Title: AuditWand Accessibility
Author: auditwand
Published: <strong>September 6, 2026</strong>
Last modified: September 6, 2026

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# AuditWand Accessibility

 By [auditwand](https://profiles.wordpress.org/auditwand/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/auditwand-accessibility.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/auditwand-accessibility/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/auditwand-accessibility/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/auditwand-accessibility/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/auditwand-accessibility/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/auditwand-accessibility/)

## Description

[Website](https://auditwand.com) · [Live preview](https://playground.wordpress.net/?blueprint-url=https%3A%2F%2Fauditwand.com%2Fblueprints%2Fauditwand-accessibility.json)·
[Documentation](https://auditwand.com/docs) · [Free vs Pro](https://auditwand.com/docs/free-vs-pro)·
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/auditwand-accessibility)

**Two engines. One honest scope.**

AuditWand finds accessibility issues on your WordPress site, fixes the mechanical
ones in one click, and keeps a dated record of the work. Page checks run inside 
your editor, free and local: the bundled engine checks the page you are writing,
drafts included, and nothing leaves your site. Site scans run in the AuditWand cloud
on Pro: every page of your live site, with history, alerts, and the documents the
European Accessibility Act expects. Both engines find a subset of WCAG issues and
say so on every result.

#### Why website accessibility matters

Accessibility is now a legal expectation in most markets a WordPress site sells 
into. In the European Union, the European Accessibility Act (EAA) has applied since
28 June 2025 to many businesses that sell to consumers online, and member states
enforce it with fines and orders. In the United States, web accessibility claims
under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are filed by the thousands every
year, with demand letters many times more frequent. In Ontario, the Accessibility
for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) requires larger organizations’ public
websites to meet WCAG 2.0 AA.

The plain benefits arrive whether or not a law applies to you: more visitors can
use the site, including the roughly one in six people who live with a disability;
search engines read the same structure and text alternatives that screen readers
do; clear labels and readable contrast reduce complaints and abandoned forms.

Two honest notes. Some very small businesses have limited exemptions under the EAA,
and whether your site is covered depends on what you sell, to whom, and where; check
with a professional rather than taking a plugin’s word for it. And no automated 
tool, ours included, can make a site accessible or compliant on its own. AuditWand
finds what can be found automatically, fixes what can be fixed safely, guides you
through the rest, and documents the effort.

#### What it checks

 * **The bundled engine.** AuditWand ships axe-core 4.13.0 by Deque Systems, unmodified:
   89 automated rules, 62 testing WCAG 2.0 and 2.1 success criteria at levels A 
   and AA and 27 best-practice checks such as heading order and landmark structure.
   The same engine version runs in your editor and in the cloud.
 * **Plain English on top.** 54 of the most common rules carry an AuditWand explanation:
   what the issue is, who it affects, and how to fix it in WordPress terms. Every
   issue links to its documentation page with the WCAG success criterion and the
   EN 301 549 clause.
 * **Worth reviewing.** 3 additional checks flag judgment calls a machine cannot
   decide: vague link text such as “click here”, images marked decorative that may
   carry meaning, and links to PDF documents. They never count toward your score.
 * **Page checks in the editor.** Press “Check this page” in the AuditWand box on
   any post or page, drafts included. The check runs in your browser with the bundled
   engine and shows results in seconds; the content is not sent anywhere. Unlimited,
   with or without an account.
 * **Automatic check on save.** Turn it on under Settings and every save runs a 
   page check.
 * **History, kept locally.** Every page check is recorded on your site with its
   date and counts; the History tab and the dashboard widget show them with no connection
   at all.
 * **Site scans (Pro).** Every page of your live site is crawled and checked in 
   the cloud, with results streamed into the Issues and Pages tabs as they arrive,
   a live progress bar, and a delta line after every rescan.

Every rule the engine checks has its own page at https://auditwand.com/docs/issues.

