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<p>Most WordPress carousel plugins load heavy libraries (Slick, Swiper, jQuery) and fail basic accessibility checks. Screen readers can’t navigate them, keyboard users are stuck, and WCAG audits flag them every time.</p>
<p>Snap Carousel takes a different approach: <strong>CSS scroll-snap does the scrolling, proper ARIA attributes do the rest.</strong> No JavaScript library, no configuration panel, no learning curve — just a block style to apply in one click.</p>
<p>Built by <a href="https://www.wearewp.pro" rel="nofollow ugc">WeAre[WP]</a>, a WordPress agency specializing in accessible websites and RGAA audits. This plugin exists because we needed a carousel that actually passes our own audits.</p>
<h4>Supported blocks</h4>
<p>Apply any of the 4 carousel styles to:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Group block</strong> (<code>core/group</code>) — any child blocks become slides</li>
<li><strong>Query Loop block</strong> (<code>core/query</code>) — posts scroll as carousel slides</li>
<li><strong>Gallery block</strong> (<code>core/gallery</code>) — images scroll as carousel slides</li>
</ul>
<h4>Variants</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Carousel (3 items)</strong> — 3 visible items + peek</li>
<li><strong>Carousel (1 item)</strong> — full-width slideshow</li>
<li><strong>Carousel (2 items)</strong> — 2 visible items + peek</li>
<li><strong>Carousel (4 items)</strong> — 4 visible items + peek</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>100% CSS scroll-snap — no Slick, no Swiper, no jQuery</li>
<li>Prev/next navigation buttons</li>
<li>Keyboard navigation (Arrow keys, Home, End)</li>
<li>Full ARIA attributes (role=”region”, aria-roledescription, aria-live)</li>
<li><strong>Peek effect</strong>: partial visibility of the next item, signaling scrollable content</li>
<li>Responsive (auto tablet/mobile adaptation)</li>
<li>Respects <code>prefers-reduced-motion</code></li>
<li>Works with Group, Query Loop, and Gallery blocks</li>
<li>Works with any child block (images, columns, groups, WooCommerce…)</li>
<li>Lightweight: ~2 KB CSS + ~2 KB JS, zero external dependency</li>
<li>Full RTL (right-to-left) language support</li>
<li>Fully internationalized (i18n ready, French translation included)</li>
<li>Easy to customize via CSS custom properties or overrides</li>
</ul>
<h4>Accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA)</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>role="region"</code> + <code>aria-roledescription="carousel"</code> on the container</li>
<li><code>role="group"</code> + <code>aria-roledescription="slide"</code> on each item</li>
<li><code>aria-label="X of Y"</code> for position context</li>
<li><code>tabindex="0"</code> for keyboard focus</li>
<li><code>aria-live="polite"</code> to announce changes</li>
<li>Buttons with <code>aria-label</code> and <code>aria-controls</code></li>
<li>Touch targets 44×44px minimum</li>
<li>Visible focus indicator</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h4>With a Group block</h4>
<ol>
<li>In the editor, create a <strong>Group</strong> block</li>
<li>Set the group layout to <strong>Row</strong></li>
<li>Add child blocks (images, groups, columns…)</li>
<li>In the sidebar panel <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Styles <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> choose <strong>Carousel (3 items)</strong> (or another variant)</li>
<li>Publish</li>
</ol>
<h4>With a Query Loop block</h4>
<ol>
<li>Insert a <strong>Query Loop</strong> block</li>
<li>Configure the query (post type, filters, number of items…)</li>
<li>In the sidebar panel <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Styles <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> choose a Carousel variant</li>
<li>Publish — posts scroll horizontally as carousel slides</li>
</ol>
<h4>With a Gallery block</h4>
<ol>
<li>Insert a <strong>Gallery</strong> block and add images</li>
<li>In the sidebar panel <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Styles <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> choose a Carousel variant</li>
<li>Publish — images scroll horizontally as carousel slides</li>
</ol>
<p>Navigation buttons and accessibility attributes are automatically injected on the front-end.</p>
<h3>Customization</h3>
<p>The carousel is designed to work out of the box, but you can easily override styles in your theme’s <code>style.css</code> or via the WordPress Customizer > Additional CSS.</p>
<h4>Disable the peek effect</h4>
<p>By default, items are slightly narrower than the visible area so the next item “peeks” in — signaling there is more content to scroll. To disable this and show full-width items:</p>
<pre><code>/* Disable peek — 3 items variant */
.is-style-snap-carousel > * {
    flex-basis: calc(33.333% - 1rem) !important;
}

