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title: Only One Contentinfo Landmark | Accessibility Rule
description: Document should not have more than one contentinfo landmark
source_url:
  html: https://testingbot.com/support/accessibility/web/rules/landmark-no-duplicate-contentinfo
  md: https://testingbot.com/support/accessibility/web/rules/landmark-no-duplicate-contentinfo/index.md
---
# Ensure the document has at most one contentinfo landmark

Rule ID: landmark-no-duplicate-contentinfoUser Impact: moderateGuidelines: Best Practices

The `landmark-no-duplicate-contentinfo` rule ensures that each page contains no more than one `role="contentinfo"` landmark. While HTML5 allows multiple `<footer>` elements, ARIA `contentinfo` landmarks should only appear once per page.

## What is being tested?

This rule verifies that:

- The page includes at most one element with `role="contentinfo"`.
- Other section-specific footers or headers do not use the `contentinfo` role.

## Good example

    <div role="banner">Visit Your Local Zoo!</div>
    <div role="main">
      <h1>The Nature of the Zoo</h1>
      <article>
        <h2>In the Zoo: From Wild to Tamed</h2>
        <p>[...]</p>
      </article>
      <article>
        <h2>Feeding Frenzy: The Impact of Cohabitation</h2>
        <p>[...]</p>
      </article>
    </div>
    <div role="contentinfo">
      <p>Brought to you by North American Zoo Partnership</p>
    </div>

## Bad example

    <header>Visit Your Local Zoo!</header>
    <h1>The Nature of the Zoo</h1>
    <main class="article">
      <h2>In the Zoo: From Wild to Tamed</h2>
      <p>[...]</p>
      <div role="contentinfo">
        <p>[...information about this article...]</p>
      </div>
    </main>
    <main class="article">
      <h2>Feeding Frenzy: The Impact of Cohabitation</h2>
      <p>[...]</p>
      <div role="contentinfo">
        <p>[...information about this article...]</p>
      </div>
    </main>
    <footer>
      <p>Brought to you by North American Zoo Partnership</p>
    </footer>

## Why it matters

Landmarks help screen reader users navigate and understand page structure. Multiple `contentinfo` landmarks create clutter and make it harder for users to locate critical sitewide footer information.

JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver allow users to navigate by ARIA landmarks, improving the experience for blind users. However, these landmarks do not visually benefit sighted keyboard or low-vision users and cannot fully replace skip navigation links.

## Best practices

- Use only one `role="contentinfo"` landmark per page.
- Reserve the `contentinfo` role for the global footer.
- For article- or section-specific footers, use `<footer>` without the `role="contentinfo"`.
- Combine HTML5 regions and ARIA roles for robust cross-browser, cross-technology support.

## Other Rules

Interested in other web accessibility rules? Please see these other rules:

- [landmark-no-duplicate-main](https://testingbot.com/support/accessibility/web/rules/landmark-no-duplicate-main)
- [landmark-one-main](https://testingbot.com/support/accessibility/web/rules/landmark-one-main)
- [landmark-unique](https://testingbot.com/support/accessibility/web/rules/landmark-unique)
- [meta-viewport-large](https://testingbot.com/support/accessibility/web/rules/meta-viewport-large)
- [page-has-heading-one](https://testingbot.com/support/accessibility/web/rules/page-has-heading-one)