#### All 16 fixes, free

Every fix is a server-side change to the HTML your site sends to visitors; there
is no visitor-side script and no overlay. Each fix is individually switchable, shows
a before-and-after preview, is reversible with one click, and is logged with a timestamp
when applied or turned off. A master pause suspends every fix at once. Fixes an 
accessibility-ready theme already provides are never applied twice.

 * **Skip-to-content link.** Adds a “Skip to content” link as the first element 
   of every page, invisible until a keyboard user reaches it.
 * **Visible keyboard focus.** Draws a clear outline around links, buttons, and 
   fields when they receive keyboard focus.
 * **Underline links in content.** Underlines links inside post and page content,
   so a link never depends on color alone.
 * **Warn on new-tab links.** Adds a screen-reader note “(opens in a new tab)” to
   links that open new tabs, plus rel protection.
 * **Stop links opening new tabs.** Removes target=”_blank” from content links, 
   so every link opens in the same tab.
 * **Label the search field.** Gives the WordPress search box an accessible label
   and requires a search term before submitting.
 * **Label comment fields.** Ensures the comment textarea carries a proper label,
   which many themes omit.
 * **Language & direction attributes.** Declares the page language, and right-to-
   left direction where used, so screen readers pick the right voice.
 * **Allow zooming on mobile.** Removes the viewport settings that stop people from
   pinch-zooming on phones.
 * **Remove forced tab order.** Removes positive tabindex values that override the
   natural keyboard order.
 * **Remove redundant tooltips.** Removes title-attribute tooltips from links and
   images, which usually repeat the visible text.
 * **Fallback page titles.** Gives pages without a title one built from your site
   name, since the title is announced first.
 * **Label unlabeled form fields (heuristic).** Gives form fields that have only
   a placeholder an accessible label built from that placeholder.
 * **File type & size on document links.** Appends notes such as “(PDF, 1.2 MB)”
   to document links, so readers know what a link opens.
 * **Block PDF uploads.** Stops new PDF files from entering the media library. Existing
   files are untouched.
 * **Accessibility statement link in the footer.** Adds an “Accessibility statement”
   link at the end of every page, pointing at the page you set in Settings.

Every fix is free on every plan, with or without an account. What each fix changes
and when not to use it: https://auditwand.com/docs/fixes

#### Media Library Audit

Missing alt text is the most common accessibility failure on the web, and no scanner
can fix it for you, because only a person knows what an image means. The Media tab
shows every image in your media library with its alt-text state (missing, deliberately
decorative, or described) and where it is used, and you write or edit the alt text
in place.

The fix-in-sequence workflow is the missing-alt filter: every image without alt 
text in one list, each with its alt field in place and a one-click decorative marker,
so you work through them one after another. A short guide on writing good alt text
sits beside the list. You stay the author: AuditWand never writes alt text for you
and never sends your images anywhere. Entirely free, on your own site. No other 
accessibility plugin in the directory offered a media-wide alt-text view when we
surveyed the category in August 2026.

Guide: https://auditwand.com/docs/media-library-audit

#### Why AuditWand

 * **Media Library Audit (market first).** Every image in your media library with
   its alt-text state, where it is used, and a fix-in-sequence workflow for the 
   missing ones. Free on every plan; no other accessibility plugin in the directory
   offered a media-wide alt-text view when we surveyed the category in August 2026.
 * **Drafts never leave your site.** Page checks run in your browser with the bundled
   engine. Nothing is uploaded until you choose to connect and run a cloud scan.
   An automated consent suite installs the plugin fresh, walks every screen, and
   fails the build on a single outbound request before you connect.
 * **Data stored in Frankfurt.** Scan data lives in the EU. The database is in Frankfurt
   and the application servers are in Falkenstein, Germany. A data processing agreement
   is included on every plan at no charge; the sub-processor list names each provider,
   its location, and its transfer mechanism.
 * **Mapped to EN 301 549 clauses.** Every issue names the WCAG success criterion
   and the EN 301 549 clause, so what you read matches what an EU authority reads.
   62 of the 89 rules carry a clause mapping, taken from the engine’s own metadata
   and published on each issue’s documentation page.
 * **Monitoring that does not depend on you.** Site scans run in the cloud, so results,
   alerts, and summaries arrive whether or not anyone opens WordPress. Regression
   alerts state what broke and where; weekly and monthly summaries arrive by email;
   a scan with failed pages is reported as failed, never as clean.
 * **All 16 fixes, free.** Server-side changes to your real HTML, individually switchable,
   reversible, and logged. Never a visitor-side overlay. The fix registry carries
   no plan tier, and an automated test fails the build if one ever appears.

