How to fix landmark contentinfo is top level on Wix

Steps for Wix

1. Wix generates its own HTML structure automatically and does not expose the raw <footer> landmark tag for direct editing in the standard editor.
2. Open the Wix Editor, click on your Footer section at the bottom of the page.
3. Ensure your Footer strip is placed in the designated 'Footer' area of the editor (below all page sections and the body content area) — do not drag footer content strips into the main page body area, as Wix maps the Footer area to the correct landmark.
4. If you are using Wix Studio or have custom Velo code that injects HTML with role="contentinfo", open the Velo code panel and ensure any custom footer HTML is not injected inside a <main> or other landmark element.
5. After making changes, use the axe DevTools extension to audit the published site and confirm the contentinfo landmark is top-level.

What is landmark contentinfo is top level?

Every webpage typically has a footer that contains things like copyright notices, contact links, and legal disclaimers. In HTML, the `<footer>` tag (or any element with `role="contentinfo"`) is a special navigation landmark that screen readers use to help users jump directly to site-wide footer content. The WCAG rule `landmark-contentinfo-is-top-level` means that this footer landmark must sit at the top level of the page — a direct child of `<body>` — rather than being wrapped inside another landmark element like `<main>`, `<header>`, `<section>`, or `<article>`. When your footer is nested inside another landmark, screen readers get confused about the page's structure and may not correctly announce or navigate to the footer.

Screen reader users — including many people with visual impairments or motor disabilities — rely on landmark regions to skip around a page efficiently, much like sighted users scan headings visually. When your `contentinfo` (footer) landmark is buried inside another landmark, assistive technologies either skip it or mis-announce it, making your site harder or impossible to navigate for these users. This is a WCAG 2.1 failure (Success Criterion 1.3.6 / best practice under 4.1.2), meaning your store may face legal accessibility risk under laws like the ADA (USA), EAA (EU), or AODA (Canada). Fixing it also signals high HTML quality to search engines, which increasingly factor accessibility into crawl quality, and avoids potential legal complaints or demand letters that are increasingly common against ecommerce stores.

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