Hi Bincatt,

Could you send us your url to check it?

Hi Bincatt,

Sorry this took so long, and thanks for sending the URL. It let us find the problem right away.

Both issues come from the same thing. Since version 4.1.8, the theme adds a short label to every link for screen readers. That’s the “- Link” and “- Go rio_go” text you’re seeing. The label is supposed to be hidden, but the CSS that hides it comes from a WordPress stylesheet that the theme turns off for speed. So on your site the label shows up. The banner is affected too because its content goes through the same code.

Fix: go to Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS, paste this and click Publish:

.screen-reader-text {
  border: 0;
  clip-path: inset(50%);
  height: 1px;
  margin: -1px;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 0;
  position: absolute;
  width: 1px;
  word-wrap: normal !important;
}

If you use a caching plugin, clear the cache afterwards. We tried this on amusnet.top and both texts disappear.

If you’d rather not have these labels in your links at all, add this to your child theme’s functions.php instead (you won’t need the CSS then):

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', function () {
    remove_filter( 'the_content', 'poka_add_accessible_labels_to_links' );
} );

We’ll fix this in the theme itself in the next update.

Hi,

Just following up: PokaTheme 5.0.1 is out, and it fixes this in the theme itself. It’s a free update — you can download it from your account: https://pokatheme.com/checkout/purchase-history/

Two things changed:

– The theme no longer adds a hidden label to every link, so the “- Link” and “- Go rio_go” text is gone at the source.
– The theme now ships its own screen-reader-text rule, so anything that is meant to stay hidden stays hidden, whether or not WordPress loads its block stylesheet on that page.

After updating you can leave the Additional CSS in place or remove it — either is fine. Same if you used the child theme snippet instead; it simply does nothing now.

To update: Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme, upload the new pokatheme.zip and let WordPress replace the installed version. Your child theme needs no changes. Clear your cache afterwards if you use a caching plugin.

Thanks again for reporting it — it’s fixed for everyone now.