**Tiny by design.** The plugin zip is 283 KB across 19 files, most of it the bundled
engine. Your visitors receive nothing from AuditWand: no scripts, no styles, no 
cookies, no tracking. A fix you switch on adds exactly that fix’s HTML and a few
hundred bytes of CSS. Tests enforce zero visitor weight on every release.

**Honest by design.** Automated testing finds a subset of WCAG issues. AuditWand
tells you what it found and how to fix it. It does not and cannot make your site“
compliant” or guarantee protection from legal claims. Treat any tool that claims
otherwise with suspicion.

#### Cloud service (optional)

No account is needed for page checks and fixes. A free AuditWand account connects
your site for site-wide scans, monitoring, and reports (service, see below). Everything
that runs inside the plugin is free and works without a connection. Site scans are
part of Pro: every page of your site, checked in the cloud. Prices are shown in 
USD.

**What connects.** Press “Connect to AuditWand” under Settings, approve on the AuditWand
page, and land back in WordPress connected. One email address creates a free account
in the same step. No keys, no code, no meta tags. Disconnect from either side at
any time.

**What is sent.** After you connect, your server sends your site address and page
URLs to the AuditWand API, authenticated with a connect key stored on your site.
Site scans read your public pages the way any visitor does and store the findings
with short HTML snippets. After an editor page check, the plugin reports a bare 
counter (a check happened, and when); the content is never included. No visitor 
data, no analytics, no third-party call from your site.

**Where it is stored.** Scan data is stored in the EU (Frankfurt) on servers in 
Germany. We use a small number of sub-processors, some US-based, under EU Standard
Contractual Clauses or the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Sub-processor list: https://
auditwand.com/legal/privacy#sub-processors

Terms of Use: https://auditwand.com/legal/terms · Privacy Policy: https://auditwand.
com/legal/privacy · Data Processing Agreement: https://auditwand.com/legal/dpa

Guide: https://auditwand.com/docs/cloud-scanning-and-monitoring

#### The free plan

The free plan is everything that runs inside the plugin, for one site:

 * Unlimited in-editor page checks, running locally in your browser (drafts never
   leave your site)
 * All 16 one-click fixes, including fallback page titles, file type and size on
   document links, block PDF uploads, and the footer statement link
 * Automatic check on save in the editor
 * Dismiss any finding with a recorded reason, and the complete Ignore Log
 * Plain-English fix guidance and send-to-developer handoffs
 * The editor box and the dashboard widget
 * Accessibility statement template download
 * “Accessibility monitored” badge and a public status page with visitor feedback
 * Media Library Audit: every image’s alt-text status in one view, with inline editing
   and a fix-in-sequence workflow
 * History of your recent page checks

#### What’s in paid plans

**Pro ($19/mo or $149/yr, save 35%. 1 site)**

See every page, not just the one you’re editing.

