{"id":66375,"date":"2024-05-11T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=66375"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:32:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:32:26","slug":"how-to-qa-a-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/how-to-qa-a-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Website Testing: How To Perform a Comprehensive QA Website Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"66375\" class=\"elementor elementor-66375\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff42cf4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff42cf4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65fd970\" data-id=\"65fd970\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33d2475 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33d2475\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/create-website-with-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">create a website<\/a> for yourself or clients, you don&#8217;t just want it to look good on a surface level, but you also want to guarantee that it&#8217;s going to function exactly as expected both now and in the future.<\/p><p>Performing website QA testing helps you do that by letting you systematically test your site to uncover mistakes or other potential problems before making it live.<\/p><p>In this post, we&#8217;ll show you how to perform a website QA test for your site, along with including a checklist version of this post that you can use to test all of your sites.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70b05da0 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"70b05da0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-gac=\"CTA_Elements\" data-gaa=\"Link\" data-gal=\"Position_Text_CTA\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/website-usability-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Avoid UX Pitfalls and Boost Conversions With Usability Testing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-277096e elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"277096e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-gac=\"CTA_Elements\" data-gaa=\"Button\" data-gal=\"Position_Download_Template\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/05\/QA-Checklist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-download\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M216 0h80c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24v168h87.7c17.8 0 26.7 21.5 14.1 34.1L269.7 378.3c-7.5 7.5-19.8 7.5-27.3 0L90.1 226.1c-12.6-12.6-3.7-34.1 14.1-34.1H192V24c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24zm296 376v112c0 13.3-10.7 24-24 24H24c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24V376c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h146.7l49 49c20.1 20.1 52.5 20.1 72.6 0l49-49H488c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24zm-124 88c0-11-9-20-20-20s-20 9-20 20 9 20 20 20 20-9 20-20zm64 0c0-11-9-20-20-20s-20 9-20 20 9 20 20 20 20-9 20-20z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download Our QA Checklist<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc3da5b blog-toc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc3da5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Table Of Contents<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a0e153 blog-toc elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"2a0e153\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#what-is-website-quality-assurance\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What Is Website Quality Assurance (QA)?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#why-do-you-need-to-qa-test\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Why Do You Need to QA Test Your Website?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#how-to-perform-a-website-qa-test\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How To Perform a Website QA Test<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#form-input-and-validation\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">1. Form Input and Validation<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#html-and-css-validation\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">2. HTML\/CSS Validation<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#cookie-testing\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">3. Cookie Testing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#link-testing\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">4. Link Testing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#website-security\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">5. Website Security<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#mobile-responsiveness\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">6. Mobile Responsiveness<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#accessibility\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">7. Accessibility<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#functionality-testing\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">8. Functionality Testing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#payment-gateways\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">9. Payment Gateways (If Applicable)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#ui-testing\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">10. UI Testing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#download-qa-checklist\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Download This Website QA Guide as a Checklist<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5c456e elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"b5c456e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"what-is-website-quality-assurance\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-131973d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"131973d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Is Website Quality Assurance (QA)?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3e2f8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3e2f8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Quality assurance (QA) is the process of testing your website to uncover mistakes, problems, or other oversights that you might&#8217;ve missed during the website development and design phases.<\/p><p>The important thing about QA is that it&#8217;s a comprehensive and ongoing task, whereas regression testing, requirements testing, user testing, and other common types are more focused on singular issues.<\/p><p>You should also perform QA testing before <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/website-launch-checklist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launching a website<\/a>, whereas other tests like user testing are only performed once the site is live.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b5223 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"06b5223\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"why-do-you-need-to-qa-test\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f77feca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f77feca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Do You Need to QA Test Your Website?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d3f36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69d3f36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>QA testing helps you make sure that your website is ready for prime time and that your site&#8217;s visitors will have a great experience from day one.