ComplyClear Accessibility
An accessibility tool that works on your site’s real markup.
Most “accessibility” plugins add a floating widget that recolors text or reads pages aloud. Those overlays do not make a site compliant, and overlay vendors have been named in hundreds of ADA lawsuits because the underlying markup stays inaccessible.
ComplyClear Accessibility works the other way around. It surfaces real WCAG problems in your content and helps your team fix them at the source. It is purpose-built for government and public-sector websites with Section 508 and ADA Title II obligations.
Key features
- Real-time editor audit. A sidebar in the Elementor and block editors that scans the page you’re editing and lists issues as errors and warnings, with click-to-navigate to the exact element.
- WCAG 2.1 vs 2.2 AA selector. 2.1 AA by default (the DOJ Title II technical standard). The auditor adjusts its rules to the chosen standard.
- One-click Accessibility Statement generator. A complete, properly structured draft page covering conformance status, feedback channels, known limitations, assessment approach, and formal-complaint rights.
- Site-wide accessibility report. Server-side scan of all published pages and posts.
- Code-level improvements. Skip-navigation links (2.4.1), enforced visible focus indicators (2.4.7), and
<html lang>enforcement (3.1.1). - Accessibility widgets for Elementor. Statement, issue-report contact form, conformance checklist, and accessibility status badge.
What the automated scan checks
While you edit a page (Elementor or the block editor), the live scan checks:
- Images missing alt text, and alt text that looks like a file name instead of a description (1.1.1).
- Heading structure: skipped levels and empty headings (1.3.1 / 2.4.6).
- Links and buttons with no accessible name, and vague link text like “click here” (2.4.4 / 4.1.2).
- Form fields with no label, and missing input-purpose autocomplete on contact fields (1.3.1 / 1.3.5).
- Data tables with no header cells or caption (1.3.1).
- Color contrast of text against its real background (1.4.3).
- In-text links set apart by color alone, with no underline or other cue (1.4.1).
- Duplicate IDs (4.1.1). On WCAG 2.2: tap-target size (2.5.8), focus not obscured (2.4.11), and dragging alternatives (2.5.7).
- Keyboard reachability and tab-order signals (2.1.1 / 2.4.3), raised as “verify this” advisories.
The site-wide report scans every published page, post, and uploaded document on the server:
- Page title (2.4.2), site language (3.1.1), iframe titles, video caption tracks (1.2.2), and viewport zoom blocking (1.4.4), plus the structural checks above that can be read from the page markup.
- PDF and Word files in the Media Library: tagging, language, a title that displays, a real text layer, heading structure, image alt text, and table headers.
What still needs a human
Automated testing reliably catches roughly 30 to 50% of WCAG success criteria. The rest need a person, and this plugin is built to tell you plainly what it could not check for you, so nothing gets mistaken for a clean bill of health:
- Whether alt text and captions are actually accurate and meaningful, not only present.
- Keyboard operation end to end: tab through the published page, operate every control, and confirm the focus order makes sense.
- A screen-reader pass: NVDA on Windows, VoiceOver on macOS, or Orca on Linux.
- Visible focus styles in practice (2.4.7). The plugin can add a global focus style for you under Settings, but it does not grade your theme’s own focus styling.
- Color or shape used as the only way to convey meaning beyond links, for example “required fields are red,” or status shown by color alone.
- Captions and transcripts for video and audio. For YouTube embeds, turn captions on and review the auto-generated text for accuracy, or upload your own.
- Meaning, reading order, and page context that only a person can judge.
Important disclaimer
This plugin assists with building and maintaining accessible content. It does not by itself guarantee or certify legal WCAG, ADA, or Section 508 conformance, and no tool can. Pair it with the manual checks above.