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Wally Monitor is a comprehensive accessibility auditing plugin that helps you identify and fix accessibility issues on your WordPress website. Built on top of axe-core (the industry-standard accessibility testing engine), it provides detailed reports and actionable insights to make your site accessible to everyone.
<h4>📚 Third-Party Libraries</h4>
This plugin uses the following open-source libraries:
<ul>
<li>
axe-core v4.11.1 – Accessibility testing engine by Deque Systems 
Source: https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core 
License: MPL-2.0
</li>
<li>
Chart.js v4.5.1 – JavaScript charting library 
Source: https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js 
License: MIT
</li>
<li>
FPDF 1.86 – PHP PDF generation library (modified with Wally_ prefix to avoid conflicts) 
Source: http://www.fpdf.org/ 
License: Free for personal and commercial use
</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎯 Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automated Full Site Scanning – Analyze all pages, posts, and custom post types in one click</li>
<li>208+ Accessibility Rules – ~90 axe-core rules + 13 WordPress-specific + 48 NBR 17.225 + 57 IF-THEN exclusive checks</li>
<li>Real-time WCAG Score – Track your accessibility score from 0-100</li>
<li>SEO Integration – Shows accessibility impact directly in Yoast SEO and Rank Math meta boxes</li>
<li>Block-Specific Detection – Identifies issues in WordPress Gutenberg blocks (images, buttons, headings, etc.)</li>
<li>Historical Tracking – Monitor progress over time with interactive charts</li>
<li>Editor Integration – Analyze content while editing posts and pages</li>
<li>Professional Reports – Clean, visual dashboards with detailed violation breakdowns</li>
<li>WCAG Level Detection – Categorizes issues by WCAG A, AA, AAA conformance levels</li>
</ul>
<h4>🔍 What Does It Check?</h4>
Images & Media 
* Missing alt attributes 
* Empty alt text 
* Gallery accessibility 
* Video captions
Forms 
* Missing labels 
* Fieldset accessibility 
* Form validation
Structure & Semantics 
* Heading hierarchy 
* Landmark regions 
* Navigation structure 
* HTML validity
Color & Contrast 
* Color contrast ratios (WCAG AA/AAA) 
* Text readability
Interactive Elements 
* Button labels 
* Link descriptions 
* Keyboard navigation 
* Focus indicators
WordPress Specific 
* Cover block contrast 
* Site logo alt text 
* Search widget labels 
* Embed titles 
* Custom HTML warnings
<h4>🚀 Why Accessibility Matters</h4>
<ul>
<li>Legal Compliance – Meet ADA, Section 508, and WCAG 2.2 requirements</li>
<li>Better SEO – Google prioritizes accessible websites in search rankings</li>
<li>Wider Audience – Reach 15%+ of users with disabilities</li>
<li>Improved UX – Accessible sites work better for everyone</li>
<li>Brand Reputation – Show you care about all users</li>
</ul>
<h4>💼 Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Marketing agencies managing multiple client sites</li>
<li>Web developers building accessible themes/plugins</li>
<li>Content creators ensuring inclusive content</li>
<li>E-commerce stores reaching wider audiences</li>
<li>Government and educational institutions</li>
<li>Anyone committed to web accessibility</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎨 Clean, Modern Interface</h4>
<ul>
<li>Large, professional logo display</li>
<li>Color-coded severity indicators</li>
<li>Interactive violation cards with Quick Fix suggestions</li>
<li>Mobile-responsive design</li>
<li>WordPress admin design standards</li>
</ul>
<h4>🔌 Integrations</h4>
<ul>
<li>Yoast SEO – Accessibility analysis in SEO meta box</li>
<li>Rank Math – Integrated accessibility scores</li>
<li>Gutenberg – Block-level issue detection</li>
<li>Classic Editor – Full compatibility</li>
</ul>
<h4>📊 Technical Details</h4>
<ul>
<li>Built on axe-core 4.11.1 (Deque Systems)</li>
<li>No external API calls – all processing happens locally</li>
<li>No data collection or tracking</li>
<li>Lightweight and optimized for performance</li>
<li>Works with any WordPress theme</li>
</ul>
<h4>🌐 Supported Languages</h4>
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>Portuguese (Brazil) – Interface em Português</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy & Data</h3>
Wally Monitor does NOT: 
* Collect any user data 
* Send information to external servers 
* Track user behavior 
* Require registration or API keys 
* Display advertisements
All accessibility analysis happens locally in your WordPress installation using the axe-core JavaScript library.
<h3>Support</h3>
For support, feature requests, or bug reports: 
* GitHub: (adicione seu repositório se tiver) 
* WordPress.org Support Forum: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wally-monitor/
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Built with <a href="https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core" rel="nofollow ugc">axe-core</a> by Deque Systems</li>
<li>Inspired by the need for better accessibility tools in WordPress</li>
<li>Developed with ❤️ for an inclusive web</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developers</h3>
Wally Monitor is open source! Developers can: 
* Extend rules with custom checks 
* Hook into analysis results 
* Customize scoring algorithms 
* Contribute to the codebase
See GitHub repository for developer documentation.

