Theme check
Is Twenty Eleven accessible?
No automated check can say that a theme is accessible. Here is what one found: on October 25, 2026, our check of Twenty Eleven 5.2 on its WordPress.org preview found 44 accessibility problems in the theme's own parts (its header, menus, footer and layout), 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text with too little contrast | Serious | 37 | 1.4.3 | No, needs a person |
| Links shown only by colour | Serious | 4 | 1.4.1 | Yes |
| Buttons and links too small to tap | Serious | 2 | 2.5.8 | No, needs a person |
| Heading levels skip | Moderate | 1 | 1.3.1 | No, needs a person |
The check also found 10 problems inside the sample posts themselves (form fields without a label, drop-down lists with no label, scrolling areas keyboard users cannot scroll). Those come from WordPress.org's sample content, which is the same for every theme, so they're not counted here.
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. Twenty Eleven may have changed since October 25, 2026.
How to fix them
- Text with too little contrast. Make the text darker or the background lighter until the contrast ratio is at least 4.5:1 (3:1 for large text). Change it in your theme's colour settings so it applies everywhere.
- Links shown only by colour. Turn on "Underline links in text" on the Fixes screen, or underline links in your theme's settings.
- Buttons and links too small to tap. Make icons and small links at least 24 by 24 pixels, or leave more space around them.
- Heading levels skip. Choose heading levels by structure, not by size: one level 1 for the page title, level 2 for sections, level 3 inside them. Change the size with styling instead.
What the free Fixlight plugin does here
Of these, the free plugin fixes links shown only by colour on its own, in the HTML the site sends, with no widget. The rest (text with too little contrast, buttons and links too small to tap, heading levels skip) need a change in the theme's settings or code.
About Twenty Eleven
- By WordPress.org, 60,000+ active installs on WordPress.org (number 54 by installs when we checked).
- Version checked: 5.2. Preview: wp-themes.com/twentyeleven/.
- Theme author? If you've fixed these, write to fixlight@fernwaylabs.com and we'll check again.