The page refreshes or redirects automatically

Automated check meta-refresh, run with axe-core

WCAG

2.2.1 Timing Adjustable (Level A)

Severity

Serious: completable, but painful

Typical effort

Quick win, under 1 hour

Category

Page structure

Who this affects

Screen reader users and people who read slowly.

Why it matters

An automatic refresh takes users away, or restarts the page, before they have finished reading or filling in a form.

How to fix it

Remove the <meta http-equiv="refresh"> tag. Redirect on the server instead, or let users choose when to refresh.

Related checks: Page structure

• The page has no title
• Headings contain no text
• Iframes have no title
• Several frames share the same title
• Heading levels are skipped or out of order
• The page does not declare its language
• The declared page language is not valid
• The lang and xml:lang attributes disagree

All checks