Missing document language

WCAG 3.1.1 (A) · EN 301 549 9.3.1.1

The <html> element declares no valid language.

Why it matters

Screen readers pick the voice and pronunciation from that attribute. Without it, a Spanish shop can be read with English phonetics, and nothing is intelligible.

A thirty-second fix affecting every page on the site. Start here.

How to fix it

Add lang="en" (or your language) to the <html> element. One attribute, one line, and it fixes the whole page.

<html>

<html lang="en">

On your platform

• Shopify

  In layout/theme.liquid, the first line should be <html lang="{{ request.locale.iso_code }}">.

• WooCommerce

  In the theme’s header.php, use <html <?php language_attributes(); ?>>.

• PrestaShop

  In layout-both-columns.tpl or head.tpl in the theme.