<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re building websites for yourself, QA testing is important to ensure a good visitor experience. But if you&#8217;re building websites for clients, it&#8217;s doubly important to make sure that the site you&#8217;re turning over to clients is functioning properly.<\/p><p>On a more specific level, implementing detailed website QA testing will:<\/p><ul><li>Improve the functionality of your website by detecting potential problems.<\/li><li>Help you look more trustworthy and build your brand (because having a buggy site makes you look bad).<\/li><li>Save you time and money in the long run because you can catch issues early on before they grow into bigger problems.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1267a32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"1267a32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"how-to-perform-a-website-qa-test\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac19b3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac19b3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How To Perform a Website QA Test\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d27298 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d27298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now, let&#8217;s get into the guts of how to perform a website QA test. To do this, we&#8217;ll run over some of the most important areas to check, along with some tools that you can use to help where applicable.<\/p><p>If your site isn&#8217;t live yet, you can perform these tests on <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wordpress-staging-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a staging site<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e24e7d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"e24e7d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"form-input-and-validation\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e41cd55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e41cd55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Form Input and Validation\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d664027 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d664027\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you have <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/form-builder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forms<\/a> (which most websites will), it&#8217;s important to test the configuration of your form(s) to verify inputs, field validation, and form functionality.<\/p><p>For example, if you have a &#8220;Name&#8221; field, you don&#8217;t want to let users enter numbers in that field (and vice versa). You&#8217;ll also want to make sure that &#8220;Required&#8221; fields are marked as required. Check for:<\/p><ul><li>Data input validity.<\/li><li>The allowed values in each field.<\/li><li>What happens when there are invalid inputs (e.g. does the user get a message so they know what&#8217;s wrong?).<\/li><\/ul><p>By going this, you can ensure that the form collects all the data that it needs and that the data is in the proper format.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74897b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"74897b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"html-and-css-validation\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b89db40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b89db40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. HTML\/CSS Validation\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d35097e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d35097e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Creating validated HTML and CSS code is important to debug issues, ensure future-proofing, simplify future maintenance, and just generally maintain good best practices.<\/p><p>To validate your site&#8217;s code, you can find a number of free online tools that let you validate a page by entering its <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/url\/\"   title=\"What is a URL? Structure, Syntax &amp; Best Practices\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"25257\">URL<\/a>. Some popular options are the W3C&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/validator.w3.org\/\">Markup Validation Service<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/jigsaw.w3.org\/css-validator\/\">CSS Validation Service<\/a>.<\/p><p>Both tools will provide a list of validation issues for you to fix:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee42d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ee42d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=720,h=478\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/html-validation.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-66413\" alt=\"html-validation\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=720\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/html-validation.png 720w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/html-validation-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8986973 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8986973\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Or, you can also find browser extensions that make it easier to validate multiple pages. A popular option is the HTML Validator extension for <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/html-validator\/mpbelhhnfhfjnaehkcnnaknldmnocglk\">Chrome<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/html-validator\/\">Firefox<\/a>. It validates against the same W3C criteria but is embedded inside your browser and doesn&#8217;t need to make an external connection (which means you can use it to test local HTML content as well).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0826e9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"0826e9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"cookie-testing\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aca184 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6aca184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Cookie Testing\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b59358 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b59358\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cookies are files that are stored on a visitor&#8217;s browser when they visit your site. For example, if you log in to a site, that site will add a cookie for your login session.<\/p><p>To QA test your site&#8217;s cookies, you should test your website in various scenarios, such as testing with cookies enabled and cookies disabled to make sure everything still works. You should also test your cookies for security &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/gf.dev\/secure-cookie-test\">Geekflare&#8217;s tool can help<\/a> you catch potential cookie security issues.<\/p><p>Note &#8211; if you&#8217;re using WordPress, WordPress should automatically take care of most cookie issues for you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0db4ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"e0db4ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"link-testing\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c13bbad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c13bbad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Link Testing\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7ee5bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7ee5bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Broken links are horrible for user experience and also bad for SEO &#8211; a double whammy that makes it very important to avoid them.