Dismissing issues

Some issues aren't problems. An image may really be decorative, or a video embed may already have captions. Dismiss these so they stop showing up, and leave a reason for your team.

Dismiss an issue

In the block editor sidebar:

1. Click Dismiss… on the issue (Dismiss this error… for errors).
2. Optionally, fill in Why is this not a problem? (optional) The reason is saved with the dismissal.
3. Click Dismiss.

A notice says Issue dismissed. Click Undo in it to report the issue again straight away. Press Escape to close the dismiss form without dismissing.

You can also dismiss issues:

• in the Content report: click Issues on a row, then Dismiss on an issue. You can add a reason.
• in the classic editor's Accessibility box, which asks for a reason
• in the Elementor panel, which asks for an optional reason under Why is this not a problem? (optional), like the block editor
• in review mode, for whole-page findings. There you choose Every page it appears on (for something in a shared part, such as the footer) or This page only.

Dismissing re-checks and saves the post's results straight away, so the score and reports update.

Who can dismiss

Severity	Who can dismiss it
Needs review, Tip	Anyone who can edit the post
Error	Anyone who can edit the post and whose role may dismiss errors. By default, that's editors and administrators.

An administrator chooses which roles may dismiss errors under Lumtera → Settings → Permissions, in Dismiss errors. Administrators always can. See Roles & permissions.

People who can't dismiss an error see "You can't dismiss errors. Ask someone who can, or fix the issue." in the sidebar instead of the button. Restoring needs the same permission as dismissing.

Developers can also change this with the lumtera_dismiss_errors_capability filter. See Hooks & filters.

How dismissals work

• They survive re-scans and updates. A dismissal is tied to the check and the markup it found. Small changes that don't change the element, such as extra spaces or reordered attributes, don't undo it, and two identical elements on one page are dismissed separately.
• They come back if the markup changes. Edit the image, link or block and Lumtera looks at it fresh.
• They never hide something worse. If the same markup later triggers a more severe finding, it shows.
• They don't count. Dismissed items don't affect the score or the report's totals.
• Each one is recorded, with who dismissed it, when, and why.

Showing again

When an issue you dismissed comes back, Lumtera says why, with Showing again: in the Content report, the block editor sidebar and the Elementor panel. There are two reasons:

• It is more severe now. The dismissal was for the same markup, but the finding is now more severe, for example because someone made the check stricter in Settings. A dismissal never hides a more severe finding.
• Its markup probably changed. An issue from this check was dismissed on this page before, and that dismissal no longer matches anything. Lumtera can't be certain it is the same issue, so it says so: "If this is the same one, it shows again because its markup changed since then. Dismiss it again if it is still not a problem."

Each hint gives the date, who dismissed it, and the reason they gave.

See and restore dismissed items

In the Content report: open Lumtera → Checks → Content and choose the Dismissed view. It lists every issue dismissed in your content, with who dismissed it, when and why. Click Restore on a row, or tick several (or Select all on this page) and click Restore selected. Restored issues are reported again and count in the score. Restoring needs edit access to the item (and, for errors, the Dismiss errors permission); a row you can't restore says which one you're missing. See Site report.

In the editor: at the bottom of the sidebar (or the Elementor panel), expand N dismissed items. Each shows "Dismissed by name on date" and the reason. Click Restore to bring it back.

Restoring needs the same permission as dismissing.

Ignore everywhere

Pro Every plan

Dismissing works on one post. If the same finding comes from your theme or a pattern and appears on many pages, Ignore everywhere in Lumtera Pro hides it across the whole site, with a reason and an optional expiry.

Findings ignored this way also appear in the sidebar's dismissed list, marked "Ignored site-wide by name on date". The Restore button appears only for people allowed to manage site-wide ignores.

With Lumtera Pro, dismissals and restores also appear in the Activity log. Dismissing an issue that has a tracked fix closes the task as Won't fix.

Turning a check off instead

If a check never applies to your site, don't dismiss it again and again. Switch it off, or lower its severity, in Settings → Checks.

Privacy

Dismissals store the user's ID and optional note. They're included in WordPress's personal data export and erase tools. Erasing removes the name and note but keeps the dismissal. The "Showing again" hints are kept with the post's results, and aren't part of the export. See Data & uninstall.