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Sa11y, the accessibility quality assurance assistant | Accessibility Checker

Sa11y, the accessibility quality assurance assistant is a WordPress plugin with the following stats:

  • #6,430 Global Rank
  • 300+ active installs
  • 5/5 1 ratings
  • Since 2022 4 years active

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Score Breakdown

41.3
Popularity 40% 300+ active installs
61.9
Reputation 35% 5★ from 1 ratings
98.4
Freshness 25% Updated 19 days ago

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About Sa11y, the accessibility quality assurance assistant

Geared towards content authors, Sa11y straightforwardly identifies accessibility issues at the source.

Sa11y is an accessibility quality assurance tool that visually highlights common accessibility and usability issues. Geared towards content authors, Sa11y straightforwardly identifies errors or warnings at the source with a simple tooltip on how to fix them.

Sa11y works in Preview mode.

Features

  • Over 80 checks.
  • Concise tooltips explain issues right at the source.
  • Automatically checks content once the page has loaded.
  • Highly customizable. Turn off or hide irrelevant checks.
  • Content editors can temporarily dismiss warnings.
  • 100% free and open source.
  • Available in English, French, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, German, Swedish, and many more languages through machine translations.
  • Supports Multisite: create global settings and custom defaults for all websites on your network.

Visit the project website for a demo or to learn more!

Screenshots

Logged-in view with Sa11y showing heading hierarchy and non-descriptive link text errors.

Logged-in view with Sa11y showing heading hierarchy and non-descriptive link text errors.

The Images tab makes it easy to review all images and their corresponding alt text within a page for accuracy and quality. Warnings can also be temporarily dismissed.

The Images tab makes it easy to review all images and their corresponding alt text within a page for accuracy and quality. Warnings can also be temporarily dismissed.

The Settings tab has additional toggleable checks, including a dark mode option.

The Settings tab has additional toggleable checks, including a dark mode option.

The Advanced Settings page where admins can customize different settings.

The Advanced Settings page where admins can customize different settings.

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Changelog

1.2.9

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 5.0.9

1.2.8

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 5.0.5

1.2.7

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 4.4.0

1.2.6

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 4.3.2
  • Minor enhancements.

1.2.5

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 4.3.1
  • Images in the Images panel are now clickable, matching the behaviour of the Outline panel.
  • Images panel now indicates visually hidden images using an eye icon, similar to the Outline panel.
  • New check for unpronounceable characters in alt text.
  • Improved annotation positioning.
  • Colour suggestions for contrast issues in tooltips are clickable. * Clicking the hex code will update the colour preview within the tooltip and copies the hex code to the clipboard.

1.2.4

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 4.2.1

1.2.3

  • Provided a default configuration for PressBooks to make setup more turnkey.
  • Upgrade to Sa11y 4.1.8

1.2.2

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 4.1.6
  • Support for Level AAA contrast checking via prop contrastAAA.
  • Contrast tools and colour pickers are further simplified. A simple “Good” badge is shown when the colour picker finds a colour that meets contrast for the element in context, whether it’s normal-sized text or large-sized text.
  • Images from the same origin are converted to Base64 in the Export HTML report feature, ensuring image previews are embedded within the report for improved usability.
  • Minor visual improvements to the HTML report.

1.2.1

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 4.1.1
  • Simplified admin settings page. Removal of “Panel Position” option and embedded content sources.
  • Content authors can now change the panel position through Sa11y’s settings panel.
  • Enhanced “Extra Props” section. Admins can customize or turn off any check programatically via props.
  • New experimental setting! Show “Edit” links in Images panel: Enabling this option will show an “Edit” link for each image in the Images panel if uploaded to the Media Library. This allows content authors to quickly add alt text to an image.
  • Updated plugin description.

1.2.0

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 4.1.1
  • Simplified admin settings page. Removal of “Panel Position” option and embedded content sources.
  • Content authors can now change the panel position through Sa11y’s settings panel.
  • Enhanced “Extra Props” section. Admins can customize or turn off any check programatically via props.
  • New experimental setting! Show “Edit” links in Images panel: Enabling this option will show an “Edit” link for each image in the Images panel if uploaded to the Media Library. This allows content authors to quickly add alt text to an image.

1.1.9

  • Fixed a bug affecting WordPress versions 6.6 and earlier.

1.1.8

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 4.0
  • New: Improved contrast checking tools, simplified settings panel, new content checks, and more!
  • Check out the latest release notes for Sa11y 4.

1.1.7

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 3.2.1
  • New: The Images tab makes it easy to review all images and their corresponding alt text within a page for accuracy and quality.
  • Check out the latest release notes for Sa11y.

1.1.6

1.1.5

  • Upgrade Sa11y 3.0.6
  • New feature: Export all errors and warnings on a page as CSV or HTML. Make it easier to compile accessibility audits or export results into your favourite reporting tool. This feature is off by default. Please enable via Advanced Settings.
  • New feature: More helpful preview of hidden issues. When using the Skip-to-Issue button, Sa11y will display more helpful previews of hidden issues. Images, iframes, video, and audio content will be displayed in its entirety, otherwise a preview of the issue’s HTML will be displayed. This will help make it easier to identify hidden or off-screen issues.
  • New machine translations: Bulgarian, Hungarian, Korean, Slovak
  • Check out the latest release notes for Sa11y.

1.1.4

  • Upgrade Sa11y 3.0.6
  • New feature: Export all errors and warnings on a page as CSV or HTML. Make it easier to compile accessibility audits or export results into your favourite reporting tool. Enable via Advanced Settings.
  • New feature: More helpful preview of hidden issues. When using the Skip-to-Issue button, Sa11y will display more helpful previews of hidden issues. Images, iframes, video, and audio content will be displayed in its entirety, otherwise a preview of the issue’s HTML will be displayed. This will help make it easier to identify hidden or off-screen issues.
  • New machine translations: Bulgarian, Hungarian, Korean, Slovak
  • Check out the latest release notes for Sa11y.

1.1.3

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 3.0.3
  • Added Spanish and several machine translations including: Czech, Danish, Greek, Estonian, Finnish, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Latvian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Slovenian, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified)
  • New ruleset to flag non-descript DOI (digital object identifier) links.
  • Check out the latest release notes for Sa11y 3.0.3!

1.1.2

  • Bug fixes.

1.1.1

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 3!
  • Content editors now have the ability to temporarily dismiss warnings, preview pages with various colour filters, and new admin settings.
  • German translation added.
  • Multisite support added. Multisite admins can create global exclusions and provide custom defaults.
  • Check out the latest release notes for Sa11y 3.0!

1.1.0

1.0.9

1.0.8

  • Tested with WordPress 6.0
  • Upgrade to Sa11y 2.2.4
  • Refactoring. Sa11y’s main panel is created after the page has fully loaded to avoid conflicting JavaScript.

1.0.7

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 2.2.3
  • Sa11y’s main panel is now 33% smaller.
  • Added skip to previous issue shortcut: alt + w or alt + <

1.0.6

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 2.2.2
  • Added Polish, Ukrainian, and French (Canadian) translations. This does not include the “Advanced Settings” page at this time. The language will automatically change based on the page language.
  • Name change: Ryerson University is now Toronto Metropolitan University!

1.0.5

  • Minor fixes.

1.0.4

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 2.1.9

1.0.3

  • Upgrade to Sa11y 2.1.8

1.0.2

  • Bug fix.

1.0.1

  • Bug fix.

1.0.0

  • Initial release of official WordPress plugin.

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