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Content Author Accessibility Preview

Flag up potential accessibility issues when your content authors preview the post or page that they have just added or amended

By Matt Rose·A11y·Free
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·20 active installs·Updated 4 years ago
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As of April 2026, Content Author Accessibility Preview is a WordPress a11y plugin with 20 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Ally – Web Accessibility & Usability.

0/5Rating
20active installs
1.7K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019

Overview

Flag up potential accessibility issues when your content authors preview the post or page that they have just added or amended.

Currently contains checks for:

  • Images with empty alt attributes
  • Links that open new windows
  • Links that have a title attribute
  • images that have no alt attribute
  • images that have the title attribute
  • svg files that don`t have role=”img”
  • inline svgs that don`t have role=”img”
  • empty headings
  • empty links
  • empty buttons
  • empty headings
  • empty table header cells
  • empty table data cells

Flags each element found with an outline. Where possible explains what the issue is on the page.

Can be configured to only be visible to certain user roles.

Site visitors who are not logged in will not see the potential issues.

Based on the work from Graham Armfield&#…

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress4.6+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13
PHP5.6+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

Future

  • Visible while editing in Gutenburg
  • Fix false positives in the admin bar
  • ~~Limit to the content area of the page~~
  • Show a legend
  • Animated flashing boarders – to really make it obvious

…and 1 more changes

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Matt RoseMatt RoseGraham ArmfieldGraham Armfield
Plugin Info
Version
1.2.0
Last Updated
Jul 16, 2021
WP Requires
4.6+
Tested Up To
5.8.13
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
20
Downloads
1.7K+
Added
Apr 2, 2019
Business
Free

Tags

a11ywcagaccessiblesection508accessibility

Developer

M
Matt Rose
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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