<\/p><p>To test for broken links, you can use a free plugin like <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/broken-link-checker\/\">Broken Link Checker<\/a> or you can use a cloud-based tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/broken-link-checker\">the free Ahrefs broken link checker<\/a>.<\/p><p>Once you find the offending links, you can change the link or <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/redirect-url-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set up a redirect<\/a> to send users to the right spot if you&#8217;re unable to change the link for some reason.<\/p><p>Beyond testing for broken links, you should make sure that key links are going to the proper page (even if they aren&#8217;t broken). For example, test all the links in key navigation areas to make sure they go to the proper destination.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04c63c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"04c63c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"website-security\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b93325 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b93325\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Website Security\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe77581 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe77581\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Website QA for security is important so that you can assess your site for potential security vulnerabilities and prevent future issues.<\/p><p>There are several different issues to check here:<\/p><ul><li>Test your SSL\/HTTPS connection to make sure it&#8217;s working properly &#8211; you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssllabs.com\/ssltest\/\">use Qualys&#8217;s free tool<\/a> to validate. Also, make sure that all HTTP traffic is redirected to the HTTPS version of your site.<\/li><li>Make sure users can&#8217;t download files or access pages that are supposed to be restricted.<\/li><li>Check CAPTCHAs for proper functioning.<\/li><li>Make sure users cannot log in with an invalid username or password.<\/li><\/ul><p>To learn more about security for WordPress, you can browse <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wordpress-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our WordPress security checklist<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wordpress-security-plugins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our collection of WordPress security plugins<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7aac93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"f7aac93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"mobile-responsiveness\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5ddef9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5ddef9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6. Mobile Responsiveness\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f3ee61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f3ee61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mobile-responsive design is essential nowadays, especially given that more than half of Internet traffic happens on mobile devices and Google has moved to a mobile-first index.<\/p><p>However, <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/responsive-website\/\"   title=\"How To Create A Responsive Website: Step-By-Step 2025 Guide\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"25256\">responsive<\/a> design can also introduce some QA issues, such as buttons\/links that are difficult to tap.<\/p><p>To test your site for issues, you can use <a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/test\/mobile-friendly\">Google&#8217;s Mobile-Friendly Test<\/a>. It will list out specific issues that you can fix.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.chrome.com\/docs\/devtools\/\">Chrome Developer Tools<\/a> can also be useful here as it lets you quickly preview your site as different devices:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c87740 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c87740\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=720,h=436\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chrome-developer-tools-responsive-test.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-66415\" alt=\"chrome-developer-tools-responsive-test\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=720\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chrome-developer-tools-responsive-test.png 720w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chrome-developer-tools-responsive-test-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e39920c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e39920c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For more heavy-duty testing, you can use a paid tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.browserstack.com\/\">BrowserStack<\/a><\/p><p>We also have some tips on <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/introducing-mobile-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designing responsive WordPress websites with Elementor<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-529615d elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"529615d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"accessibility\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50d33cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50d33cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">7. Accessibility<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5292e3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5292e3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Creating an accessible website is important for both creating a better experience for all visitors and also for legal compliance in some jurisdictions.<\/p><p>When it comes to accessibility, validating your site against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is a great place to start. W3C maintains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/ER\/tools\/\">a list of web accessibility evaluation tools<\/a> that you can use to help you test your site. <a href=\"https:\/\/wave.webaim.org\/\">WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool)<\/a> can also be a helpful tool &#8211; it has browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox so that you can easily test accessibility in your browser as well:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cd23e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3cd23e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=720,h=424\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wave-accessibility.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-66414\" alt=\"wave-accessibility\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=720\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wave-accessibility.png 720w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wave-accessibility-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3273f58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3273f58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Or, for WordPress, you can also use a plugin like <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/accessibility-checker\/\">Accessibility Checker<\/a><span>, which can help you test your entire site for accessibility issues and provides lots of documentation to help you fix problems.