Remove Redundant Title Attributes From Menu Links
Strips title attributes from menu links when they only repeat the visible link text, which makes screen readers announce the same words twice.
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Code
add_filter( 'nav_menu_link_attributes', function ( $atts, $item ) {
if ( empty( $atts['title'] ) ) {
return $atts;
}
$text = strtolower( trim( wp_strip_all_tags( $item->title ) ) );
if ( strtolower( trim( $atts['title'] ) ) === $text ) {
unset( $atts['title'] );
}
return $atts;
}, 10, 2 );Notes
Titles that add new information are kept; only exact repeats of the link text are removed.
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