{"id":1979,"date":"2022-09-20T07:27:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T14:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accessicart.com\/?p=1979"},"modified":"2023-08-10T14:39:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T21:39:51","slug":"beware-wordpress-accessibility-plugins-can-make-your-site-less-accessible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accessicart.com\/beware-wordpress-accessibility-plugins-can-make-your-site-less-accessible\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware: WordPress Accessibility Plugins Can Make Your Site LESS Accessible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/featured_wordpress-plugins.jpg\" alt=\"wordpress accessibility plugins\" class=\"wp-image-1982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/featured_wordpress-plugins.jpg 640w, https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/featured_wordpress-plugins-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re considering using an accessibility plugin for your WordPress website, it\u2019s probably because you\u2019re recently realized just how important it is for people of all ability levels to be able to use your site with ease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But perhaps it has also started to dawn on you just how much time it can actually take to make a website accessible to people with visual or other disabilities \u2014 especially if you\u2019ve already spent months or years adding content to your site in inaccessible ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accessibility plugins have a variety of features that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve a site\u2019s accessibility. These tools seem to present a wonderful shortcut through hours of sifting through every image and page on your site to fix mistakes and add missing data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if you don\u2019t do some research before installing one of these accessibility plugins, you may eventually find that the plugin is doing more harm than good in your accessibility efforts, especially in the long-term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s more about how these plugins work and how to choose one that will actually meet your accessibility goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-accessibility-plugins-work\"><strong>How Accessibility Plugins Work<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, installing an accessibility plugin is as simple as downloading and uploading a plugin in your WordPress plugins area, or perhaps inserting a line of code in a designated area of your site after you sign up for an account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the tool is up and running, some features are available to website visitors immediately. Others may appear after a few hours, or however long it takes the technology to crawl through your existing website content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are just a few of the features that accessibility plugins may offer to help disabled people access your site content:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Artificial intelligence can compose alternative text for the photos on the site (for more on what alternative text is and how to write it, check out our full&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/accessicart.com\/how-to-write-alt-text-the-complete-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>post on composing alternative text<\/strong><\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Screen readers may be available to read content out loud for those who can\u2019t see the screen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/accessicart.com\/website-color-contrast-how-to-check-for-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Color and contrast<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;adjustment features can accommodate colorblind people or otherwise visually impaired people<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBlink blockers\u201d can protect people with epilepsy from triggering or irritating flashes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigation features allow users to navigate the site using voice commands or using the keyboard only (no mouse)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Users may be able to adjust the overall text size, use a magnifier to enlarge certain text, change the font, or turn on a highlighter to make things like hyperlinks easier to identify<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not all accessibility tools have all of these features, but they generally have some combination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Common Problems with Accessibility Plugins<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, all of these features seem super helpful. After all, it\u2019s important for people to be able to read and navigate your site regardless of visual and physical abilities. However, once you start to dig deeper into how some of these plugins work, it doesn\u2019t take long to notice problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the biggest issues our clients have reported as they try to use sites that employ accessibility plugins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>All artificially generated text still requires manual double checking.<\/strong>&nbsp;AI has come a long way in recent years, and machines can recognize the objects in images and describe them more and more accurately. However, when we\u2019ve tried to use these AI text tools ourselves, we\u2019ve seen firsthand its limits in describing images. Failing to double-check the captions or text that were written by an algorithm guarantees that some text will be inaccurate, which causes awkwardness and confusion for website visitors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Many of the features that accessibility plugins offer conflict with tools that disabled people are already using to navigate the internet.<\/strong>&nbsp;People with disabilities who need accomodations typically already have their tools installed on their machine to help them navigate websites. It\u2019s usually more effective for them to use the tools that they\u2019re used to using, which are specialized for their needs and provide a more consistent experience across websites. For example, in most cases, blind people already use screen readers, and other visually impaired people have their own text magnifiers and browser settings to adjust text size. These tools make accessibility features redundant at best, and at worst the programs can conflict with one another. Some users must disable so-called accessibility plugins so they can access the site with their own tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/screen-reader.jpg\" alt=\"Blind man using a braille screen reader.\" class=\"wp-image-1981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/screen-reader.jpg 640w, https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/screen-reader-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Customizations from accessibility plugins may hurt your brand.