 * Site scans: every page checked in the cloud, 500 pages per scan, rescan anytime
 * Monthly scheduled scans
 * Regression alerts by email: what broke and where
 * Complete history with trends and a scan-comparison view
 * Hosted accessibility statement that updates itself from your scan data
 * Dated PDF reports mapped to EN 301 549 / EAA clauses
 * Accessibility column in your Posts and Pages lists
 * Bulk review and bulk un-ignore
 * Element screenshots with View-on-page
 * Weekly email summaries
 * Priority email support (typically 1-2 business days)
 * Priority scan queue and 2 simultaneous scans
 * Development and staging sites never count toward the site limit

**Business ($49/mo or $399/yr, 5 sites)**

 * Everything in Pro across 5 sites in one dashboard
 * Weekly scheduled scans
 * Reports in English, German, and French
 * 3 team seats
 * 2,000 pages per crawl

Every paid plan: 30-day money-back guarantee · page packs (+2,500 pages per crawl
for $10/mo). Full comparison: https://auditwand.com/docs/free-vs-pro

#### Compatibility

Requires WordPress 6.0 and PHP 7.4. Verified on every combination of WordPress 6.5,
6.8, 7.0, and 7.1 with PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.3, and 8.4, with zero PHP notices, plus multisite.
The editor box appears in the block editor and the Classic Editor; page-builder 
sites use the Pages tab. Scans and fixes operate on the final rendered HTML, so 
any theme or builder works; the tested-with list is in the FAQ.

#### Support

Email support@auditwand.com or post in the forum at https://wordpress.org/support/
plugin/auditwand-accessibility; replies typically arrive within 1 to 2 business 
days. Security issues: security@auditwand.com, acknowledged within 48 hours. No 
phone line and no 24/7 desk: AuditWand is a one-person company with automated systems
as the team.

#### Data and privacy

On your site, the plugin stores its settings, the fix log, the Ignore Log, and your
page-check history in WordPress options; it creates no tables and no scheduled tasks,
and uninstalling removes every option. In the cloud, once connected: your site address,
page URLs, scan findings with short HTML snippets, and your account email and plan.
Nothing about your visitors is collected; deleting a site or your account erases
its cloud data. Details: https://auditwand.com/docs/data-and-privacy and https://
auditwand.com/legal/privacy

#### Source code and build

The bundled data file assets/editor-data.js is generated from assets/src/editor-
data.json by build/build-editor-data.cjs; both ship in the plugin, and running the
build script with Node rebuilds the compiled file. The bundled engine assets/axe.
min.js is axe-core by Deque Systems, unmodified; source: https://github.com/dequelabs/
axe-core. All other files are hand-written source.

#### Third-party libraries

This plugin bundles axe-core 4.13.0 by Deque Systems, licensed under the Mozilla
Public License 2.0, included unmodified as assets/axe.min.js. Source: https://github.
com/dequelabs/axe-core

## Screenshots

[⌊The Issues tab with one card expanded: what the issue is, who it affects, how 
to fix it, and one primary action, with the technical detail collapsed underneath.⌉⌊
The Issues tab with one card expanded: what the issue is, who it affects, how to
fix it, and one primary action, with the technical detail collapsed underneath.⌉[

The Issues tab with one card expanded: what the issue is, who it affects, how to
fix it, and one primary action, with the technical detail collapsed underneath.

[⌊The editor box after "Check this page": the bundled engine ran in the browser 
on a draft, and the results appeared without the content leaving the site.⌉⌊The 
editor box after "Check this page": the bundled engine ran in the browser on a draft,
and the results appeared without the content leaving the site.⌉[

The editor box after “Check this page”: the bundled engine ran in the browser on
a draft, and the results appeared without the content leaving the site.

[⌊Settings → Active fixes: every one of the 16 server-side fixes with its own switch,
a before-and-after preview, and the master pause, so you always know what AuditWand
is changing on your site.⌉⌊Settings → Active fixes: every one of the 16 server-side
fixes with its own switch, a before-and-after preview, and the master pause, so 
you always know what AuditWand is changing on your site.⌉[

Settings  Active fixes: every one of the 16 server-side fixes with its own switch,
a before-and-after preview, and the master pause, so you always know what AuditWand
is changing on your site.

