Aria label role issue

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Last updated by Otto 3 days, 1 hour ago.

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January 9, 2026 at 3:25 pm #17716646
harunG	Hello, On the PageSpeed screen, I’m being told to define ARIA for the menu. I try to add it from Elementor → Advanced → Attributes, but it doesn’t work no matter what I do. The markup generated by the plugin looks like this: <li class="menu-item wpml-ls-slot-3 wpml-ls-item wpml-ls-item-en wpml-ls-current-language wpml-ls-menu-item wpml-ls-first-item menu-item-type-wpml_ls_menu_item menu-item-object-wpml_ls_menu_item menu-item-has-children menu-item-wpml-ls-3-en"> hidden link" role="menuitem" class="elementor-item"> <img … how woud i solve this issue?
January 9, 2026 at 4:37 pm #17716844
harunG	It seems that the issue is caused by the language switcher, and because an ARIA label cannot be added, PageSpeed is showing an accessibility error. English hidden link" role="menuitem" class="elementor-item"> Русский hidden link" role="menuitem" class="elementor-item"> Français hidden link" role="menuitem" class="elementor-item"> Português hidden link" role="menuitem" class="elementor-item"> Español hidden link" role="menuitem" class="elementor-item"> Deutsch hidden link" role="menuitem" class="elementor-item"> العربية hidden link" role="menuitem" class="elementor-item"> हिन्दी hidden link" role="menuitem" class="elementor-item"> বাংলাদেশ hidden link" role="menuitem" class="elementor-item">
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 pm #17717078
Otto WPML Supporter since 09/2015 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires (GMT-03:00)	Hello, Thanks for reporting this. We are aiming to release a fix for this in WPML 4.9. You can already give it a try with the beta version: https://wpml.org/faq/how-to-install-beta-and-development-versions-of-wpml/ ❌ Please make a full website backup before proceeding ❌ Let me know how it goes, please. Best Regards, Otto
January 9, 2026 at 6:55 pm #17717099
harunG	Hello Otto, thank you very much for your reply. When I switch to the beta version, I won’t experience any changes in translations or edits, right? If it’s very risky and version 4.9 will be released soon, I can wait until then.
January 9, 2026 at 7:23 pm #17717222
Otto WPML Supporter since 09/2015 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires (GMT-03:00)	Hello, If you don't have a staging environment, I suggest you to avoid switching to the beta version. WPML 4.9, is expected (although I can't guarantee) to be released during the current month. So I suggest waiting for it. Best Regards, Otto
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 pm #17717355
harunG	Hello Otto, Yes, I completely agree with you. In that case, I will wait for the release of version 4.9. I hope that this issue will be fully resolved with the new version. Thank you very much for the information and clarification. Wishing you a pleasant weekend. Best regards, Harun
January 12, 2026 at 11:51 am #17721323
Otto WPML Supporter since 09/2015 Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) Timezone: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires (GMT-03:00)	Thanks 🙂