Embedded frame has no title

Why it matters

Screen readers announce an iframe by its title. Without one, visitors cannot tell a map from a video from an ad before they go into it.

Who it affects: Deaf and hard-of-hearing people, screen reader users whose speech is drowned out by audio, and people with vestibular or attention disorders affected by motion.

What Lumtera flags

<iframe> elements with no title or accessible name — usually pasted embed code.

Check ID iframe-no-title — use it to filter the content report or with wp lumtera issues --rule.

How to fix it in WordPress

Add a title attribute describing the content, e.g. title="Map of our Brooklyn office". Embeds added with WordPress embed blocks get one automatically — this is usually pasted embed code.

Example

<iframe src="https://maps.example.com/embed?q=office"></iframe>

<iframe src="https://maps.example.com/embed?q=office" title="Map of our Kathmandu office"></iframe>

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. Play the page with the sound off, then with a screen reader on. Speech should be captioned, nothing should play sound by itself, and anything that moves should be stoppable.