Title: Broken ARIA reference
Last modified: January 4, 2023

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# Broken ARIA reference

 *  Resolved [winterstreet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winterstreet/)
 * (@winterstreet)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-aria-reference/)
 * Hello, When I run an accessibility checker on our site using your plugin I get
   this error for each slide in the carousel:
 * _An aria-labelledby or aria-describedby reference exists, but the target for 
   the reference does not exist._
 * Any way to fix that?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbroken-aria-reference%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Ketan Patel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patelketan/)
 * (@patelketan)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-aria-reference/#post-16341761)
 * Hello,
 * Thanks for reaching here…
 * I do have not much idea about accessibility so can you please provide the screenshot.
 * Thanks,
 *  Thread Starter [winterstreet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winterstreet/)
 * (@winterstreet)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-aria-reference/#post-16342787)
 * Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
 * This page has the results of the WAVE tool [https://wave.webaim.org/report#/https://kokoroinc.com/7marketingbasicsbook/](https://wave.webaim.org/report#/https://kokoroinc.com/7marketingbasicsbook/)
 * See this for an explanation about where the ARIA error is [https://share.getcloudapp.com/llugkq78](https://share.getcloudapp.com/llugkq78)
 * Here’s a screenshot of the error [https://share.getcloudapp.com/E0uRKkNw](https://share.getcloudapp.com/E0uRKkNw)
 * When I click on the “reference” link in that screenshot, it shows this [https://share.getcloudapp.com/NQu476Xd](https://share.getcloudapp.com/NQu476Xd)
 * I think when this part gets added for each slide: aria-describedby=”slick-slide04″
   That there is supposed to be an ID somewhere on the page that is slick-slide04
   which describes it. But my knowledge about accessibility is pretty limited myself.
   But this seems like a good explanation [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59633637/how-does-the-aria-labelledby-attribute-work](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59633637/how-does-the-aria-labelledby-attribute-work)
 * Thanks for your assistance.
 *  [Ketan Patel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patelketan/)
 * (@patelketan)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-aria-reference/#post-16347468)
 * Hi [@winterstreet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winterstreet/)
 * Thanks for your detailed response. I really appriciate it.
 * I have checked all the details which you have provided and understood the ‘aria-
   describedby’. I found that you have hide the slider dots so ‘aria-describedby’
   error is coming.
 * Kindly enable the slider dots. I hope your problem will be solved.
   **[recent_post_carousel
   dots=”true”]**
 * Thanks,
 *  Thread Starter [winterstreet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winterstreet/)
 * (@winterstreet)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-aria-reference/#post-16355666)
 * OK thanks for your help on this.

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 * Last reply from: [winterstreet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winterstreet/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-aria-reference/#post-16355666)
 * Status: resolved