AccessMate

AccessMate scans your WordPress site for WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility issues, scores each page, and provides guided fixes — all from your WordPress dashboard.

Zero running cost for you. AccessMate is 100% free. AI features (auto alt-text, code fixes, plain-English explanations) use your own API key from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, or a local Ollama instance. Your key is stored encrypted in your database and never proxied through our servers.

Core features

• Accessibility scanner — checks 12 WCAG 2.1 AA rules on every page of your site
• Score & grade — A–F accessibility score with POUR (Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust) breakdown
• Issue detail panel — shows the offending HTML, WCAG criterion, and affected element count
• Issues by page — stacked bar chart showing critical/warning/notice counts per page
• Scheduled scans — daily, weekly, or monthly automated scanning via WP-Cron
• Visitor accessibility toolbar — floating widget with 10 user-controlled accessibility features
• AI auto-fix (requires API key) — generates corrected HTML for fixable issues
• AI alt text (requires API key) — writes descriptive alt text for images
• AI explanations (requires API key) — plain-English summaries for non-technical site owners

12 WCAG rules checked

1. Images missing alt text (WCAG 1.1.1)
2. Colour contrast heuristic (WCAG 1.4.3)
3. Data tables missing headers (WCAG 1.3.1)
4. Missing landmark elements (WCAG 1.3.6)
5. Interactive elements not keyboard accessible (WCAG 2.1.1)
6. CSS animations without reduced-motion guard (WCAG 2.3.3)
7. Links with non-descriptive text (WCAG 2.4.4)
8. Skipped or empty heading levels (WCAG 2.4.6)
9. Focus indicator removed via CSS (WCAG 2.4.7)
10. HTML lang attribute missing (WCAG 3.1.1)
11. Form inputs missing label association (WCAG 4.1.2)
12. Invalid ARIA role attributes (WCAG 4.1.2)

Visitor accessibility toolbar features

Font size · High contrast · Dyslexia font · Grayscale · Reading guide · Pause animations · Line height · Large cursor · Highlight links · Screen mask

AI providers supported

• Anthropic Claude (claude-haiku-4-5, claude-sonnet-4)
• OpenAI (gpt-4o-mini, gpt-4o)
• Google Gemini (gemini-1.5-flash, gemini-1.5-pro)
• Ollama (local, no key needed — llama3.2, mistral, phi3)

Privacy

AccessMate makes no external requests unless you configure an AI provider and trigger an AI action. When an AI action is triggered, your WordPress server makes a direct request to your chosen provider using your key. No data passes through AccessMate servers. The API key is encrypted at rest using AES-256-CBC with your WordPress auth salt.

Third Party Libraries

• axe-core by Deque Systems — Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL-2.0)
• Freemius WordPress SDK — GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3) — Pro build only
• OpenDyslexic font via Fontsource — Bitstream Vera Fonts License — loaded on demand from jsDelivr CDN only when the dyslexia font feature is enabled by the visitor

External Services

This plugin can connect to the following external services. No external requests are made unless you explicitly configure and trigger the relevant feature.

AI providers (optional)

When you add an API key and click an AI action (auto-fix suggestion, alt-text generation, or accessibility report summary), your WordPress server sends a direct HTTPS request to your chosen AI provider. The request contains the page HTML snippet and accessibility issue context being analysed. No data passes through AccessMate servers. These requests are only sent when you have entered an API key in Settings and manually trigger an AI action.

Anthropic — https://api.anthropic.com/
Used for: AI fix suggestions, alt-text generation, accessibility report summaries.
Data sent: page HTML snippet, accessibility issue context, and your Anthropic API key (in the request header).
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

OpenAI — https://api.openai.com/
Used for: AI fix suggestions, alt-text generation, accessibility report summaries.
Data sent: page HTML snippet, accessibility issue context, and your OpenAI API key (in the request header).
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

Google Gemini — https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/
Used for: AI fix suggestions, alt-text generation, accessibility report summaries.
Data sent: page HTML snippet, accessibility issue context, and your Gemini API key (as a URL parameter).
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

Ollama — http://localhost:11434/ (local only)
Ollama runs entirely on the user’s own machine or local network. No data is sent to any external server.

jsDelivr CDN (visitor-facing, on demand)

When a site visitor enables the Dyslexia Font feature in the accessibility toolbar, their browser loads the OpenDyslexic font stylesheet from jsDelivr. This is a standard browser-initiated HTTP request that includes the visitor’s IP address and User-Agent string. The font is cached locally after the first load; no further requests are made on subsequent pages. This request is triggered only by the visitor explicitly toggling the dyslexia font feature — it is never loaded automatically.

jsDelivr — https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/
Privacy Policy