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Error · meta-viewport

Zoom is blocked on phones

Lighthouse / axe call it: Zooming and scaling must not be disabled · [user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5

Your site forbids pinch-to-zoom. Anyone who needs bigger text can't get it.

Who it leaves out: people with low vision · mobile users🔎 also SEO

How to fix it

Remove the zoom lock. Nothing else changes. Code included, verified.

In the code

Remove user-scalable=no and maximum-scale from the viewport meta tag so people can pinch-zoom.

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