6 Best WordPress Plugins for Accessibility

WordPress accessibility plugins can help make your site easier to navigate, read, and interact with for all visitors, especially people with disabilities. They can’t replace accessible design and coding, but they can still provide helpful improvements where gaps exist.

And if you’re looking for an accessibility plugin, the number of options can feel overwhelming. To make things easier, we’ve reviewed and tested several of them. Here are six of the best WordPress accessibility plugins worth considering.

Two Types of WordPress Accessibility Plugins

Not all WordPress accessibility plugins do the same thing. Broadly, they fall into two groups: overlays that give visitors control over how the site looks, and enhancers that improve the site’s code for better accessibility and compatibility with assistive technologies.

Knowing the difference will help you understand what each plugin actually delivers.

1. Accessibility Overlays

Accessibility overlays (opens in a new tab) are plugins that add a floating button to your site. When clicked, they open a panel of options visitors can use to adjust things like font size, spacing, or contrast. Some also include extras such as reading guides, larger cursors, or pause-animation controls.

They work by layering a JavaScript interface on top of your pages, changing how the site looks in the browser for each visitor. They are best seen as temporary bandage solutions that improve comfort but don’t fix deeper accessibility issues in the site’s structure.

2. Accessibility Enhancers

Accessibility enhancers are plugins that improve your site’s HTML code behind the scenes. They enhance the site’s markup with features like skip-to-content links, focus indicators, clear labels, and more to make it more accessible for screen readers and keyboard users.

They work by updating the code as each page loads (without changing your database content), improving the structure and overall accessibility of the page and its content. These on-the-fly fixes help eliminate some common accessibility barriers.

	Accessibility Widgets	Accessibility Enhancers
What they are	Add a JavaScript-powered overlay on top of your pages	Plugins that improve the site’s HTML code
How they work	Add a JavaScript-powered overlay on top of your pages	Inject accessibility features into the code as pages load
Which to choose	Good for quick, visitor-controlled adjustments	Better for stronger accessibility and a more solid foundation
What we recommend	–	Recommended because they add code-level improvements for better accessibility

Best WordPress Plugins for Accessibility

1. Accessibility Toolkit by WebYes
2. Accessibility Widget by OneTap
3. Accessibility by AllAccessible
4. All in One Accessibility
5. WP Accessibility
6. AccessYes

Let’s now take a closer look at each one. For clarity, they’re arranged here according to their WordPress.org ratings at the time of writing.

1. Accessibility Toolkit by WebYes

Accessibility Toolkit by WebYes (opens in a new tab) is an accessibility enhancement plugin that improves your site’s HTML code for better accessibility. It updates the code as pages load to make your site easier for screen readers to interpret and simpler to navigate with a keyboard.

The plugin can add skip-to-content links, visible focus indicators, clear labels, mobile-friendly zoom, accessible links, predictable link behaviour, link opening notices, properly labelled form fields, and accessible search fields, among other things.

Setup is straightforward. You simply select the features (or fixes) you want, and the plugin applies them automatically. When a page loads, those selected options are added on the fly to improve accessibility. You don’t need to edit theme files or write any code.

2. Accessibility Widget by OneTap

Accessibility Widget by OneTap (opens in a new tab) is an accessibility overlay that lets your website visitors tailor their browsing experience to their needs. It appears as a floating icon that opens with one click and offers controls for font size, line height, letter spacing, and more.

The widget also provides visual and navigation aids like brightness control, grayscale, a reading mask, stop-animation options, and a larger cursor. These features make content easier to read, minimise distractions, and create a more comfortable browsing experience.

It works right out of the box with no setup needed. The floating icon appears instantly, and tapping it opens the toolbar smoothly, with adjustments applying right away. We especially liked the inclusion of both a reading line and a reading mask, which made following the text easier.

3. Accessibility by AllAccessible

Accessibility by AllAccessible (opens in a new tab) is another accessibility overlay that puts control directly in the hands of your site visitors. With a floating toolbar, users can adjust text size, spacing, colours, contrast, and page orientation, personalising their reading experience to suit their needs.

This overlay goes beyond the basics by including features you don’t usually see in free tools. It lets you change text, title, and background colours, and mute sounds. Users who want more control will appreciate these extras.

But more features and adjustments can also mean added complexity. From our testing, the sliders for scaling and other settings felt less user-friendly compared to the simple one-tap controls. This made quick adjustments slower than expected, especially for basic tasks like resizing text.

4. All in One Accessibility

All in One Accessibility (opens in a new tab) is another overlay on the block. It includes most of the basic features you’d expect from similar tools, but some common options like stop or pause animation and a big cursor are only available in the pro version.

It’s easy to get up and running. You don’t need to configure anything unless you want to change the design, colour, position, or size of the overlay. One drawback we noticed was a short delay, with the overlay appearing a couple of seconds after the page loaded.

Also, we felt like the way adjustments are handled could have been more streamlined. As you can see in the image, the plugin uses up and down arrows for changes, which worked fine, but might take a few extra steps for users, especially those navigating primarily with keyboards.

5. WP Accessibility

WP Accessibility (opens in a new tab) is an accessibility enhancer created by Joe Dolson, an accessible web developer and consultant. As noted earlier, plugins of this kind work by updating the site’s HTML code with accessibility fixes as each page loads, improving accessibility in the process.

It applies these fixes through a set of practical features. The plugin adds skip-to-content links, focus outlines, proper form labels, enforced alt text, language attributes, improves “read more” links, removes problematic code like tabindex, among others.

In addition to its code-level fixes, we liked that this accessibility enhancer also provides an accessibility toolbar that appears on your site like an overlay. It gives visitors simple controls to make small adjustments, such as changing font size and contrast.

6. AccessYes

AccessYes (opens in a new tab) is an accessibility overlay from CookieYes, the popular cookie consent management platform. Like most overlays, it offers essential navigation, content, and colour adjustments that let your visitors customise their browsing experience and make the site easier to use.

On the admin side, the tool is simple to manage. You can adjust the widget’s language, choose colours, and set its position, with a live preview showing how it will look on desktop and mobile – something we haven’t seen in many other tools.

The tool keeps things simple, making adjustments quick and easy. In some cases, though, it feels a bit too basic. For example, line height, font weight, and letter spacing each have only one level of adjustment. This works fine for basic use but may feel limiting for users who want more control.

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