<\/span><\/p><p>Website accessibility is an important and complex topic, so we also have some dedicated guides to help you out. You can follow our tips to <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/web-accessibility-design-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">design for web accessibility<\/a> and also our general guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wordpress-accessibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">improving WordPress website accessibility<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d666d2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"d666d2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"functionality-testing\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69cbff0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69cbff0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">8. Functionality Testing\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b136207 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b136207\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We&#8217;ve already talked about some functionality testing with checking links and forms, but it&#8217;s important to also check other key functions to make sure they&#8217;re behaving properly.<\/p><p>For example, if you have a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/woocommerce-builder\/\"   title=\"WooCommerce Builder\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"25255\">WooCommerce<\/a> store with product filters, you&#8217;ll want to make sure that the product filters function as expected.<\/p><p>Some other common issues to check when it comes to functionality testing include:<\/p><ul><li>Drop-downs.<\/li><li>Buttons.<\/li><li>Process flow &#8211; can your visitors complete the full journey that you want them to complete? For an <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/ecommerce\/\"   title=\"eCommerce\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"25258\">e-commerce<\/a> store, this might be making sure visitors can go from &#8220;single product -&gt; add to cart -&gt; shopping cart -&gt; checkout -&gt; order confirmation.<\/li><\/ul><p>For small sites, you might be able to do this manually. For more heavy-duty testing, you can consider using a tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.selenium.dev\/\">Selenium<\/a> to automate your testing, or, a low-code AI-powered testing tool like\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"http:\/\/testim.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"http:\/\/testim.io\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Testim<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6769347 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"6769347\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"payment-gateways\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6f25a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b6f25a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">9. Payment Gateways (If Applicable)\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c899af4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c899af4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you have an e-commerce store or other website that accepts any type of online payment, it&#8217;s important to test payment gateways to make sure they&#8217;re working.<\/p><p>Most payment processors include some type of &#8220;test mode&#8221; that lets you perform transactions using dummy data. For example, Stripe <a href=\"https:\/\/stripe.com\/docs\/testing\">maintains a testing page<\/a> that lets you test both general transactions, as well as various debug situations (such as a user&#8217;s address verification failing). Braintree (from PayPal) <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.braintreepayments.com\/guides\/credit-cards\/testing-go-live\/php\">does the same<\/a>.<\/p><p>These test sandboxes are great for QA &#8211; just remember to enable live transactions when your website goes lives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8139fce elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"8139fce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"ui-testing\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48e3a03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48e3a03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">10. UI Testing\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a96079 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a96079\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>UI testing involves testing the design and interface of your website to make sure that it&#8217;s consistent and it also looks correct in all browsers and situations. In this area, you should test:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Design consistency<\/strong> &#8211; are the colors, fonts, font sizes, layouts, buttons, etc. all consistent across your entire site?<\/li><li><strong>Screen resolutions<\/strong> &#8211; does your site look good at all resolutions? It&#8217;s not just small resolutions &#8211; many visitors now have 2K or even 4K screens, so your site needs to work at high-resolution, too.<\/li><li><strong>Browsers &#8211; <\/strong>does your site look correct in all browsers? You can use tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.browserstack.com\/\">BrowserStack<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/crossbrowsertesting.com\/\">CrossBrowserTesting<\/a> to quickly test variables.<\/li><li><strong>Localization <\/strong>&#8211; if you have <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/multilingual-website-translatepress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a multilingual website<\/a>, do key interface elements still function properly? It&#8217;s easy for layouts and interface designs to get messed up when translating content because the translation might take up more or less space.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8f8e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"5a8f8e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"download-qa-checklist\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcd2027 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bcd2027\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Download This Website QA Guide as a Checklist<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e2ff5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e2ff5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Want a checklist version of these tips that you can use in the future? 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QA testing doesn&#8217;t just help you solve problems in the present, but it also sets up a strong foundation to prevent problems in the future.<\/p><p>In this post, we&#8217;ve taken you through some of the most important steps to running a successful website QA. To make sure you&#8217;re implementing this for all your websites, you can download this post as a PDF checklist for easy use in the future.<\/p><p>For some other tips on getting your website ready for launch, check out our full website launch checklist.<\/p><p>Do you still have any questions about running a website QA test or applying these principles to WordPress and Elementor? 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