I can’t able to find this line in my code, so that I can fix it “Links do not have a discernible name”, Kindly please help
here’s the error I’m getting:
Failing Elements
div.footer__inner > div.footer__aside > span.footer__copyright > a.link–faded
Topic summary
A user encountered a “Links do not have a discernible name” accessibility error in their Shopify theme code. The failing element was identified in the footer section with reversed/encoded text attributes including rel="nofollow" and class="link--faded".
Troubleshooting steps:
- Initial suggestion was to check theme files, particularly
index.liquidand footer-related snippets - User found
class="link--faded"infooter.liquidbut couldn’t locate the complete problematic code line
Resolution:
The issue was caused by accidentally removing the “Powered by Shopify” text from the footer during store customization, which left an empty link element without discernible text. Adding text back to that link resolved the accessibility error.
Key takeaway: Empty anchor tags without visible text or accessible names trigger this accessibility violation. The solution required restoring descriptive text to the footer link element.
This is going to be in your theme files. Look for a section or snippet that has something to to with footer. index.liquid might be a starting point also.
I suggest getting rid of the rel="nofollow" also
I searched for index.liquid there is none and I found class=“link–faded” only using in footer.liquid this is the code
{{ link.title }}
but can’t able to find full code line as shown by pagespeed insights
