Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker – WCAG, ADA, EAA and Section 508 compliance vs Alt Magic

Make Your Website Accessible with Accessibility Checker Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker helps you find and fix accessibility issues in WordPress. Scan posts and pages as you edit, review WCAG-based issues inside WordPress, apply automated fixes for common barriers, and generate an accessibility statement to support your compliance efforts. Whether you’re improving compliance with accessibility laws, working toward Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) conformance, or making your website easier for everyone to use, Accessibility Checker gives your team a practical workflow for ongoing accessibility testing and remediation. Plugin Website | Live Demo | Documentation | Compare Free to Pro | Get Pro | WP Accessibility Meetup | WP Accessibility Facebook Group Why Make Your Website Accessible Laws around the world, such as the European Accessibility Act (EAA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Section 508, among others, require websites to be accessible and usable by people with disabilities. Accessibility may be required for your website to be legally compliant. Accessibility fixes on websites often translate to better overall usability on the site and can improve search engine ranking and conversions. Including Accessibility Checker on your website and fixing identified problems can help you to: Reduce legal risk. Improve SEO and increase reach. Increase sales and conversions. Reduce operational costs by allowing more people to self-serve on your website. Live your organizational values. Real-Time WordPress Accessibility Scanning Accessibility Checker scans your content each time you save or publish and shows accessibility problems directly in the WordPress editor. You can review issues without leaving the edit screen, or switch to a front-end view to see exactly which elements need attention. Accessibility Checker runs over 40 automated checks based on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 and provides documentation for every issue so content creators, site owners, and developers can fix problems faster. Automated Accessibility Fixes Need help resolving accessibility issues on your website? Accessibility Checker includes one-click fixes for common accessibility barriers in themes and plugins. Add skip links Add focus outlines Block links from opening new windows Force links to be underlined Label comment fields Label search fields Add missing lang & dir attributes Make the viewport scalable Remove positive tab index to fix incorrect focus order Remove title attributes from elements with preferred accessible names Add warnings to links that open in new tabs Show error message for empty search submissions Add file size & type to links [Pro] Add missing page titles [Pro] Block PDF uploads [Pro] Label form fields [Pro] Supports Accessibility Compliance Efforts Laws and policies around the world require websites to be accessible. Accessibility Checker helps teams identify issues early, document progress, and support conformance work related to ADA, Section 508, AODA, EAA, WCAG, and more. Find problems faster. Learn accessibility as you go. Apply automated fixes for common barriers. Track changes over time. [Pro] Get personalized support and custom plans for more complex remediation needs. [Pro] Accessibility Checker scans run on your server. This means there are no URL-based scanning limits or API-usage fees. Get unlimited scanning of posts and pages without worrying about costs each time you scan. Why Accessibility Checker Accessibility Checker is designed to support both day-to-day publishing and broader accessibility initiatives. No limits on pages scanned. Scan as many posts and pages as your site contains. Built by accessibility professionals. Equalize Digital team members include certified accessibility professionals and experienced WordPress accessibility practitioners. WCAG 2.2 A, AA, and AAA guidance. Review issues against current WCAG success criteria. Readability analysis and simplified summary support. Check Flesch-Kincaid grade level and add a simplified summary for WCAG Success Criterion 3.1.5 Reading Level. Remove issues from reports. Dismiss items that have been manually reviewed and found not relevant or remediated, with notes, usernames, and timestamps. Accessibility statement generator. Draft an accessibility statement that you can customize and publish on your website. Footer accessibility statement. Insert an accessibility statement into your footer with one click. Detailed documentation. Use help articles and instructions for every issue to guide remediation. [Pro] Bulk scanning. Scan all posts and pages in bulk for a site-wide overview. [Pro] Scan additional post types. Extend in-editor accessibility checks to more content types. [Pro] Admin columns. View accessibility status at a glance in content lists. [Pro] Full-site reports. See existing issues in one place for faster remediation. [Pro] Dismissed Log. Review dismissed issues, who dismissed them, and when. [Pro] User restrictions on Dismiss. Limit which roles can dismiss issues. Additional paid add-ons include: Audit History add-on: track and report on changes over time. CSV Export add-on: export issues to CSV for management in a spreadsheet or project management tool. Multisite add-on: see accessibility status and manage settings for all sites in your network. How It Works To get started with Accessibility Checker or learn more about how it works, see our Getting Started Quick Guide or watch this video demonstration. Please note that the video includes some features available only in the paid version. Support The Equalize Digital team provides regular support for Accessibility Checker on the WordPress.org forums. If you have a question about the plugin or its use, please post in the support forum and the team will do its best to respond quickly. Support hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM U.S. Central. If you need one-on-one email support, please consider purchasing Accessibility Checker Pro. Pro customers receive unlimited personal support on plugin usage and features. Join our WordPress Accessibility Facebook Group for community support and to connect with other developers, designers, and content creators working to make websites more accessible. For paid Accessibility Checker customers on a small business plan or above, we provide two accessibility office hours calls each month to answer remediation questions. Compatibility Accessibility Checker supports multiple WordPress editing and site-building workflows and has been tested with: Gutenberg Block Editor The Classic Editor Advanced Custom Fields Avada Beaver Builder Divi Elementor Oxygen WP Bakery [Pro] WooCommerce Learn Accessibility Want to learn more about accessibility and stay on-top of accessibility best practices? Attend an official WordPress Accessibility Meetup! These free virtual meetups are held twice per month via Zoom and are live captioned. Learn more about WP Accessibility Meetup About Us Equalize Digital is a mission-driven organization striving to create a world where all people have equal access to products and tools on web, regardless of ability. Our team has been building custom WordPress websites, themes, and plugins since 2010. We’re the trusted accessibility auditing team for WordPress plugin developers and organizations worldwide, including government, higher education, nonprofit, and enterprise businesses.