[⌊The Media Library Audit: every image with its alt-text state, where it is used,
inline editing, and the fix-in-sequence workflow for the missing ones. Free on every
plan.⌉⌊The Media Library Audit: every image with its alt-text state, where it is
used, inline editing, and the fix-in-sequence workflow for the missing ones. Free
on every plan.⌉[

The Media Library Audit: every image with its alt-text state, where it is used, 
inline editing, and the fix-in-sequence workflow for the missing ones. Free on every
plan.

[⌊The History tab: scans, page checks, fix applies, and dismissals on one dated 
timeline, with the Ignore Log and its reasons underneath. This is your evidence 
of effort.⌉⌊The History tab: scans, page checks, fix applies, and dismissals on 
one dated timeline, with the Ignore Log and its reasons underneath. This is your
evidence of effort.⌉[

The History tab: scans, page checks, fix applies, and dismissals on one dated timeline,
with the Ignore Log and its reasons underneath. This is your evidence of effort.

[⌊The Help tab: the page-check-versus-site-scan picture, short guides that link 
to the documentation site, and the honest FAQ, all from the same source as auditwand.
com/docs.⌉⌊The Help tab: the page-check-versus-site-scan picture, short guides that
link to the documentation site, and the honest FAQ, all from the same source as 
auditwand.com/docs.⌉[

The Help tab: the page-check-versus-site-scan picture, short guides that link to
the documentation site, and the honest FAQ, all from the same source as auditwand.
com/docs.

[⌊The Overview after a site scan: the score with its honest note, severity counts,
the change since the last scan, recommended improvements, and top issues.⌉⌊The Overview
after a site scan: the score with its honest note, severity counts, the change since
the last scan, recommended improvements, and top issues.⌉[

The Overview after a site scan: the score with its honest note, severity counts,
the change since the last scan, recommended improvements, and top issues.

[⌊The Pages tab on Pro: per-page findings with severity chips, ordered by impact,
each linking to the page and to its issues.⌉⌊The Pages tab on Pro: per-page findings
with severity chips, ordered by impact, each linking to the page and to its issues
.⌉[

The Pages tab on Pro: per-page findings with severity chips, ordered by impact, 
each linking to the page and to its issues.

[⌊View on page: markers on the live page for each detected element, color-coded 
by severity, with a plain-English card per marker. Loads for logged-in editors only;
visitors never receive it.⌉⌊View on page: markers on the live page for each detected
element, color-coded by severity, with a plain-English card per marker. Loads for
logged-in editors only; visitors never receive it.⌉[

View on page: markers on the live page for each detected element, color-coded by
severity, with a plain-English card per marker. Loads for logged-in editors only;
visitors never receive it.

[⌊The accessibility statement generated from real scan data: the site's open issues
listed as known limitations, the feedback channel, and no compliance claim anywhere.⌉⌊
The accessibility statement generated from real scan data: the site's open issues
listed as known limitations, the feedback channel, and no compliance claim anywhere
.⌉[

The accessibility statement generated from real scan data: the site’s open issues
listed as known limitations, the feedback channel, and no compliance claim anywhere.

[⌊The "Accessibility monitored" badge links to a public status page that shows visitors
the site is checked and gives them a form to report a problem, the feedback channel
EU accessibility rules generally expect.⌉⌊The "Accessibility monitored" badge links
to a public status page that shows visitors the site is checked and gives them a
form to report a problem, the feedback channel EU accessibility rules generally 
expect.⌉[

The “Accessibility monitored” badge links to a public status page that shows visitors
the site is checked and gives them a form to report a problem, the feedback channel
EU accessibility rules generally expect.

[⌊The live preview in WordPress Playground: the plugin installed on a throwaway 
site with a sample post, landing on the AuditWand Overview so you can run a page
check in your browser.⌉⌊The live preview in WordPress Playground: the plugin installed
on a throwaway site with a sample post, landing on the AuditWand Overview so you
can run a page check in your browser.⌉[

The live preview in WordPress Playground: the plugin installed on a throwaway site
with a sample post, landing on the AuditWand Overview so you can run a page check
in your browser.

