ADA Compliance Guardian

ADA Compliance Guardian provides a robust, AI-driven framework to streamline the complex process of achieving and maintaining web accessibility standards, including WCAG 2.1, ADA Title III, and Section 508. Our solution is engineered to mitigate legal risk, enhance user experience for all individuals, and integrate seamlessly into your existing WordPress workflow. 
This plugin leverages state-of-the-art AI models from Google and OpenAI to automate critical compliance tasks that are traditionally manual, time-consuming, and error-prone.
<h3>Core Technology & Features:</h3>
<ul>
<li>AI-Powered Image Alt Text Generation (Google Gemini) 
Leverages Google’s advanced Gemini multimodal AI model to analyze image content and context, generating highly descriptive and accurate alternative text. 
The system supports multiple generation modes:
<ul>
<li>Individual Generation: Create alt text for single images directly from the media library interface.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Bulk Generation: Automatically identify all images missing alt text and generate descriptions for them in a single, managed operation.</li>
<li>SEO & ADA Enhanced Regeneration: A specialized mode to regenerate alt text for all library images, focusing on a dual-mandate of comprehensive ADA compliance and semantic SEO enrichment.</li>
<li>Automated Video Captioning & Subtitles (OpenAI Whisper) 
Integrates seamlessly with OpenAI’s Whisper API, a leading automatic speech recognition (ASR) system, to generate precise, time-coded captions for your video assets.</li>
<li>WebVTT Generation: Automatically produces W3C standard WebVTT (.vtt) caption files from your video’s audio track.</li>
<li>Automatic Display: The plugin intelligently modifies your website’s front-end video players (both shortcode and block-based) to include the necessary <code><track></code> tags, ensuring captions are available to your users without manual theme editing.</li>
<li>Enhanced Focus Management & Keyboard Navigation 
Provides a consistent and highly-visible focus indicator for all interactive elements, a critical component for users who rely on keyboard navigation. 
This feature can be toggled in the plugin settings.</li>
<li>AI Tabindex Manager (Experimental): An optional, experimental feature that uses an AI model to analyze the DOM and identify non-interactive elements that have been scripted to be interactive but lack focusability. 
When enabled, it programmatically applies <code>tabindex="0"</code> to these elements.</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin utilizes third-party services to provide its AI-powered features. 
Your use of these features is subject to the terms and policies of these services. 
* Google Gemini 
 * Purpose: Used for generating descriptive alt text for images. 
* Data Sent: Image data (the image file itself) is transmitted to the Google Cloud Vision or Gemini API for analysis. 
No other user or site data is included in this request. 
* Terms of Service: <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">https://policies.google.com/terms</a> 
 * Privacy Policy: <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">https://policies.google.com/privacy</a>
<ul>
<li>OpenAI Whisper
<ul>
<li>Purpose: Used for generating transcriptions and captions for video files.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Data Sent: The video file is transmitted to the OpenAI Whisper API for transcription. 
No other user or site data is included in this request.</li>
<li>
Terms of Use: <a href="https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use" rel="nofollow ugc">https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use</a>
<ul>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
ADA Compliance Guardian Validation Service
<ul>
<li>Purpose: To validate your subscription plan and track API usage against your plan’s limits.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Data Sent: Your Plan API Key, your WordPress admin email, and the specific service being requested (e.g., ‘image_alt’) are sent to our secure validation server at <code>adacomplianceguardian.com</code>.</li>
<li>Terms of Service: <a href="https://adacomplianceguardian.com/terms-of-service" rel="nofollow ugc">https://adacomplianceguardian.com/terms-of-service</a>
<ul>
<li>Privacy Policy: <a href="https://adacomplianceguardian.com/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">https://adacomplianceguardian.com/privacy-policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third-Party Code</h3>
This plugin uses the following third-party library:
<ul>
<li>Captionator.js
<ul>
<li>Purpose: Provides a cross-browser compatibility layer for caption rendering.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Source: <a href="https://github.com/captionator/captionator" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/captionator/captionator</a>
<ul>
<li>License: Licensed under the MIT license.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Legal Disclaimers</h3>
<h3>Third-Party Services</h3>
This plugin’s functionality is dependent on third-party services provided by Google LLC and OpenAI, L.L.C. 
Your use of the AI-powered features is subject to the terms of service and privacy policies of these respective companies.
<h3>No Guarantee of Compliance</h3>
ADA Compliance Guardian is a tool intended to assist you in your efforts to make your website more accessible. 
Use of this plugin does not constitute a legal guarantee of compliance with any accessibility laws. 
Responsibility for legal compliance remains solely with the website owner.
<h3>Trademark Notice</h3>
WordPress and the WordPress logo are registered trademarks of the WordPress Foundation. 
Google, Gemini, OpenAI, and Whisper are trademarks of their respective owners. 
Use of these names does not imply endorsement or affiliation.