/* Disable peek — 1 item variant */
.is-style-snap-carousel-single > * {
    flex-basis: 100% !important;
}

/* Disable peek — 2 items variant */
.is-style-snap-carousel-duo > * {
    flex-basis: calc(50% - 0.75rem) !important;
}

/* Disable peek — 4 items variant */
.is-style-snap-carousel-quad > * {
    flex-basis: calc(25% - 1.125rem) !important;
}
</code></pre>
<h4>Customize navigation arrows</h4>
<pre><code>/* Arrow color and background */
.snap-carousel-prev,
.snap-carousel-next {
    background: #0073aa;
    color: #ffffff;
    border-color: #0073aa;
}

/* Arrow hover state */
.snap-carousel-prev:hover,
.snap-carousel-next:hover {
    background: #005177;
    color: #ffffff;
}

/* Arrow size (default: 44px — WCAG minimum touch target) */
.snap-carousel-prev,
.snap-carousel-next {
    width: 48px;
    height: 48px;
}

/* Square arrows instead of round */
.snap-carousel-prev,
.snap-carousel-next {
    border-radius: 8px;
}
</code></pre>
<h4>Customize spacing</h4>
<pre><code>/* Gap between items */
[class*="is-style-snap-carousel"] {
    gap: 2rem;
}

/* Space above carousel (room for navigation) */
.snap-carousel-wrapper {
    padding-top: 4rem;
}
</code></pre>
<h4>Customize focus indicator</h4>
<pre><code>/* Custom focus color for keyboard navigation */
[class*="is-style-snap-carousel"]:focus-visible {
    outline-color: #ff6600;
    outline-width: 3px;
}

.snap-carousel-prev:focus-visible,
.snap-carousel-next:focus-visible {
    outline-color: #ff6600;
}
</code></pre>
<h4>Use with WordPress theme.json design tokens</h4>
<p>The carousel already uses <code>--wp--preset--color--base</code>, <code>--wp--preset--color--contrast</code> and <code>--wp--preset--color--primary</code> tokens. You can override these per-block in theme.json or via CSS:</p>
<pre><code>/* Example: dark themed carousel */
.snap-carousel-wrapper {
    --wp--preset--color--base: #1a1a2e;
    --wp--preset--color--contrast: #e0e0e0;
    --wp--preset--color--primary: #e94560;
}<h3>Technical Notes</h3>
</code></pre>
<p>– CSS overrides <code>flex-wrap: nowrap</code> on the Row container to force horizontal scrolling<br />
– Items use a slightly reduced <code>flex-basis</code> to create a peek effect (next item partially visible)<br />
– Navigation buttons are positioned <code>absolute</code> at the top right (adjust <code>top</code> value for your theme)<br />
– JS uses a 150ms debounce on scroll for button state updates and 300ms for screen reader announcements<br />
– Compatible with WooCommerce blocks (products, etc.)</p>
<h3>About</h3>
<p>Snap Carousel is built and maintained by <a href="https://www.wearewp.pro" rel="nofollow ugc">WeAre[WP]</a>, a French WordPress agency specializing in accessible websites and RGAA compliance audits. This plugin was built to solve a real problem: every carousel plugin we audited failed basic accessibility requirements. So we built one that passes our own audits.</p>
<p>Need help with your WordPress project? <a href="https://www.wearewp.pro/contact" rel="nofollow ugc">Get in touch</a>.</p>


Snap Carousel — Block Style


Just tried the plugin on my homepage, works great overall, accessible and lightweight as advertised.



Thanks for the plugin!


The real slider revolution? 😉

Accessible carousel for Group, Query Loop & Gallery blocks. WCAG 2.2 AA, CSS scroll-snap, keyboard navigation, zero dependency.