## Installation

 1. Install and activate the plugin. Page checks, all 16 fixes, and the Media Library
    Audit work immediately. No account is needed.
 2. Open any post or page and press “Check this page” in the Accessibility box, or 
    open the AuditWand menu for the Media Library Audit and the fixes under Settings.
 3. Optional, for site-wide scans, monitoring, and reports: go to the AuditWand menu
    Settings and press **Connect to AuditWand**.
 4. Approve on the AuditWand page. If you do not have an account yet, one email address
    creates a free account in the same step.
 5. You land back in WordPress, connected. Site scans are part of Pro; the free account
    adds the badge and the public status page.
 6. To try the plugin without installing anything, open the live preview: https://playground.
    wordpress.net/?blueprint-url=https%3A%2F%2Fauditwand.com%2Fblueprints%2Fauditwand-
    accessibility.json

## FAQ

### Does this plugin make my site accessible or EAA/ADA compliant?

No, and be wary of any tool that says yes. No automated tool can. AuditWand finds
a substantial subset of accessibility issues automatically, explains how to fix 
them, fixes the mechanical ones, and documents your ongoing effort. Fixing what 
it finds improves accessibility. Full conformance also requires human review: judging
whether alt text describes an image, whether captions are accurate, whether content
is understandable. Those are the parts no engine can test, and AuditWand says so
on every clean result.

### Do I need an account or a paid plan?

No account is needed for the local layer: unlimited page checks (they run locally
in the editor), all 16 one-click fixes, auto-check on save, the Media Library Audit,
and dismiss-with-reason with the complete Ignore Log all work on a fresh install
with no connection. A free account connects your site for the cloud service and 
adds the badge and public status page; paid plans add site scans of every page, 
scheduled scans, history and trends, regression alerts, hosted statements, and PDF
reports.

### What leaves my site, and where does it go?

Before you connect: nothing. The plugin makes no outbound request of any kind, and
an automated test suite proves it on every release. After you connect: your server
sends your site address and page URLs to the AuditWand API, authenticated with your
connect key, and site scans store findings with short HTML snippets from your public
pages. Editor page checks run in your browser; the content you are editing is never
sent. After a check completes, the plugin reports a bare counter (a check happened,
and when) so your public status page can show activity. Everything is stored in 
the EU (Frankfurt). Deleting a site or your account removes it.

### What do the 16 fixes actually change?

Small, safe corrections to the HTML your site sends to visitors: a skip link, visible
keyboard focus, underlined content links, labels on the search box, comment fields,
and placeholder-only form fields, the page language attribute, zoom allowed on phones,
forced tab order removed, redundant tooltips removed, a note on links that open 
new tabs (or those links kept in the same tab), a fallback page title, file type
and size on document links, PDF uploads blocked, and a footer link to your accessibility
statement. Nothing changes in your database or your content. Each fix shows a before-
and-after preview, can be turned off with one click, and is logged with a timestamp.
With every fix off, your site’s output is byte-for-byte what it was without the 
plugin.

### Is this one of those accessibility overlays?

No. Overlays inject a script into the visitor’s browser that tries to patch the 
page after it loads. They are widely criticized by the accessibility community, 
regulators have acted against vendors who claimed such tools deliver compliance,
and sites using them continue to receive complaints and claims. AuditWand ships 
zero visitor-side JavaScript. Its fixes are real server-side corrections to your
site’s HTML, and everything else it does is detection, guidance, and record-keeping.

### Does the plugin slow down my site?

No. With every fix off, the plugin adds nothing to your site’s front end: no scripts,
no styles, no requests. Each fix you enable adds only its own HTML change and, for
a few fixes, a few hundred bytes of inline CSS. Site scans run on AuditWand’s servers,
which visit your public pages the way an ordinary visitor does, with a small number
of parallel page workers and a polite pace. The whole plugin is 283 KB.

