Freelock Highlights WCAG 2.4.5: Why Sites Need Multiple Navigation Paths

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Freelock has released a helpful breakdown of WCAG 2.4.5, the accessibility guideline that recommends offering users more than one way to find web content.

The post highlights how this guideline, while created to support users with varying cognitive approaches, benefits all users by encouraging clearer site structure and easier navigation. Freelock notes that standard menus often aren’t sufficient on large websites, and stresses the importance of secondary navigation tools like site search, sitemaps, breadcrumbs, and related content links.

Other suggestions include using sequences of links for related content and making dropdown menus more accessible, especially on mobile. Freelock also clarifies that WCAG 2.4.5 excludes pages that are part of a process, like form submission confirmations or checkout steps. The article encourages site builders to think beyond default navigation and consider how users with different goals or abilities might access content.

Reference: Multiple ways - Do you provide more than one way to reach your content? by John Locke, Freelock (2 December 2025)

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