Rachel Cherry

<p>wA11y is a WordPress plugin that provides a toolbox of resources to help you improve the accessibility of your WordPress website.</p>
<p><strong>If you would like to contribute to the plugin, or report issues, please go through <a href="https://github.com/bamadesigner/wa11y" rel="nofollow ugc">the wA11y Github repo</a>.</strong></p>
<h4>What Does “wA11y” Mean?</h4>
<p>“A11y” is the commonly used abbreviation for accessibility, since there are eleven letters between the “a” and the “y”.</p>
<p>“w” + “A11y” is my abbreviation for “web accessibility”. <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23wa11y" rel="nofollow ugc">#wa11y</a></strong></p>
<h3>What Is Web Accessibility?</h3>
<p>Web accessibility refers to the inclusive practice of removing barriers that prevent interaction with, or access to, websites by people with disabilities.</p>
<p>Data shows 1 in 5 people have a disability. If your site is inaccessible, <strong>you could be excluding 20% of your potential users, customers, students, and more.</strong></p>
<p>The foundation for good accessibility is great markup which also means that good accessibility can improve your SEO.</p>
<h3>Accessibility Resources and Tools</h3>
<p>The WPCampus community has a <a href="https://wpcampus.org/resources/accessibility/" rel="nofollow ugc">great list of accessibility resources and tools</a> available on their website.</p>
<p>This resource is open-source and WPCampus would love for you to contribute. <a href="https://github.com/wpcampus/wpcampus-resources" rel="nofollow ugc">Visit the WPCampus Resources repo</a> to learn how to contribute.</p>
<p><strong>WA11Y PRO TIP: Take advantage of in-browser testing tools, like <a href="http://wave.webaim.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">WAVE</a> and <a href="http://squizlabs.github.io/HTML_CodeSniffer/" rel="nofollow ugc">HTML_CodeSniffer</a>, to evaluate WordPress theme demos before you purchase.</strong></p>
<h3>Tools Included In wA11y</h3>
<p>The mission for the wA11y plugin is to provide a plethora of tools to help you evaluate and improve the accessibility of your website.</p>
<p><strong>If you would like to see any new tools added to the plugin, please <a href="https://github.com/bamadesigner/wa11y" rel="nofollow ugc">create an issue in the wA11y Github repo</a> and label it an “enhancement”.</strong></p>
<h3>Tota11y</h3>
<p><a href="http://khan.github.io/tota11y/" rel="nofollow ugc">tota11y</a> is an accessibility visualization toolkit provided by your friends at Khan Academy. It is a single JavaScript file that inserts a small button in the bottom corner of your document and helps visualize how your site performs with assistive technologies.</p>
<h3>WAVE</h3>
<p><a href="http://wave.webaim.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">WAVE</a> is a free evaluation tool provided by <a href="http://webaim.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind)</a>. It can be used to evaluate a live website for a wide range of accessibility issues.</p>
<h3>Filters</h3>
<p>Filters provide a way for you to modify a piece of data inside the wA11y plugin. <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/hooks/filters/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about filters</a>.</p>
<p>Here is a list of the filters available for this plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li>‘wa11y_settings’
<ul>
<li>Allows you to change the plugin settings</li>
<li>Passes 1 argument: the default settings</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>‘wa11y_wave_url’
<ul>
<li>Allows you to change the URL passed to WAVE</li>
<li>Passes 2 arguments: the default URL and the post object (if defined)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>‘wa11y_load_tota11y’
<ul>
<li>Allows you to pass a boolean to define whether or not the tota11y tool should be loaded</li>
<li>Passes 2 arguments: the default setting and the plugin’s settings</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>‘wa11y_load_wave’
<ul>
<li>Allows you to pass a boolean to define whether or not the WAVE tool should be loaded</li>
<li>Passes 2 arguments: the default setting and the plugin’s settings</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>


wA11y – The Web Accessibility Toolbox

A Plugin Of Great Industry!
This plugin teaches you how you can make better sites/plugins/themes/WordPresses
Turn this on when your working on developing WordPress sites, plugins or themes or WordPress itself. #realtalk we've all written plenty of code that is not as accessible as it should be. Let's not make these problems worse by ensuring that everything we do write, moving forward is going to be accessible. 
5 Stars



Everyone should use this when developing websites with WordPress!

This plugin goes on all of my development sites. It makes checking the site for accessibility so much easier than using external resources. Love it.

Thank you, Rachel!!!

What a time saver!

As a developer, having this resource to be able to test my plugin directly within the WordPress dashboard and front end is HUGE. 

Accessibility matters. Since it does, having this tool in your toolbelt as a developer or even someone vetting plugins for users is phenomenal. 

With this plugin, you no longer have an excuse for putting out inaccessible websites.


What a time-saver!

wA11y provides a toolbox of resources to help you improve the accessibility of your WordPress website.

Snap Carousel — Block Style vs wA11y – The Web Accessibility Toolbox