The European Accessibility Act and the UK guidance both expect a public statement saying what standard you work to, what is not perfect yet, how people can tell you about a problem, and where they can go if they are not satisfied. PRO writes that page for you.
Create it:
- Open AiX Accessibility, Checker.
- In the statement details, fill in The name on the statement (blank uses your site title) and the Contact email for accessibility problems, then press Save.
- Under Your statement page, press Create the Accessibility Statement page.
The page is published at /accessibility-statement/ on your site. If a page already exists at that address, that page is used and published instead, and nothing you wrote is overwritten. Once the page exists, the tab shows its address in place of the button.
What it says:
It opens with your name and your site, then covers the standard you aim for (WCAG 2.1 at level AA), what visitors can adjust with the reading tools, what may not be perfect yet, how to tell you (by the contact email you entered, or your contact page if you left it blank), a reply time of five working days, and where someone can go if they are not satisfied in the EU, the UK and the United States. It ends with the date it was last reviewed.
It is an ordinary page: edit it like any other and make the words your own. Read it through, check the reply time and the description of what visitors can adjust, and change anything that does not match your site. It never claims compliance.
Refresh the statement:
When the reading tools change, a notice on the accessibility screens offers Refresh the statement. One click brings the paragraph about what visitors can adjust up to date. The rest of the page, and anything you wrote, stays exactly as it is. Press Not now to leave it.
Where it is linked:
- In the Accessibility panel on every page, as an Accessibility statement link at the foot of the panel. This happens for any published page at /accessibility-statement/.
- Under your site footer, as a small Accessibility statement line, while the footer switch in the statement details is ticked.
- Anywhere you like with the shortcode [raix_accessibility_links], for example in a footer widget. Untick the footer switch if you place it yourself.
- With the ResultsAiX Theme active, the theme shows the link in its own footer instead of the plugin's line.
What the laws ask, in plain words:
The ADA in the United States, the European Accessibility Act, the UK Equality Act and Canada's AODA all point at the same standard, WCAG 2.1 at level AA. For your content that means every picture has a description, headings are in order, links say where they go, forms have labels, videos have captions, nothing plays by itself, and everything works with a keyboard and with bigger text. This is not legal advice.