it to not open a new window or tab. If you really want the link to open in a new window or tab then you need to add both visual and auditory warnings that notify users this will happen. After ensuring that warnings for users are present, you can "Ignore" the warning in Accessibility Checker.

Warning icon

Text Justified

Category: Tool Tips Notice Type: Warning WCAG Levels: AAA

To fix this warning, you will need to remove the justified styling from the specified text elements. To do so, find the text elements that have been flagged, and remove the text justified tag.

Warning icon

Link to Non-HTML File

Category: Tool Tips Notice Type: Warning WCAG Levels: AAA, A, AA

To resolve a Link to a Non-HTML File Warning, you need to ensure a direct link to view or download the document is present, warn users it is a link to a document by displaying the specific file extension in the link anchor, and est and remediate your file for accessibility errors.

Warning icon

Link to PDF

Category: Tool Tips Notice Type: Warning WCAG Levels: AAA, A, AA

To resolve a Link to PDF Warning, you need to Make sure that any PDF documents can be accessed natively. If you're using a WordPress plugin that allows you to embed PDFs on your website, you need to ensure a direct link to view or download the document is present, warn users it is a link to a document by displaying the specific file extension in the link anchor, and test and remediate your PDF for accessibility errors.

Warning icon

Link to MS Office File

Category: Tool Tips Notice Type: Warning WCAG Levels: AAA, A, AA

To resolve a Link to MS Office File Warning, you need to ensure a direct link to view or download the document is present, warn users it is a link to a document by displaying the specific file extension in the link anchor, and est and remediate your MS Office file for accessibility errors.

Error icon

Blinking or Scrolling Content

Category: Tool Tips Notice Type: Error WCAG Levels: AAA, A

Blinking is often attached to content elements using an HTML element or CSS styles in your stylesheet. A scrolling effect is typically created using the "marquee" HTML element. You can fix the error by removing these elements from your post or page content or your CSS styles.

Error icon

Empty Heading Tag

Category: Tool Tips Notice Type: Error WCAG Levels: AA, AAA, A

To fix an empty heading, you will need to add content to the heading tag that has flagged the Empty Heading Tag error or remove the empty tag if it is not needed on your page.

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Free Accessibility Help

Join our WordPress Accessibility Facebook group to connect with a community of web professionals and website owners using WordPress to build a more accessible web. Get answers to accessibility questions and join virtual WP accessibility meetups.

Join the Community

Footer

Equalize Digital Websites for Everyone

Your WordPress accessibility team. Accessibility plugins, rapid audits, and consulting to help you make your website usable by people of all abilities.

  • Facebook
  • GitHub
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Company

  • About Equalize Digital
  • WordPress Accessibility Meetup
  • Industries We Serve
  • Certified B Corporation
  • Accessibility Statement
  • Blog
  • Contact Us

Services

  • Website Development
  • Accessibility Audits
  • User Testing
  • Remediation
  • Ongoing Monitoring
  • Accessibility Training
  • For Agencies

Accessibility Checker

  • Features
  • Pricing
  • Documentation
  • How to Get Support
  • My Account
  • Affiliate Dashboard
  • Become an Affiliate

© 2023 Equalize Digital · Privacy Policy · Terms of Service · Plugin Terms & Refund Policy

WordPress VIP Silver Agency Partnercertified B corporation logo International Association of Accessibility Professionals member