Web Accessibility by accessiBe vs AccessiYes Accessibility Widget for ADA, EAA & WCAG Readiness

accessWidget, accessiBe’s leading AI-powered web accessibility solution, helps make your website accessible and ADA compliant based on WCAG, allowing you to generate more business and traffic. You can explore accessWidget with a 7-day free trial; no credit card required. Meet legal requirements under the ADA and win more business Ensuring that your WordPress website is accessible to all visitors, including individuals with disabilities, is critical for a number of reasons. First and foremost, adjusting your website so that it is accessible is a moral and ethical imperative. There is also the matter of meeting legal obligations, under laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the European Accessibility Act (EAA). But it’s important to realize that making your WordPress accessible and ADA-compliant greatly impacts its business potential. An accessible website allows you to appeal to a new audience base (which commands trillions in annual expendable income), as well as to enhance your brand reputation. How accessWidget Helps With accessWidget, accessiBe’s accessibility plugin for ADA compliance, your website is adjusted so that it welcomes all visitors, including those with disabilities. accessWidget leverages the power of AI to run an automated audit of your website to identify and remediate accessibility issues existing on a code level. This results in your website being compatible with assistive technology like screen readers, and fully navigable via keyboard. accessWidget is quick and easy to install, and automatically scans and remediates inaccessible elements on your website every 24 hours, ensuring ongoing accessibility, without touching your source code. Give website visitors a customized user experience accessWidget will also present website visitors with an accessibility interface, through which they can adjust design elements to better fit their needs. With accessWidget, website visitors can increase font size and change font types, adjust color contrasts, and stop animations, among many other options. You can explore the accessWidget plugin with a 7-day free trial; no credit card required.

AccessiYes Accessibility Widget is a free, lightweight, and user-friendly plugin that adds an accessibility overlay to your WordPress website. The accessibility widget provides tools to help your site better align with accessibility standards such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA, as well as accessibility laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the European Accessibility Act (EAA). With just a few clicks, your website visitors can customise font size, color contrast, spacing, and more to create a browsing experience that fits their accessibility needs. Disclaimer: AccessiYes Accessibility Widget is intended to support your accessibility efforts. It does not guarantee conformance with WCAG or compliance with laws such as the ADA, EAA, or other regulations. Full compliance may still require a comprehensive audit and remediation. Why accessibility matters Over 1 billion people globally live with some form of disability. This makes web accessibility essential to ensure your content is usable for everyone, including those with visual, cognitive, motor, and neurological impairments. With WordPress powering over 43% of all websites in 2026, improving accessibility on WordPress sites can make a big difference in creating a more inclusive web. AccessiYes Accessibility Widget helps you take a step in that direction by giving visitors simple tools to adjust how your WordPress website looks and behaves based on their needs. Features Content adjustments Font size controls: Enable users to adjust the font size for enhanced readability. Highlight title: Emphasise page titles to aid scanning and comprehension. Highlight features: Highlight all links and/or page titles for easier scanning and focus. Dyslexia-friendly fonts: Let users switch to high-legibility fonts for better cognitive accessibility. Font weight control: Bolden text across your site to increase contrast and visibility. Letter spacing & line height adjustments: Enable precise control over text layout to support users with dyslexia or reading challenges. Text alignment: Align all content to the left or right for a consistent reading experience. Color adjustments Contrast modes: Includes Dark Mode, Light Mode, and High Contrast for visual comfort. Saturation options: Allow users to toggle between low saturation, high saturation, and monochrome (grayscale) views. Navigation adjustments Reading guide: A horizontal guide that helps users track lines of text while reading. Pause animations: Let users pause animations or motions that could be distracting or trigger discomfort. Big cursor: Increase cursor size and contrast for better navigation visibility. Keyboard shortcut: Let visitors open the accessibility widget with the Option+A keyboard shortcut for quicker, mouse-free access. Page reader: Let visitors have page content read aloud for a more accessible browsing experience. Mute sounds: Allow users to mute all sounds on the page to reduce distractions. Accessibility profiles Preset accessibility profiles: Let visitors apply pre-configured combinations of accessibility settings tailored to common needs, such as visual, cognitive, or motor impairments, with a single click. Accessibility statement Create an accessibility statement: Generate your website accessibility statement inside the tool and display it in the widget. Link an existing statement: Connect your existing accessibility statement or VPAT and display it within the widget. Widget customisation Customise widget options: Choose which accessibility features appear in the widget for your front-end visitors. Enable or disable individual modules across Content, Colour, and Navigation adjustments from the new Modules tab, so the widget only surfaces the options that matter to your audience. Need help? Write to us at [email protected] with a quick note in the subject line: CookieYes Accessibility Widget Got feedback about the plugin? We’d love to hear it! Drop us a line at [email protected]. Note: AccessiYes is a standalone accessibility widget developed by CookieYes. It’s a separate tool designed to work independently from the CookieYes platform.