Heading is very long

Why it matters

A heading as long as a paragraph is usually body text made into a heading for its bigger font. Screen reader users skimming the heading list then have to hear the whole passage.

Who it affects: Screen reader users, who jump from heading to heading to understand and skim a page, and people with cognitive disabilities who rely on clear structure.

What Lumtera flags

Headings longer than 120 characters.

Check ID heading-too-long — use it to filter the content report or with wp lumtera issues --rule.

How to fix it in WordPress

If this text is not a section title, turn it into a Paragraph block (block toolbar > Transform) and make it larger with Typography > Size in the sidebar instead. If it is a title, shorten it and move the detail into the paragraph that follows.

Example

<h2>We have been baking bread in this neighbourhood since 1998 and every loaf is still shaped by hand before sunrise</h2>

<h2>Baking since 1998</h2>
<p>Every loaf is still shaped by hand before sunrise.</p>

How to check your fix

1. Update the post. The issue disappears from the Accessibility sidebar on the next check, and from the site report on the next scan.
2. Use a headings outline — the block editor's Document Overview (List View → Outline), or a browser extension such as HeadingsMap — and check the levels read like a table of contents.