AccessLens — Web Accessibility Audit

AccessLens is a free, fully functional WordPress client for the AccessLens accessibility service. You enter the URLs you want to audit, the external service renders each page in a real browser and runs an accessibility analysis (axe-core), and the plugin shows the results in your admin dashboard. It is aimed at site owners and agencies who need to work towards the requirements of the European Accessibility Act (EAA).

The plugin itself is not feature-limited: it sends your requests to the external service and displays whatever the service returns. Advanced, server-side analysis tiers (full-site crawl and an AI-assisted PDF report) are provided by a paid subscription to the AccessLens service, not by locked code inside this plugin.

What this plugin does:

• Runs accessibility scans on any public URL (single page, sitemap or full crawl mode).
• Shows WCAG 2.2 violations per page, classified by severity (critical, serious, moderate, minor).
• Includes a short, informational questionnaire about whether your organisation falls under the EAA.
• Requests an Accessibility Statement report from the service and lets you download it as PDF.

What this plugin does NOT do:

• It does not guarantee or certify conformance with the EAA, WCAG or any other regulation.
• It does not detect 100% of issues: automated scanning covers roughly 25-40% of the criteria. Manual review by an expert remains essential.
• It does not provide legal advice.

The scope questionnaire is purely informational. Always consult a qualified accessibility or legal advisor for your specific situation.

Requirements:

• Access to an EAA Engine instance over HTTP (a default public engine is provided; you can point to your own).
• PHP 8.0 or higher.
• WordPress 6.0 or higher.

External services

This plugin relies on an external service (the «AccessLens engine») to perform the accessibility analysis, because scanning requires rendering the page in a headless browser, which cannot run inside WordPress.

Service: AccessLens engine

• What it is: an audit engine that renders the given URL and runs an accessibility analysis (axe-core) to detect WCAG violations.
• When it is used: only when an administrator starts a scan or generates a report from the dashboard.
• Data sent: the URL(s) you choose to audit and, when generating a report, the site metadata you enter in the form (site name, contact email/URL, entity type).
• Default endpoint: https://eaa-audit-engine-26367529082.europe-southwest1.run.app (configurable in Settings; you may point to your own engine instance).
• Terms of service: https://accesslens-27h.pages.dev/terminos
• Privacy policy: https://accesslens-27h.pages.dev/privacidad

AI processing (Pro service tier)

On the Pro service tier, the engine may send fragments of the page HTML and image URLs to the AI provider Anthropic (https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy) to generate alternative text and improvement suggestions. This only happens with an active Pro subscription and when you request a report.