Wally Monitor

Complete accessibility auditing tool for WordPress. Scan your entire site for WCAG 2.2 compliance issues and improve SEO rankings.

Amber Hinds

Steve Jones

Road Warrior Creative

Equalize Digital

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Success Criterion 3.2 (Predictable) specifies that web pages should appear and operate in predictable ways. It is a common practice to set links that go to off-site locations to open in a new window or tab when clicked. Opening new windows or tabs automatically when a link is activated can be disorienting for people who have difficulty perceiving visual content, and for some people with cognitive disabilities, if they are not warned in advance.
This plugin helps websites become more accessible and better meet WCAG guidelines for predicability by providing advanced warning if a link is going to open a new window or tab before the user clicks or activates it. Providing a warning allows the user to decide it they want to leave the current window, and the warning will help them find their way back, if they do decide they would like to go to the new window. It will help them understand that the “back” button will not work and that they have to return to the last window they had open, in order to find their previous location.
There are no settings in this plugin. Simply activate it and it will automatically find all links that open in a new window and add the following three fixes to each link: 
1. A new window icon after the link text to denote that the link opens in a new window for sighted people. 
2. A tooltip, visible on hover, that says “opens a new window.” 
3. “Opens a new window” screen reader text that will be read out to blind or visually impaired people using screen readers immediately following the link anchor text.
Please note: new window warnings will be added to links and links that have been styled to look like buttons, including social media sharing and link icons. Depending upon what third party plugins are adding links to your site that open in new windows, some CSS styling may be required.
In addition to adding warnings for your users, this plugin integrates with the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/accessibility-checker/" rel="ugc">Accessibility Checker plugin</a>; when Accessibility New Window Warnings is activated, it will automatically clear all “<a href="https://equalizedigital.com/accessibility-checker/link-opens-new-window-or-tab/" rel="nofollow ugc">Link Opens New Window or Tab</a>” warnings in Accessibility Checker scans of your website. Installing and activating this plugin is a great way to quickly remediate and remove a lot of open issues across you entire website.
The Accessibility New Window Warnings plugin is inspired by <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/G201.html" rel="nofollow ugc">Techniques for WCAG 2.0 G201: Giving users advanced warning when opening a new window</a>.
<h3>Localization</h3>
The Accessibility New Window Warnings plugin is ready for localization. We have added a Spanish translation and are open to more translations!
If you would like to contribute a translation to this plugin, please <a href="https://equalizedigital.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact us</a> or <a href="https://github.com/equalizedigital/accessibility-new-window-warnings" rel="nofollow ugc">fork the repository on GitHub</a>.

Accessibility New Window Warnings

Install, activate, DONE! I love how simply this plugin fixes a real problem! This goes right into my starter site and on every website I build from here on out!

Simple solution for an important problem


I installed this on my blog as I wanted to ensure there was a visible indication when links opened external pages to better comply with accessibility guidelines without having to go through hundreds of old posts. Did the job and correctly and easily and automaticaly added the desired indicators, markup and icons.


Does the job intended

Make links that open in a new window compliant with WCAG guidelines for accessibility by adding a warning for users.

Wally Monitor vs Accessibility New Window Warnings