Alt Magic is an AI alt text generator for WordPress that automatically creates SEO-friendly image alt text for newly uploaded images and existing media library images. Start with 50 free monthly credits, then scale with fast bulk generation built for WooCommerce stores, publishers, agencies, and image-heavy WordPress sites. Built for high-volume workflows, Alt Magic can process 10,000+ images per hour. It helps improve image accessibility, supports better image SEO, and makes alt text generation easier to manage across large media libraries. Alt Magic also includes optional AI image renaming for teams that want cleaner, more descriptive filenames as part of their image optimization workflow. Why users choose Alt Magic Highly contextual and SEO-optimized 50 Free monthly alt text credits to get started easily Fast bulk alt text generation for existing and newly uploaded images Process 10,000+ images per hour on high-volume WordPress sites Affordable pricing at scale for stores, publishers, and agencies Active support with direct help for setup, troubleshooting, and custom guidance Built for WordPress and WooCommerce workflows Optional AI image renaming for better image organization Customer Reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rated 4.8 stars on G2 – Read reviews on G2 Watch Alt Magic Plug-in in Action: Built for scale and complete image SEO workflows Many AI alt text plugins work well for smaller libraries, but become slower, more expensive, or harder to scale when you need bulk processing across a large number of images. Some tools rely on external model limits or generic workflows that are not built for large WordPress media libraries. Others focus only on adding alt text in the media library and do not offer a broader image optimization workflow. Alt Magic is built differently. It is designed for fast, stable, high-volume processing with better cost efficiency at scale. With Alt Magic, you get: * Faster bulk processing for large image libraries * Better value on high-volume workloads * Support for both existing images and new uploads * AI image renaming for both existing images and new uploads * A broader WordPress image SEO workflow from one plugin This makes Alt Magic a strong fit for WooCommerce stores, publishers, agencies, directories, and other image-heavy websites. Features Automatic Alt Text Generation Generate alt text automatically for newly uploaded images. Bulk Alt Text Generation Create alt text for existing WordPress media library images in bulk with a single click. High-Speed Processing Built for large sites and media libraries with processing speeds of 10,000+ images per hour. Free Monthly Credits Start free every month with 50 credits and scale up only when you need more volume. WooCommerce Optimization Generate better alt text for product images across WooCommerce stores and large catalogs. Context-Aware Generation Create more relevant alt text based on image content and surrounding context. Additional Media Properties Generate not only alt text, but also captions, titles, and descriptions where supported. Processed Images History View, manage, edit, and regenerate previously processed images from one place. SEO Plugin Compatibility Works smoothly with popular SEO plugins including Yoast, Rank Math, SEOPress, Squirrly SEO, and AIOSEO. Multilingual Support Generate alt text in over 150 languages for multilingual websites and global stores. AI Image Renaming Rename already uploaded images and automatically rename new uploads with descriptive, SEO-friendly filenames. Broad Format Support Supports common image formats including JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF, and SVG. Service Information Alt Magic is a service-based plugin that provides AI-powered alt text generation and image renaming services. The plugin requires an active internet connection and an Alt Magic account with API credentials to function. Service Provider: This plugin connects to Alt Magic’s cloud-based AI service to process images and generate alt texts and image filenames. The plugin does not perform AI processing locally. Remote Servers Called: The plugin makes API calls to the following service endpoints: – Service Base URL: https://api.altmagic.pro – /image-name-generator-wp – For AI-powered image filename generation – /combined-generator-wp – For combined alt text and image name generation – /user-details – For fetching user account information and credit balance – /wp-plugin-events/wp-plugin-events – For plugin usage analytics and events Account Requirements: An Alt Magic account and API key are required to use this plugin. Users must: 1. Sign up for an account at https://www.altmagic.pro 2. Obtain an API key from their Alt Magic dashboard 3. Enter the API key in the plugin settings Data Transmission: The plugin sends image data (image files or URLs) to the Alt Magic service for AI analysis and processing. This data is used solely to generate alt text descriptions and image filenames. The plugin also transmits basic plugin usage events for service improvement. Privacy and Terms: For detailed information about data handling, privacy practices, and terms of service, please refer to: – Service Link – Terms of Use – Privacy Policy