Annex

Fixing Resize Text on Squarespace (WCAG 1.4.4)

Text must be able to scale to 200% without losing content or functionality.

Why it matters

Disabling zoom in the viewport meta tag is a single line, but it locks low-vision customers out of the store entirely on mobile. The information printed smallest — price, size chart, shipping terms — is exactly the information that needs enlarging.

Squarespace — where to look

Code Injection, Header.

What to do

Remove any restrictive viewport tag added to the header.

Verification status

Checked by measuring what a live site published with this platform actually serves. The platform serves an unrestricted viewport (width=device-width, initial-scale=1) with no user-scalable or maximum-scale limit, so a restriction on your site was added by custom code rather than inherited. Measured on 2026-09-03 by fetching a live site published with this platform and reading the markup it served.

Source: https://www.squarespace.com/

Reference themes change. If your store runs a different or older theme, confirm the file before editing it.

How to verify the fix

  1. View source and check the viewport meta tag for user-scalable=no or a maximum-scale below 2.
  2. Set desktop browser zoom to 200% and confirm the price, Add to Cart button and navigation are still visible and usable.
  3. Try pinch-zooming on mobile.

Other platforms

The full criterion

Read the full explanation of WCAG 1.4.4 Resize Text, or the formal W3C definition.