On-page SEO check
The heading outline does not skip levels
Headings descend one level at a time and none of them is empty.
low severitypage.heading-order
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Why it matters
A clean outline is how a screen reader user navigates a page. Skipped levels break that navigation and hide the structure from crawlers.
How to fix it
Move a heading up or down one level so that the sequence never jumps from H2 to H4.
The details
- Category
- On-page SEO
- Severity of a failure
- low
- Confidence
- high
- Needs a browser
- No
- Check id
- page.heading-order
References
Free tools that run this check
SEO CheckerFind the technical problems that keep a page out of search results. The checker reads the page the way a search crawler does and lists what to fix first, with the evidence behind every verdict.Heading CheckerHeadings are the outline of a page for screen readers, search engines and AI assistants. See the outline of any page and fix skipped levels, empty headings and missing or duplicate H1s.Accessibility CheckerFind the accessibility problems that automated testing can catch reliably: missing labels, unnamed buttons, broken ARIA, missing landmarks and text that is hard to read.