Theme check
Is Ignite Pet Shop accessible?
No automated check can say that a theme is accessible. Here is what one found: on October 28, 2026, our check of Ignite Pet Shop 1.0.2 on its WordPress.org preview found 24 accessibility problems in the theme's own parts (its header, menus, footer and layout), 19 of them serious or critical.
We make Fixlight, a free WordPress plugin that fixes some of these problems, so we're not neutral. The measurements below are what our check found; anyone can repeat it with the same method.
What the check found
| Problem | Impact | Times | WCAG | Free Fixlight plugin fixes it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Images without alt text | Critical | 8 | 1.1.1 | Yes |
| Buttons with no text | Critical | 1 | 4.1.2 | Yes |
| Links with no text | Serious | 7 | 2.4.4 | Yes |
| Buttons and links too small to tap | Serious | 3 | 2.5.8 | No, needs a person |
| Page regions that cannot be told apart | Moderate | 4 | Best practice | No, needs a person |
| Content outside the page regions | Moderate | 1 | Best practice | No, needs a person |
How we checked: One page, the theme's home page on WordPress.org's preview (wp-themes.com), which shows the same sample posts for every theme. It was loaded in a real browser and checked with axe-core's WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules and its best practices. Problems inside the sample posts are not counted against the theme, except colour problems its styling causes. Automated checks find many problems, but not all of them. Your site, with your own content, settings and plugins, will give different results. Ignite Pet Shop may have changed since October 28, 2026.
How to fix them
- Images without alt text. Describe what the image shows in one short sentence. Use the Images screen to add alt text in bulk, or mark purely decorative images as decorative.
- Buttons with no text. Fixlight names common icon buttons automatically. For the rest, add an aria-label that says what the button does.
- Links with no text. Fixlight names social and common icon links automatically. For the rest, add alt text to the image inside the link or an aria-label to the link.
- Buttons and links too small to tap. Make icons and small links at least 24 by 24 pixels, or leave more space around them.
- Page regions that cannot be told apart. When two regions of the same kind exist (two navigation menus, for example), give each a different aria-label.
- Content outside the page regions. This usually comes from the theme or a page builder section. Put page content inside the main area, or ask your theme developer to add header, main and footer regions.
What the free Fixlight plugin does here
Of these, the free plugin fixes images without alt text, buttons with no text, links with no text on its own, in the HTML the site sends, with no widget. The rest (buttons and links too small to tap, page regions that cannot be told apart, content outside the page regions) need a change in the theme's settings or code.
About Ignite Pet Shop
- By themeignite, 50+ active installs on WordPress.org (number 391 by installs when we checked).
- Version checked: 1.0.2. Preview: wp-themes.com/ignite-pet-shop/.
- Theme author? If you've fixed these, write to fixlight@fernwaylabs.com and we'll check again.