An AI-driven accessibility framework to help meet and exceed digital compliance standards.

Steve Jones

Amber Hinds

Road Warrior Creative

philwebs

Equalize Digital

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<h3>Make Your Website Accessible with Accessibility Checker</h3>
Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker helps you find and fix accessibility problems as you create content — no need to leave the WordPress editor. The plugin scans your posts and pages each time you save or publish, then shows errors and warnings directly in the edit screen so you can fix issues in real time.
Accessibility Checker runs over 40 automated checks based on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 and highlights exactly which elements fail WCAG. If you aren’t sure what a code snippet means, flip to the front-end view to see the element highlighted on your website.
Accessibility Checker also includes 10 automated fixes to resolve common accessibility barriers for you. Helpful documentation is available for every issue, and accessibility consulting is available if you need expert help.
<h3>Automated Accessibility Fixes</h3>
Have accessibility issues on your website that you can’t fix? Accessibility Checker can fix common issues in themes and plugins. One-click fixes include:
<ul>
<li>Add skip links</li>
<li>Add focus outlines</li>
<li>Block links opening new windows</li>
<li>Force links to be underlined</li>
<li>Label comment fields</li>
<li>Label search fields</li>
<li>Add <code>lang</code> & <code>dir</code> attributes</li>
<li>Make the viewport scalable</li>
<li>Remove positive tab index to fix incorrect focus order</li>
<li>Remove title attributes from elements with preferred accessible names</li>
<li>Add warnings to links that open in new tabs</li>
<li>Add file size & type to links [Pro]</li>
<li>Add missing page titles [Pro]</li>
<li>Block PDF uploads [Pro]</li>
<li>Label form fields [Pro]</li>
</ul>
<h3>Ensure Ongoing ADA, Section 508, AODA, European Accessibility Act & WCAG Compliance</h3>
Laws around the world require websites to be accessible. Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker is the best automated tool to run to support your accessibility strategy.
<ul>
<li>Find problems fast.</li>
<li>Learn accessibility as you go.</li>
<li>Easy automated fixes.</li>
<li>Personalized support and custom plans for more complex remediation needs. [Pro]</li>
</ul>
Start making your website comply with accessibility laws and requirements today. Making your website accessible reduces legal risk, improves SEO, and can increase conversions.
<h3>A Vital Part of Your WordPress Accessibility Strategy</h3>
Accessibility Checker is the best automated tool to run along with your manual accessibility tests. It’s perfect for small business websites, large enterprise organizations, and everything in between. Whether you’re running a small brochure website, an eCommerce store with thousands of products, or a multi-site network for a university, Accessibility Checker is the right tool for your website.
<ul>
<li>No limits on pages scanned. Have hundreds of blog posts or pages on your website? No problem!</li>
<li>Coded and tested by accessibility experts. Equalize Digital team members are certified accessibility professionals by the International Association of Accessibility Professionals and experts at building accessible WordPress websites.</li>
<li>WCAG 2.2 A, AA, & AAA guidance. Flags errors and warnings for accessibility problems according to WCAG 2.2.</li>
<li>Readability analysis & auto insertion of simplified summary. Includes a Flesch Kincaid grade level analysis and a place to enter a simplified summary to meet WCAG Success Criterion 3.1.5 Reading Level.</li>
<li>Ignore feature. Easily close errors or warnings that have been assessed manually and determined to be not relevant. Optionally, document a reason/notes with each ignore. Logs the username and date/time when errors/warnings are ignored.</li>
<li>Accessibility statement. Draft accessibility statement that you can modify for your organization and publish on your website to share your accessibility efforts with the public.</li>
<li>Footer accessibility statement. One-click to insert an accessibility statement in your footer.</li>
<li>Detailed documentation. Thorough help articles and instructions for fixing problems – the perfect resource for learning more about accessibility.</li>
<li>[Pro] Bulk scanning. Scan all posts and pages in bulk rather than one-by-one for an overview of your entire site’s accessibility.</li>
<li>[Pro] Scan additional post types. Add the Accessibility Checker in-post accessibility audit to any post type present on your website.</li>
<li>[Pro] Admin columns. Quickly seeing the accessibility status of posts and pages at a glance by adding accessibility status columns.</li>
<li>[Pro] Centralized Open Issues list. See all existing issues in one place for fast-track accessibility remediation.</li>
<li>[Pro] Ignore Log. See all items that have been ignored on the website, by whom, and when, in one central place. Reopen errors or warnings that have been incorrectly ignored.</li>
<li>[Pro] User restrictions on Ignore. Limit which user roles can ignore errors and warnings – allows for greater admin control and management of accessibility review.</li>
</ul>
Additional paid add-ons include;
<ul>
<li>Audit History add-on: track and report on changes over time.</li>
<li>CSV Export add-on: export issues to CSV for management in a spreadsheet or project management tool.</li>
<li>Multisite add-on: see accessibility status and manage settings for all sites in your network.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
To get started with Accessibility Checker or learn more about how it works, please reference our <a href="https://equalizedigital.com/accessibility-checker/getting-started-quick-guide/" rel="nofollow ugc">Getting Started Quick Guide</a> or watch this quick video demonstration of the software. Please note that the video demonstration does show some features that are only available in the paid version.
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<h3>Our Support Team is Here to Help You</h3>
The Equalize Digital team aims to provide regular support for Accessibility Checker on the WordPress.org forums. If you have a question about the plugin or its use, please post in the support forum, and we will do our best to help you quickly. Our support hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM U.S. Central. Please understand that we do prioritize support for purchasers of Accessibility Checker Pro.
If you need one-on-one email support, please consider purchasing <a href="https://equalizedigital.com/accessibility-checker/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Accessibility Checker Pro</a>. Accessibility Checker Pro customers receive unlimited personal support on plugin usage and features.
Join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/wordpress.accessibility" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Accessibility Facebook group</a> for community support and to connect with other developers, designers, and content creators who are working to make their websites more accessible. This is a great place to get free WP accessibility remediation assistance from others in the community.
For paid Accessibility Checker customers on a small business plan or above, we provide two accessibility <a href="https://equalizedigital.com/accessibility-checker/pricing/#common-pre-sale-questions" rel="nofollow ugc">office hours</a> calls each month to address your remediation queries. This is an invaluable resource for those who need direct assistance and expert insights when making their sites more accessible.
<h3>Multi-platform Accessibility</h3>
Accessibility Checker supports a variety of WordPress editors and can scan and identify issues no matter how you’re building your site. Accessibility Checker has been tested and confirmed compatible with:
<ul>
<li>Gutenberg Block Editor</li>
<li>The Classic Editor</li>
<li>Advanced Custom Fields</li>
<li>Beaver Builder</li>
<li>Divi</li>
<li>Elementor</li>
<li>Oxygen</li>
<li>[Pro] WooCommerce</li>
</ul>
<h3>Learn Accessibility</h3>
Want to learn more about accessibility and stay on-top of accessibility best practices? Attend an official WordPress Accessibility Meetup!
These free virtual meetups are held twice per month via Zoom and are live captioned. <a href="https://equalizedigital.com/wordpress-accessibility-meetup/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about WP Accessibility Meetup</a>
<h3>About Us</h3>
<a href="https://equalizedigital.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Equalize Digital</a> is a mission-driven organization striving to create a world where all people have equal access to products and tools on web, regardless of ability. Our team has been building custom WordPress websites, themes, and plugins since 2010, including government, higher ed, and enterprise websites.

Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker – Audit Your Website for WCAG, ADA, and Section 508 Accessibility Errors

If you care about the people visiting your site, you should install this plugin.

If you care about the sites you develop for clients, you should install this plugin.

If you want a quick and easy way to take your best efforts at creating a site, and turn them into great sites, you should install this plugin.

Want to spot all the ways your "premium" theme is actually not all that great? You got it: install this plugin. Warning: this plugin will make you want to get a refund from your theme shop, and to go to a theme shop that actually cares about *their* product.

There are very few plugins in WordPress that make literally every site they touch better. This is one. 

An absolute must-have.

... this plugin is for you.

This plugin isn't a band-aid overlay that clutters the site, doesn't improve accessibility, and affects performance. 

Rather, Accessibility Checker works in the WP Admin by scanning the site and providing a straightforward, prioritized list of actionable advice on improving accessibility. This is backed by great documentation, support, and community involvement from Equalize Digital.

Our company upgraded to the paid version for CPT support and the other premium features – I can't recommend it highly enough.



If you care about accessibility . . .


This plugin is an absolute LIFESAVER that serves as a second pair of eyes as I build out pages and posts on my website. If you are looking to improve the accessibility of your websites, this plugin is *the* answer. It will not only point out any potential issues, but it does a great job of leading you to resources on how to fix thing in case you get stuck. Not to mention the team behind it... Equalize Digital is the go-to for website accessibility! Thanks for the awesome plugin! 


Livesaver!


I love this plugin. It's been really easy to train my clients to use when they are working with their content. And they have great support!


Love this plugin!

Another good plugin on WordPress.org


One of the things I love about this plugin is that it doesn't fix things for me. It shows me what needs to be fixed, and directs me to information on how to do that. Learning about web accessibility to make me a better web citizen is paramount to being able to create accessible sites for all.






Making my site more accessible by teaching me how to do it

Find and fix accessibility issues on your website. Detailed reports, autogenerated accessibility statement and one-click fixes to improve compliance.

ADA Compliance Guardian vs Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker – Audit Your Website for WCAG, ADA, and Section 508 Accessibility Errors