elpais.com
Last scanned Jun 22, 2026
elpais.com achieved a strong 97 out of 100 in its WCAG 2.2 accessibility assessment conducted on June 22, 2026. The assessment found 3 distinct accessibility violations totalling 17 instances, including 7 serious, 10 moderate issues. The most pressing issues include heading levels skipped (WCAG 1.3.1), 10 instances; insufficient colour contrast (WCAG 1.4.3), 6 instances; and touch targets too small (WCAG 2.5.8), 1 instance. The assessment covered 10 pages across 189 unique page templates. The site relies on Didomi as its consent management platform but does not implement IAB TCF v2.3 or Google Consent Mode v2. 74 third-party requests were detected from 7 vendors.
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Key Accessibility Issues
17 violations found across 3 rules — 0 critical, 7 serious, 10 moderate, 0 minor
Page has no <h1> heading — every page should have exactly one
WCAG 1.3.1 · 10 instances found · How to fix →
Ensures the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds
WCAG 1.4.3 · 6 instances found · How to fix →
Ensure touch target have sufficient size and space
WCAG 2.5.8 · 1 instance found
Cookie Consent & Compliance
elpais.com employs Didomi as its consent management platform. The site does not implement IAB TCF v2.3, which means consent signals are not standardised for programmatic advertising vendors. Google Consent Mode v2 was not detected, which may affect measurement accuracy in Google Analytics and Google Ads. Learn about cookie consent requirements.
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Third-Party Trackers
74 requests detected from 7 vendors — Disqus, Marfeel, NIQ, Adobe, Amazon...
Third-Party Trackers
74 requests detected from 7 vendors — Disqus, Marfeel, NIQ, Adobe, Amazon...
Analytics
8
Marketing
0
Necessary
0
Functional
0
Other
0
| Vendor | Category | Type | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disqus | Advertising | script | el-pais-1.disqus.com |
| Marfeel | Advertising | script | sdk.mrf.io |
| NIQ | Analytics | script | es-config.sensic.net |
| Adobe | Essential | script | edge.adobedc.net |
| Amazon | Essential | script | d3cvruiabw27as.cloudfront.net |
| Adobe | Other | pixel | dpm.demdex.net |
| Adobe | Other | pixel | prisacom.tt.omtrdc.net |
| Datadome | Other | script | geo.captcha-delivery.com |
| Datadome | Other | script | ct.captcha-delivery.com |
| Didomi | Other | script | sdk.privacy-center.org |
Cookies
22 cookies detected — 0 necessary, 0 analytics, 0 marketing
Cookies
22 cookies detected — 0 necessary, 0 analytics, 0 marketing
Total
22
Necessary
0
Functional
0
Analytics
0
Marketing
0
Unknown
22
| Name | Domain | Category | Provider | Expiry | Secure | HttpOnly | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMCVS_2387401053DB208C0A490D4C%40AdobeOrg | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | Session | ✓ | — | 1st |
| AMCV_2387401053DB208C0A490D4C%40AdobeOrg | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | ✓ | — | 1st |
| arc-geo | elpais.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| at_check | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| cmp573Consent | elpais.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | — | — | 1st |
| cmpyoutubeConsent | elpais.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | — | — | 1st |
| datadome | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
| didomi_token | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | 364 d | — | — | 1st |
| eptz | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| FCCDCF | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | — | — | 1st |
| hpage | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | — | — | 1st |
| kndctr_2387401053DB208C0A490D4C_AdobeOrg_cluster | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | Expired | ✓ | — | 1st |
| kndctr_2387401053DB208C0A490D4C_AdobeOrg_identity | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | ✓ | — | 1st |
| mbox | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | — | — | 1st |
| pmsegments | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | 5 d | — | — | 1st |
| pmuser | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
| pmwall | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| s_cc | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | Session | ✓ | — | 1st |
| s_ecid | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | ✓ | — | 1st |
| s_ivc | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| s_nr30 | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | 28 d | — | — | 1st |
| s_vncd | .elpais.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
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