### Which editors and page builders does it work with?

Every feature works from the AuditWand admin menu regardless of editor. The in-editor“
Accessibility” box with the instant “Check this page” button appears in the block
editor and the Classic Editor. Page-builder edit screens (Elementor, Divi, Beaver
Builder, and others) cannot host the box; use the Pages tab in the AuditWand menu
to see per-page findings, then open the page in your builder to fix them. Site scans
and issue tracking behave identically for every editor.

### What is AuditWand tested with?

Every combination of WordPress 6.5, 6.8, 7.0, and 7.1 with PHP 7.4, 8.1, 8.3, and
8.4: sixteen combinations, each booted with debugging on, every admin screen and
the editor walked, and zero PHP notices. Also a classic-widgets theme (Twenty Twenty-
One), a block theme (Twenty Twenty-Five), Astra, and multisite with network-wide
activation. Builders: pages built in Elementor and Beaver Builder Lite, scanned,
fixed, and marked by View on page. AuditWand works with any theme or builder that
outputs standard HTML, because scans and fixes operate on the final rendered output.
Issue tracking survives builder re-saves because issue fingerprints ignore builder-
generated markup noise, and themes that declare the accessibility-ready tag never
get the skip-link and focus fixes applied twice.

### How do I get support?

Email support@auditwand.com or post in the plugin forum at https://wordpress.org/
support/plugin/auditwand-accessibility. Replies typically arrive within 1 to 2 business
days. There is no phone line and no 24/7 desk; AuditWand is a one-person company
with automated systems as the team, and we say so wherever support is mentioned.
If you are facing litigation or need a formal audit, engage an accessibility professional:
AuditWand is automated tooling for finding, fixing, monitoring, and documenting 
accessibility work, not an audit service and not legal advice.

### Does it produce the documents the European Accessibility Act expects?

EU accessibility rules generally expect an accessibility statement, a way for visitors
to report problems, and evidence of ongoing effort. On the free plan, AuditWand 
generates an accessibility statement template pre-filled with your site’s known 
limitations, and the public status page carries a visitor feedback form. The fix
log and the Ignore Log with reasons are your dated evidence trail. Pro adds a hosted
statement that updates itself from scan data and dated PDF reports mapped to EN 
301 549 clauses. None of these documents claims compliance on your behalf; they 
describe what was checked, what was found, and what was done.

### Can I use AuditWand in Quebec, or in French?

The plugin works anywhere. Its interface is in English today and is translation-
ready; German and French listing text is published, and translations are welcome
through translate.wordpress.org. The Business plan delivers reports in French and
German. Consumer purchases from Quebec are not accepted until French-language terms
of service exist, in keeping with the Charter of the French Language; business customers
in Quebec can subscribe.

### What is the refund policy?

Every paid plan carries a 30-day money-back guarantee: email support within 30 days
of your first payment and the payment is refunded in full. Statutory rights, including
the EU 14-day right of withdrawal, are unaffected. Renewals are disclosed before
purchase with the price and term, and cancellation is self-serve with no barriers.
Details: https://auditwand.com/legal/refunds

### How do I delete my account and my data?

In your dashboard, open Settings › Account and choose Delete account. Deletion is
immediate and cascades through every site, scan, issue, and record on the account.
You can also email privacy@auditwand.com from your account address and we complete
it within 30 days. Uninstalling the plugin removes every option it created on your
site.

### Do you support agencies and teams?

The Business plan covers 5 sites with 3 team seats in one dashboard, so an agency
can run several client sites from one account. Team members act inside the owner’s
account with their own sign-in. The locked disclaimer on every report stays in place,
because it protects your clients as much as it protects us.

