Title: Link Question Last modified: November 1, 2025 --- # Link Question * Resolved [isay81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isay81/) * (@isay81) * [5 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-question-6/) * It is really common to have a Menu “Placeholder” page. Useful for top-level menu item – don’t go anywhere when menu item is clicked. * Then to have the other child pages under it. * This is giving this error: * Improper Use of Link error * This element is an anchor tag missing a valid `href` attribute or is linked to`#` without having `role="button"`. * How to fix it: * If the element is used to trigger an action, replace the anchor tag with a `< button>`. If you cannot replace it, ensure that `role="button"` is added to the link, along with JavaScript that adds support for triggering it with the space bar key, and that appropriate ARIA attributes are used for toggle states or other functionality. * How do I implement this fix if it is a placeholder Parent page? * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Flink-question-6%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * Plugin Author [williampatton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/williampatton/) * (@williampatton) * [5 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-question-6/#post-18705081) * Hi [@isay81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isay81/), Sorry that your running into troubles with this. It is very unfortunate that many themes or builders don’t produce accessible menus by default for things like this 🙁 * A link ethat doesn’t take anyone anywhere is a difficult thing for a non-sighted user to understand because their screen reader will read out that it’s a link. * The ideal solution for this to to make the dropdown opener a button rather than a link. Using an actual `