An accessibility widget doesn’t fix your website.
All 80 sites we found with one still had problems. Check yours free.
What we found on sites with a widget
80 of the 546 sites we scanned had a widget. They had a median of 11 problems, against 9 on sites without one, and a median score of 71 against 80. Here is what was still there.
57 of 80 Text too faint to read
Light grey on white, or white on a pale photo. Hard to read for older customers and anyone on a phone in sunlight. Checked in the $149 fix, not the free scan.
52 of 80 Links with no name
Icon links (Facebook, Instagram, the phone icon, the logo) that a screen reader announces as just “link”. The free scan checks this.
24 of 80 Untitled maps and widgets
Embedded maps, booking and review widgets with no title, so screen reader users can’t tell what they are. The free scan checks this.
20 of 80 Photos without descriptions
Images with no text alternative, so screen readers skip them or read out a file name. The free scan checks this.
14 of 80 Buttons with no name
Menu, search and close buttons that are only an icon and are announced as just “button”. The free scan checks this.
13 of 80 Zoom blocked on phones
A setting that stops people pinching to zoom in on prices, hours and small print. The free scan checks this.
Widgets we found: UserWay 45, accessiBe 16, AudioEye 6, One Click Accessibility (WordPress) 6, Ally by Elementor (WordPress) 5, All in One Accessibility 2. Scanned in October 2026 in a real browser after each page loaded, widget included. Every site in the sample had at least one problem (that is how they were picked), so these numbers describe sites with problems, not the whole web.
Why a widget can’t do it for you
The problems live in your site, not on top of it
Faint text, unnamed icon links and undescribed photos sit in your own pages. A toolbar on top doesn’t change them.
The people it’s for already have their own tools
Screen reader users and people who zoom use their own device settings on every site, not a site’s toolbar.
Claims of automatic compliance have been challenged
In April 2025 the US Federal Trade Commission finalized an order requiring accessiBe to pay $1 million over claims that its automated tool could make websites compliant. The order bars such claims without evidence.
Source: FTC press release, April 22, 2025.
What to do instead
Run the free scan
30 seconds, no signup. It lists the problems on your home page in plain English, worst first.
Fix the top few in your website builder
Most fixes are a setting or a text box: a description on a photo, a name on an icon link, a darker text color.
Keep the widget if visitors use it
Nothing here says you must remove it. Just don’t count on it as the fix, and don’t let it stand in for the work.
Where to click: WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Shopify, Webflow. Faint text? Check your colors.
Or let us fix it
A person fixes the 10 most important issues in your site itself, then re-scans to show the change.
We fix your top 10
$149one-time
Easiest first step
Done for you. We fix the 10 most important issues from your scan, then re-scan to show the change.
- Fixes made by a person, not a widget
- Works with WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Shopify & more
- Before-and-after report
- Anything we can’t change on your platform comes with step-by-step instructions
Check your site first
Not legal advice. Automated scans catch a portion of accessibility issues and are not a legal compliance certification.
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