Title: Improving Accessibility – Plugin causes WCAG errors
Last modified: February 1, 2020

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# Improving Accessibility – Plugin causes WCAG errors

 *  [greencouch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greencouch/)
 * (@greencouch)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improving-accessibility-plugin-causes-wcag-errors/)
 * Out of the box, this plugin generates two WCAG accessibility alerts. These seem
   like easy fixes. Does anyone know how to do this manually?
 * **Alert #1: Redundant Alternative Text**
    This is caused because the alt text
   of the image pulls from the corresponding image/post title, rather than the alt
   text established when the image was uploaded. Is there a way to just use the 
   image’s designated alt?
 * **Alert #2: Redundant Link**
    This is caused because the preview image and the
   post title are wrapped in two separate links (although they go to the same location).
   Wrapping both the preview image and the preview text in a single link would fix
   this.
 * To see what I mean regarding accessibility flags, run a page using this plugin
   through the Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool: [http://wave.webaim.org/](http://wave.webaim.org/)
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [greencouch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greencouch/).

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 *  Thread Starter [greencouch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greencouch/)
 * (@greencouch)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improving-accessibility-plugin-causes-wcag-errors/#post-12394634)
 * For others searching for a solution, we wound up switching to “Recent Posts Widget
   With Thumbnails” instead. Works very similarly, but has no accessibility errors.

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