### What does the score mean?

The score starts at 100 and subtracts points for each open issue found by automated
checks: 10 for critical, 5 for serious, 2 for moderate, 0.5 for minor. It never 
goes below zero. Items under “Worth reviewing” do not affect it, because they need
human judgment. It is a progress meter, not a certificate. A rising score means 
fewer and less severe problems. It is not a compliance percentage, because automated
checks test only part of the rules.

### How do I report a security issue?

Email security@auditwand.com. Report privately rather than opening a public thread.
We aim to acknowledge reports within 48 hours. Details: https://auditwand.com/.well-
known/security.txt

### What happens if my paid plan lapses?

Nothing breaks. Fixes you applied keep running, because they run on your own site.
You keep the free layer in full. Paid surfaces lock again until you return, and 
your history is kept for the retention period stated in the Privacy Policy.

### Is the plugin translated?

The plugin is translation-ready with a complete language template, and the listing
is published in English, German, and French. Interface translations arrive through
translate.wordpress.org as contributors complete them; if you would like to help
with a language, the project is open there.

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## Contributors & Developers

“AuditWand Accessibility” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ auditwand ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/auditwand/)

[Translate “AuditWand Accessibility” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/auditwand-accessibility)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auditwand-accessibility/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/auditwand-accessibility/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/auditwand-accessibility/)
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## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Listing description updated.

#### 1.0.0

 * First public release. Free page checks in the editor with the bundled axe-core
   4.13.0 engine, all 16 one-click fixes, the Media Library Audit, dismiss-with-
   reason with the complete Ignore Log, plain-English guidance with send-to-developer
   handoffs, the statement template, and the badge with its public status page, 
   all without an account. Site scans, history, alerts, and reports on Pro.
 * Added: documentation site at https://auditwand.com/docs, with a page for every
   rule the engine checks (plain English, why it matters, how to fix it, the WCAG
   criterion, and the EN 301 549 clause) and a page for every fix (what it changes,
   before and after, when not to use it). Issue cards link to their page.
 * Added: every issue names its WCAG success criterion and EN 301 549 clause.
 * Added: the Help tab now carries short guides that mirror the documentation site,
   from the same source.
 * Added: a live preview in WordPress Playground, linked from the listing.
 * Changed: the listing rewritten around what the plugin checks, every fix by name,
   the Media Library Audit, and the cloud service, with an expanded FAQ and new 
   screenshots.

#### Development releases (0.1.0 to 0.16.3)

 * Page checks in the editor moved from a cloud call to the bundled engine running
   in the browser, so drafts never leave the site, with automatic check on save 
   and a local history.
 * The fix engine grew from 14 to 16 server-side fixes, all free, with individual
   switches, before-and-after previews, a master pause, theme awareness, and a log
   of every apply and revert.
 * The Media Library Audit: every image with its alt-text state, usage locations,
   inline editing, and a fix-in-sequence workflow.
 * Site scans with live progress, per-page findings, a delta line after every rescan,
   dismiss-with-reason and the Ignore Log, guided fixes with time estimates, send-
   to-developer handoffs, and the accessibility column in the Posts and Pages lists.
 * View on page with severity markers and element screenshots, for logged-in editors
   only.
 * The badge, the public status page with visitor feedback, and the accessibility
   statement template with known limitations fed from scan data.
 * One-click connect with a full connection lifecycle: disconnect and reconnect 
   from either side, site replacement, and a clean reset when a site is removed.
 * Honesty and privacy throughout: the subset disclosure on every clean result, 
   failed pages fail the scan, zero visitor-facing weight enforced by tests, data-
   location wording naming the sub-processors, and all styles and scripts loaded
   through registered handles.
 * Every feature that runs inside the plugin made free on every plan; paid plans
   cover cloud services only.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **4 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [accessibility](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/accessibility/)[accessibility checker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/accessibility-checker/)
   [ada](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ada/)[EAA](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/eaa/)
   [wcag](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wcag/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/auditwand-accessibility/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ auditwand ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/auditwand/)

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