<\/strong>&nbsp;Consistency is key when it comes to branding. Some accessibility plugins allow website visitors to adjust the colors and even the fonts on each page, which means that people will be experiencing your site in many different ways. Plus, leaving it up to the visitor to adjust your site once they arrive is certainly less user-friendly than just building a site that works for everyone who lands on it right away. For example, a person with epilepsy shouldn\u2019t have to turn off a blinking feature on your site, because a good developer should have known not to include those features from the beginning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The fixes stop working if you miss a payment.<\/strong>&nbsp;Because accessibility plugins don\u2019t actually make changes to your site (instead, they just add an overlay with features on top of the existing site), all of the accessibility features they provide will be gone as soon as you stop paying for the plugin. Some of the companies that offer these tools offer more personalized services in addition to the technology, such as manual audits, consulting, and training, for permanent accessibility changes. But you can expect to spend a lot more money and time making the substantial changes that actually last.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>These plugins may put you out of compliance with data privacy law.<\/strong>&nbsp;Overlay plugins often automatically detect what other assistive software the user is already running on the device, or ask the user to choose what assistance they need. This reveals that the person visiting the website has a disability. Just like other identifiable information like age or ethnic background, information about disabilities should not be collected without user consent. This would be a violation of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the UK GDPR, CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), and other privacy laws. Some overlays save this information regarding disability via a cookie on the website to use it on other sites running their plugin \u2013 so even if the user opted in legally on another site, the overlay may put your site out of compliance by having that persistent cookie. &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/accessicart.com\/accessibility-overlays-create-info-privacy-concerns\/\">Read more about privacy and overlay plugins in this post<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Essentially, what automated accessibility tools do is try to paint over the accessibility problems of a website. The result is usually a website that appears to be accessible \u2014 one that may impress nondisabled people who see that the company is making an effort to be inclusive \u2014 but just makes disabled peoples\u2019 lives more difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-one-recommended-plugin\"><strong>One Recommended Plugin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the WordPress accessibility plugins we&#8217;ve been talking about in this post are &#8220;overlay&#8221; plugins. <a href=\"https:\/\/overlayfactsheet.com\/\">You can read more about overlay plugins here<\/a>. But there are a few plugins that offer tools for users to improve accesibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of those tools we especially recommend is <a href=\"https:\/\/equalizedigital.com\/accessibility-checker\/?ref=bethannon\">Accessibility Checker<\/a> by Equalize Digital. Here&#8217;s a video that introduces the plugin and how to use it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Accessibility Checker Walkthrough\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ncAfP06dPpU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Better Accessibility Strategy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The best solution is not ultimately a plugin, but to actually fix the underlying accessibility issues with your site manually instead of just masking them. If you\u2019re at the beginning stages of site creation, this can be as easy as hiring a developer who is familiar with accessibility issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your site is already well established, then you might have a bit more work. However, we still think it\u2019s a better solution to understand what\u2019s required to make lasting changes to the foundation of your site, even if you can\u2019t afford to make the changes all at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being able to demonstrate a commitment to a plan to continue making your site accessible, even if you are making gradual progress may be a better position if you do get sued than using an overlay plugin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t hesitate to reach out to us if you have questions or would like to chat about your site&#8217;s accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id2398_9f1da6-55 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-right-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2398_6b8ca9-53 inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/stacked-logo.png\" alt=\"AccessiCart logo\" class=\"wp-image-2397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/stacked-logo.png 1000w, https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/stacked-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/stacked-logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/stacked-logo-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2398_625d63-7e inner-column-2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>Our Accessibility Maintenance Plans help you remove barriers for people with disabilities and meet legal requirements with confidence.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/accessicart.com\/accessibility-maintenance-plans\/\">Learn More about Plans<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re considering using an accessibility plugin for your WordPress website, it\u2019s probably because you\u2019re recently realized just how important it is for people of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/featured_wordpress-plugins.jpg",640,427,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/featured_wordpress-plugins-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/featured_wordpress-plugins-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/featured_wordpress-plugins.jpg",640,427,false],"large":["https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/featured_wordpress-plugins.jpg",640,427,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/featured_wordpress-plugins.jpg",640,427,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/accessicart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/featured_wordpress-plugins.jpg",640,427,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>If you\u2019re considering using an accessibility plugin for your WordPress website, it\u2019s probably because you\u2019re recently realized just how important it is for people of all ability levels to be able to use your site with ease. 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