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Whole-page review

Check a page the way visitors see it — theme, header, menus, footer and page-builder output — with real color contrast, target size and keyboard focus checks, from Review mode.

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Overview

Whole page is the second tab of the review panel you open from the Accessibility item in the admin bar. The first tab, This post, checks the post's content. Whole page checks everything else your browser draws for that address: the theme's header and navigation, sidebars, the footer, cookie and chat widgets, and page-builder sections. It starts on its own once the browser is idle, and Check again runs it after you change something.

Because it runs on the finished page, it can measure what content checks cannot. Text contrast is worked out from the colors the browser actually paints, including theme styles, the Site Editor's global styles and page-builder CSS; text over an image, gradient or video is listed for you to check by eye. It looks for links that differ from the text around them only by a slightly different color, for links and buttons smaller than 24 × 24 pixels with another target close by, and for sticky headers or bottom bars that could hide the item a keyboard user has just moved to.

It also reads the page as a whole: a missing or generic page title, a missing or invalid page language, zoom blocked by the viewport tag, a page wider than the window, no main landmark or more than one, menus of the same kind that screen readers cannot tell apart, a missing or broken skip link, no H1 or several, skipped heading levels across the whole page, and CSS rules that remove the focus outline. Findings tied to an element have Show on page; the rest say they apply to the whole page.

Why it matters

Many barriers never appear in a post: a menu with pale links, a footer full of tiny icon links, a sticky header that covers the keyboard focus, a theme that blocks pinch-zoom. They repeat on every page, and no content check can see them, because they live in the theme, the page builder and the CSS.

What you get

  • Real color contrast, measured from the colors your browser actually draws — theme styles and page-builder CSS included.
  • The page title and language, landmarks, the skip link, and the heading outline of the whole page, not just the post.
  • WCAG 2.2 checks that need a rendered page: target size (2.5.8) and focus hidden behind sticky headers or cookie bars (2.4.11).
  • Focus outlines removed in CSS, links told apart from text by color alone, blocked zoom and pages that scroll sideways.
  • Read-only and on demand: it runs in your own browser when you open Review mode, and never changes the page.

How it works

  1. Open a page in Review mode

    Visit any post, page or product while logged in and choose Accessibility in the admin bar.

  2. Switch to Whole page

    The checks start once the browser is idle and take a second or two. Each finding says what was measured and where on the page.

  3. Fix it at the source

    Theme parts are usually fixed in the Site Editor, the Customizer or your page builder. Press Check again after a change.

Who it helps

  • Site owners on a ready-made theme

    Find out whether the theme has a skip link, visible focus and readable menu colors before blaming the content, and see which settings in the Customizer or Site Editor to change.

  • Designers and page builders

    Check the contrast of buttons, hero text and footer links in the real design, including colors set in Elementor, Kadence or Spectra global styles.

  • Stores with sticky headers and cookie bars

    See when a fixed header, cookie notice or chat button could cover the keyboard focus, a WCAG 2.2 requirement that content checks cannot see.

Good to know

How it behaves, what it needs, and where its limits are.

One page, when you open it
It checks the page in front of you, in your browser, and keeps no results. It is not part of the site report, the score or the Accessibility column. Lumtera Pro's page checks store results for many pages and re-check key pages on a schedule.
Single views only
Review mode opens on single posts, pages and products of the content types Lumtera checks, for users who can edit them. Archives, search results and the 404 page have no review mode; Pro's page checks cover those templates.
As you see it, logged in
The page is checked the way it renders for you, at your window size, with the admin bar ignored. Content shown only to logged-out visitors, such as a cookie banner, can differ.
Read-only and time-boxed
Nothing on the page is clicked, focused, scrolled or changed. The heavier checks share a budget of about a second and a half, and on very large pages some elements are skipped; the panel says when that happens.
Reflow needs a narrow window
Sideways scrolling is judged at your current window width. To check reflow properly, make the window 320 pixels wide or zoom to 400%, then press Check again.

Questions

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Is this the same as Lumtera Pro's page checks?

No. Whole-page review checks the one page you are looking at, when you open it, and keeps no results. Lumtera Pro checks many pages and templates at once, stores the results for reports, and re-checks key pages on a schedule as a logged-out visitor.

Does it load anything for visitors?

No. The checks run only in the browser of a logged-in user who can edit the post and has opened Review mode.

How many whole-page checks are there?

12, each listed in the check library with its WCAG criterion. They sit alongside the 64 content checks, which the This post tab runs.

Why is a finding marked Needs review instead of Error?

Some results depend on what a person sees. Text over a photo, a small target that has a larger twin elsewhere on the page, or a sticky bar that only covers focus at some scroll positions all need a quick look before you change anything.

Does it test with a keyboard or a screen reader?

No. It reads the page and its styles. Tab through the page yourself and try it with a screen reader; the results tell you where to look first.

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