ABILITY

ABILITY is a comprehensive accessibility compliance plugin for WordPress that helps you achieve WCAG 2.1 AA compliance quickly and easily.

Features:

• Static code scanning for accessibility issues
• Frontend accessibility widget
• WCAG 2.1 AA compliance tracking
• Easy-to-use setup wizard
• Accessibility statement template
• Multiple accessibility controls (high contrast, font size, focus indicators, and more)

Server Requirements & Configuration

ABILITY follows standard WordPress requirements and should work on any host that supports a normal WordPress installation.

Minimum technical requirements

• Web server: Apache (recommended) or Nginx, configured for WordPress pretty permalinks.
• PHP: 7.4 or higher, with common extensions enabled (DOM, JSON, cURL or equivalent HTTP transport).
• MySQL / MariaDB: As required by your WordPress version.

Apache (default WordPress setup)

Most shared hosts run Apache with .htaccess support enabled:

• Ensure AllowOverride is enabled so WordPress can manage .htaccess and pretty permalinks.
• Use one of WordPress’s pretty permalink structures under Settings → Permalinks.
• No special rewrite rules are required specifically for ABILITY; it uses normal WordPress AJAX and admin-ajax.php.

Nginx

When running Nginx, ensure your configuration supports WordPress permalinks and admin Ajax:

• Use the official WordPress Nginx rules (see WordPress.org documentation) to route requests to index.php.
• Make sure admin-ajax.php is accessible (no custom blocking rules on /wp-admin/ AJAX).
• No ABILITY-specific location blocks are required; the plugin uses standard WordPress hooks and endpoints.

If in doubt, configure the server to meet the WordPress Hosting Requirements first; ABILITY will work on any environment that satisfies those.

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/ability directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
3. Use the Setup Wizard to configure your accessibility settings.

1.0.0

• Initial release of ABILITY
• Comprehensive accessibility controls and frontend widget
• Static code scanning for accessibility issues (10 pages per day in free version)
• WCAG 2.1 AA compliance tracking
• Easy-to-use setup wizard
• Accessibility statement template
• Multiple accessibility controls (high contrast, font size, focus indicators, dyslexia-friendly font, reduced motion, and more)
• Responsive admin interface
• Mobile-responsive frontend widget with distraction-free mode
• Legacy mini-toolbar support (optional)