AccessMate — WordPress app rankings, audit, pricing

How AccessMate works

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AccessMate scans your WordPress site for accessibility issues against WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, and Section 508 — pick a single standard or combine several — 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 — powered by axe-core, scans every page against your choice of WCAG standard, or several combined at once

Score & grade — A–F accessibility score, weighted across Critical/Serious/Warning/Notice severity tiers, 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/serious/warning/notice counts per page

Accessibility statement generator — creates a public accessibility statement page for your site

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

WCAG standards & rulesets AccessMate scans with axe-core, the same open-source accessibility testing engine used by major browser DevTools. Pick any one of the following from the ruleset selector in the scanner or in Settings, or combine a standard with Best Practice:

WCAG 2.0 — A, AA, or AAA

WCAG 2.1 — A, AA, or AAA

WCAG 2.2 — AA

Section 508

Best Practice — common accessibility recommendations beyond the WCAG spec

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).

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).

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).

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/

Competitors & alternatives

AppRanks tracks competitor sets per category. For AccessMate, the independent listing audit includes a competitive context section, and the full WordPress app index shows the broader marketplace landscape this app competes in. Sign up free to surface a side-by-side competitor matrix customized to your tracked apps.

Frequently asked questions

What is AccessMate?

AccessMate is an app for WordPress. It is published on WordPress Plugin Directory and tracked by AppRanks, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by awsm.in.