AccessYes Accessibility Widget for ADA, EAA & WCAG Readiness

by CookieYes

Description

AccessYes Accessibility Widget is a free, lightweight and user-friendly plugin that adds an accessibility widget to your WordPress website.

The Accessibility Widget plugin provides tools to help your site better align with accessibility standards such as WCAG 2.1 AA, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the European Accessibility Act (EAA). With just a few clicks, you can offer visitors the ability to adjust font size, colour contrast, spacing, and more.

Disclaimer:

AccessYes Accessibility Widget is intended to support your accessibility efforts. It does not guarantee legal compliance with ADA, WCAG, EAA, EN 301 549 or other standards. For full compliance, a comprehensive audit and remediation may still be required.

Why accessibility matters

Over 1 billion people globally live with some form of disability. Web accessibility helps ensure that your content is usable for everyone, including those with visual, cognitive, motor, and neurological impairments.

This plugin helps your site move in the right direction with tools designed to support inclusive browsing experiences.

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.
Align Left: Align all content to the left for a consistent reading experience.

Colour 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.

Accessibility statement: Add a link to your public accessibility statement or VPAT page.

Need help? Write to us at support@cookieyes.com 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 accessyes@cookieyes.com.

Note: AccessYes is a standalone accessibility widget developed by CookieYes. It’s a separate tool designed to work independently from the CookieYes platform.

Installation

Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
The Accessibility Widget will appear automatically on your site. No setup required.

Faq

Does this plugin help with accessibility law compliance?

Yes. It is designed to support compliance with WCAG, ADA, EAA, and EN 301 549 standards. However, the AccessYes Accessibility Widget does not ensure full legal compliance with ADA, WCAG, EAA, EN 301 549, or similar standards. A complete audit and remediation process may still be necessary.

Is user data collected by the plugin?

No. The plugin does not track or store any user data, ensuring GDPR compliance.

Can users reset the settings they applied?

Yes. A “Reset Settings” button is provided to quickly revert all changes.

Can the plugin be used on multilingual websites?

Absolutely. The plugin supports over 50 languages and adapts based on the selected language.

Reviews

Nice design, but too intrusive

By hakuna4matata on October 20, 2025

AccessYes is simple to set up and has a clean, uncluttered design - that’s the good part.

Unfortunately, it injects inline styles into the page without asking for permission or offering any option to disable this behavior. Even when the widget is turned off for desktop and mobile, those inline styles remain (for example, on the Complianz cookie banner). The only way to stop it is to deactivate the plugin entirely.

A pity, because visually it looks great, but technically it’s too invasive.

Ryan, you are my hero!

By wmcmartins on October 16, 2025

A while ago we wanted to use the plugin on our project, but it did not have Latvian language translation. So, I reached out, and Ryan form CookieYes responded to my ticket. Long story short - in no time we translated the plugin to Latvian and pushed the new version. A week later the updated version with Latvian language translations was up an running in our client's project. Amazing speed and precision. Highly impressed by how the guys work!

Excellent! Just what I needed

By warren laine-naida (wlainenaida) on September 9, 2025

I have tried out many WordPress plugins that allow the website visitor to adjust the site's contrast, font size, links etc. It was also important that it can be used in English or German - or other languages. Not an easy task. I finally found this plugin, which I am using on my own website and those of clients. It is a free plugin and I recommend you try it out.

AccessYes - brilliantly simple

By ODAK71 on August 23, 2025

I’ve been using AccessYes and I’m really impressed. It’s brilliantly simple to manage and configure, which is perfect for my needs. The multi-language support is a huge plus, and when I had a question, the support team responded quickly and efficiently. Definitely recommend!

Fast support and quick bug fixing

By plertanix on July 22, 2025

I have written to the support that there is a bug with the accessibility widget, for example, if you select “high contrast”, the icon disappears and you can no longer deactivate the “high contrast” but only if you completely clear the browser cache. It took less than an hour to successfully fix this bug! Everything is great!

Adjustments made easy

By mscherli on July 18, 2025

Content, color, and navigation adjustments work great. Thanks for this plugin.

Nice Accessibility widget plugin that just works

By rajatr on June 30, 2025

This plugin adds a simple, effective accessibility widget to the site and easy to use.

Great plugin!

By gcdavis on February 8, 2017

Hi Lorna

Your plugin works perfectly on this site:
http://www.team-insight.co.uk

I put it in the footer as well as in the sidebar.

Thanks

Graham

Changelog

3.0.6 2025-10-16

[Add] – Latvian and Lithuanian language support.
[Fix] – Minor fixes.

3.0.5 2025-09-24

[Fix] – Removed duplicate entry of slovene language.

3.0.4 2025-08-18

[Fix] – Language is not loading properly when Norwegian bokmål is selected.
[Enhancement] – Added custom event “cya11y:widgetStateChanged” to track widget changes.

3.0.3 2025-07-31

[Fix] – Resolved a conflict issue with the MonsterInsights plugin.
[Fix] – Corrected fallback language behavior when translation for the site language is unavailable.
[Fix] – Language files were not loading properly when a caching plugin is active.

3.0.2

[Fix] – Added translation to the widget button tooltip

3.0.1

[Enhancement] – New improved UI

3.0.0

[Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress version 6.8
[Enhancement] – Added accessibility widget
[Enhancement] – New improved UI