Kilotest: Diagnoses of image dubiously marked decorative violation by HTML element 273 on America Walks page

Basics

About the America Walks page

• URL: https://americawalks.org/
• Tested 28 days ago by job 9rl on 2026-05-04 at 17:00

About HTML element 273

• Tag name: IMG
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <img data-src="https://americawalks.org/wp-content/themes/americawalks2021/assets/images/square-16x9.png" alt="" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==" class="lazyload" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800/450;">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/section[6]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/article[1]/a[1]/div[1]/img[1]
• Bounding box: x = 271, y = 3759, width = 100, height = 56

About the image dubiously marked decorative issue

• Why it matters: Helper ignores an image that is apparently informative
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the image dubiously marked decorative issue for HTML element 273 of the America Walks page.

1. Img element is marked so that it is ignored by Assistive Technology.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: W-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_1.1_1_1.H67.2