welcomingweb

WelcomingWeb is a hosted (SaaS) accessibility widget. This plugin is the official WordPress connector that injects the WelcomingWeb widget onto your site without editing theme files.
Account required: You need a WelcomingWeb account (a free plan/widget may be available) and a Widget ID to use this plugin. Without a Widget ID, the plugin does not load anything on the frontend.
After activation, go to: 
Settings → WelcomingWeb
Features: 
* Enable/disable the widget at any time 
* Paste your Widget ID (UUID) 
* Choose embed mode: 
 – Script + data-widget-id attribute 
 – Script with ?wid= query parameter (GTM-style) 
* Choose load location: 
 – Head 
 – Footer
The widget script is loaded only on the frontend and only when: 
1) the plugin is enabled, and 
2) a valid Widget ID is provided.
<h4>Service Notice (External Dependencies)</h4>
This plugin is a connector for the WelcomingWeb service and loads a remote JavaScript file to render the widget. See “External Services” below for details.
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to external services operated by WelcomingWeb in order to provide the accessibility widget.
When enabled (and when a valid Widget ID is set), the plugin loads the WelcomingWeb widget script from: 
* https://cdn-01.welcomingweb.com/a11y-widget.bundle.js 
 – In “query” mode, the same script URL is used with <code>?wid=YOUR_WIDGET_ID</code> 
 – In “data” mode, the script is loaded and the Widget ID is passed via the <code>data-widget-id</code> attribute
The loaded widget script may also communicate with WelcomingWeb APIs to: 
* Fetch widget configuration associated with your Widget ID 
* Provide widget functionality on the frontend 
* Store and retrieve accessibility preferences (for example, selected profiles/features)
API endpoint(s) used by the service: 
* https://api.welcomingweb.com/api/*
Third-party font service: 
When a visitor activates the dyslexia-friendly font option, the widget script loads the “Open-Dyslexic” font stylesheet from a third-party CDN (Fonts CDN, not operated by WelcomingWeb): 
* https://fonts.cdnfonts.com/css/open-dyslexic 
This request is made by the visitor’s browser only when that accessibility option is selected.
Data that may be processed by the WelcomingWeb service includes: 
* Technical data (e.g., IP address, browser/user agent, device information) 
* Usage data (e.g., interactions with the widget) 
* Accessibility preferences (e.g., selected profiles/features)
The plugin itself does not send analytics and does not transmit administrator personal data to WelcomingWeb; it only injects the widget and passes your Widget ID to the widget script when enabled.
Terms of Use: 
https://welcomingweb.com/terms-conditions
Privacy Policy: 
https://welcomingweb.com/privacy-policy

WelcomingWeb Accessibility Widget

Connect your WordPress site to the WelcomingWeb Accessibility Widget using your Widget ID.

Steve Jones

Amber Hinds

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.

WelcomingWeb Accessibility Widget vs Accessibility New Window Warnings