Enter a URL. We fetch it via api/fetch-proxy.php and run automated accessibility checks on the live HTML. Automated testing reliably catches roughly a third of WCAG issues, the rest need human review (see the manual checklist below). No PHP backend? Use that checklist.
Who uses this and why
The EAA applies to many businesses offering products or services to consumers in the EU, regardless of where you are based. If that is you, WCAG 2.1 AA is the practical bar and this scan shows how close your site is.
A partner, customer, or legal team asked whether your site is accessible and you had no idea. Run a scan for an honest, plain-language baseline before you reply or escalate.
Missing alt text, unlabeled forms, and broken heading order are common, fast to fix, and exactly what automation catches. Clear those, then focus human effort on contrast and keyboard testing.
Alt text, heading structure, and semantic landmarks help screen readers and search engines alike. The work you do for the EAA pays off in rankings and AI answer visibility too.
What the European Accessibility Act means for your website
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is EU legislation that, from 28 June 2025, requires a broad range of products and services, including many websites, ecommerce stores, and apps offered to EU consumers, to be accessible to people with disabilities. It applies based on where your customers are, not only where your business is, so non-EU companies selling into the EU can fall within scope. Enforcement and the exact obligations are set by each member state, and there are exceptions (for example, some microenterprises providing services), which is why the specifics for your situation are a question for qualified counsel, not a checker.
In practice, the standard almost everyone works to is WCAG 2.1 level AA, referenced through the European standard EN 301 549. WCAG is organised around four principles, that content be Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust, and level AA is the conformance target regulators and courts generally expect. Meeting it is also what lets you publish the accessibility statement the EAA expects.
What automated scanning can and cannot tell you
This is the honest part. Automated tools, including this one, reliably detect only around a third of WCAG success criteria, the ones that live in the markup: whether images have alt attributes, whether form fields have programmatic labels, whether headings follow a logical order, whether links and buttons have names, whether the page disables zoom. Those are real, common failures and worth fixing first. But the criteria most likely to actually shut a user out, sufficient colour contrast, full keyboard operability, a sensible focus order, alt text that is meaningful rather than merely present, screen-reader behaviour of custom widgets, cannot be judged by a machine. That is why this tool pairs an automated scan with a human-review checklist, and why a perfect automated score is a starting line, not a finish.
Where WordPress sites usually fail
The recurring culprits are theme and page-builder output (Elementor, Divi, and heavy themes often ship inaccessible markup, poor contrast, and keyboard traps), unlabeled search and newsletter forms, decorative sliders and carousels that cannot be operated by keyboard, images added without alt text, and PDFs linked from the site that are themselves inaccessible. Overlay widgets that promise instant compliance do not fix these underlying issues and can introduce new ones. The durable path is accessible markup, tested with real assistive technology.
A scan finds issues; conformance is a project
Clearing the automated flags is the first afternoon. Genuine WCAG 2.1 AA conformance, fixing contrast across a theme, making every interaction keyboard-operable, testing with real screen readers, remediating templates so new content stays accessible, and publishing a defensible accessibility statement, is a structured project. Done as a bolt-on it tends to regress with the next theme update; done properly it holds.
Digital Success remediates WordPress sites to WCAG 2.1 AA and helps EU-facing businesses prepare for the EAA. Let us turn your scan into a conformance plan.
Frequently asked questions
What is the European Accessibility Act (EAA)?
Does the EAA apply to my website if I am not in the EU?
Is this accessibility checker free, and is it a legal verdict?
What WCAG level do I need for the EAA?
Can an accessibility overlay or plugin make my site compliant?
Can Digital Success make my WordPress site accessible?
This tool provides general, illustrative guidance for planning and does not guarantee results. The checklist is shown above so you can verify each item yourself. Last reviewed September 2026 by the Digital Success web & SEO team.
Turn your scan into an EAA conformance plan
Automated flags are the easy part; WCAG 2.1 AA conformance is a project. Digital Success remediates WordPress sites and helps EU-facing businesses get EAA-ready, tested with real assistive technology. This is guidance, not legal advice.
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