Links do not have descriptive text

Hi there,

Which links are these? The main headings? If so, the text itself is descriptive.

I just ran lighthouse on your home page and I’m seeing this: https://www.screencast.com/t/yhbZ265E2c1

Hello @edge22 is the links on homepage. The lighthouse can’t read anymore the text “Read More” You miss to add the SEO button to see the error https://prnt.sc/uue7in

Strange, the link has a title attribute and an aria-label attribute for screen readers: https://www.screencast.com/t/VXhLrXZDoWE8

It used to have a screen reader text element inside of it, but the aria-label replaces that and means we don’t need to hide text.

So it’s ok right now for SEO ? I don’t have this error on lighthouse with the old GP 2.2.4

GP 3.0 Rocks! ??

• This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by mariushosting.

I’ll have to research a bit – I’m surprised that they would require actual text instead of the title attribute.

Thanks! Very happy with it.

Thank you @edge22 Let me know if you find something! I used to see 100% SEO with google lighthouse, now 92% with GP 3.0

Wish you an awesome day!

• This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by mariushosting.

in the meantime is there interim solution I can apply to fix this?

You can make the text more descriptive:

add_filter( 'generate_excerpt_more_output', function() {
    return sprintf(
        ' ... <a title="%1$s" class="read-more" href="%2$s" aria-label="%4$s">%3$s about %5$s</a>',
        the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ),
        esc_url( get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) ),
        __( 'Read more', 'generatepress' ),
        sprintf(
            /* translators: Aria-label describing the read more button */
            _x( 'More on %s', 'more on post title', 'generatepress' ),
            the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' )
        ),
        get_the_title()
    );
} );

Thank you @edge22 is perfectly working!

You’re welcome ??

Hi Tom,

where should i have to add this code

add_filter( ‘generate_excerpt_more_output’, function() {
return sprintf(
‘ … %3$s about %5$s‘,
the_title_attribute( ‘echo=0’ ),
esc_url( get_permalink( get_the_ID() ) ),
__( ‘Read more’, ‘generatepress’ ),
sprintf(
/* translators: Aria-label describing the read more button */
_x( ‘More on %s’, ‘more on post title’, ‘generatepress’ ),
the_title_attribute( ‘echo=0’ )
),
get_the_title()
);
} );

Hi there,

that code is PHP, this article explains how to add it to your site:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/