How to Install & Activate Accessibility Checker

Accessibility Checker tests your website for accessibility errors and helps you learn how to fix them. Getting started with Accessibility Checker is as easy as installing and activating the plugin, then configuring a few basic settings.

Installing Accessibility Checker Within WordPress

To install Accessibility Checker from within your WordPress dashboard, follow these steps:

1. Visit the plugins page within your dashboard and select ‘Add New’.
2. Search for ‘Accessibility Checker’ in the Add Plugins search bar.
   
3. On the Accessibility Checker plugin click or activate the ‘Install’ button.
4. Activate Accessibility Checker from your Plugins page.
5. Follow the ‘after activation’ steps listed below.

Installing Accessibility Checker Manually

Download Accessibility Checker

To download Accessibility Checker, follow these steps:

1. Visit the plugin page on WordPress.org.
2. Once you are on the plugin page, click on the ‘download’ button towards the top right of the screen.
3. The plugin will be downloaded to your computer as a zip file, which can then be uploaded to your website.
4. Do not unzip the file; proceed to the ‘manual installation’ steps listed next.

Manual Installation Instructions

Once you have downloaded Accessibility Checker to your computer, you will need to install it on your website. There are two ways to do this.

1. Install Via the WordPress Interface

We typically recommend uploading plugins this way if you are not a developer or highly technical user.

1. To install Accessibility Checker through the WordPress interface, you must first log in to your WordPress admin dashboard.
2. Visit the plugins page within your dashboard and select ‘Add New’.
3. On the Add Plugins page, click the ‘Upload Plugin’ button.
4. Upload the Accessibility Checker zip file to your website.
5. Activate Accessibility Checker from your Plugins page.
6. Follow the ‘after activation’ steps listed below.

2. Install Via FTP

If you are more familiar with how File Transfer Protocol (FTP) works, you can use an FTP client, like Filezilla, to upload the plugin files directly to your website. To upload the plugin or update the plugin via FTP, follow these steps:

1. Unzip the zipped Accessibility Checker folder on your computer.
2. Upload the unzipped ‘accessibility-checker’ folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory on your website via FTP.
3. Activate Accessibility Checker from your Plugins page.
4. Follow the ‘after activation’ steps listed below.

After Activation

After activating the plugin, go to the Accessibility Checker settings page in your WordPress admin (found at ‘/wp-admin/admin.php?page=edac-settings’) to configure the plugin settings.

Current settings in the free plugin include:

• Ability to control when the plugin prompts for a Simplified Summary.
• Ability to set the position of the Simplified Summary, if using, above or below content or manually with a function in a page template.
• Ability to turn off Accessibility Checker for posts or pages as desired.
• Set a username and password to allow scanning functionality on password-protected sites.

For a video overview and information on how to use the plugin once it is activated, please see the Getting Started Quick Guide.