ADA Compliance for Magento Websites
Self-hosted Magento stores carry the most technical debt of any e-commerce platform in this list: old versions, many extensions and heavy customization. That makes ADA review more complicated, and a store that has not been scanned in years may have accumulated many problems.
This Magento ADA compliance checker runs the same engine as the Magento accessibility checker with the ADA preset selected, so the results are measured against WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Paste a page address above to see the issues on your own Magento site.
Magento ADA Compliance Risks to Check First
These are the barriers most often behind accessibility complaints on Magento sites. Each one maps to a WCAG success criterion that the scan reports.
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Luma swatches and layered navigation
Configurable swatches and filters without names, state or keyboard access.
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Buttons and sale prices
Add to cart buttons and discounted prices with insufficient contrast.
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Checkout step errors
Script-drawn checkout steps that show errors without announcing them.
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Catalog image alt text
Imported products with blank or file-name alt text.
How the ADA Applies to Your Magento Site
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires businesses open to the public to give people with disabilities equal access to their goods and services. The Department of Justice states that this covers a business's web content as well as its physical locations ({ADA.gov web guidance (opens in a new tab)}). The law does not name a technical standard for private websites, so courts, settlements and demand letters tend to point to WCAG 2.1 Level AA, which is why this checker uses it.
- 3,117 website accessibility lawsuits filed in U.S. federal court in 2025, up 27% from 2024 Seyfarth Shaw, ADA Title III blog (opens in a new tab)
- 5,000+ digital accessibility lawsuits filed across federal and state courts in 2025 UsableNet 2025 year-end report (opens in a new tab)
- 1,427 of those 2025 lawsuits were against companies that had already been sued UsableNet 2025 year-end report (opens in a new tab)
- 64% of companies sued in the first half of 2025 had annual revenue under $25 million UsableNet 2025 midyear report (opens in a new tab)
None of this depends on which platform you use: a claim names the barrier on the page, not the software behind it. Read more in our ADA website compliance guide and the general ADA compliance checker.
Magento ADA Compliance Steps
- Run the ADA check above on your homepage, and then on a page of each type you publish.
- Scan your key templates, which are the category, product, cart and checkout pages, and fix issues in a child theme.
- List the extensions that add front-end elements, and test each one that changes the menu, filters or checkout.
- Plan fixes around upgrades, since a version upgrade can overwrite theme changes and reintroduce problems.
- Rescan to confirm each fix, and keep dated records. AccessBell Pro monitors up to 500 URLs per domain every day and emails you when something new fails.
What an Automated Magento ADA Check Can and Cannot Do
Automated testing finds a large share of the machine-detectable WCAG failures, such as missing alt text, unlabeled fields, low contrast and broken ARIA. It cannot judge whether alt text is accurate, whether a keyboard path makes sense or whether a screen reader user can complete a purchase. Test your key journeys by hand as well, and read our methodology for exactly what runs.
No tool, including this one, can certify that a Magento site is ADA compliant or protect you from a claim. Treat a scan as evidence of ongoing effort, and speak to a lawyer if you receive a demand letter.
Free scan and 3-day free trial
- Free, with no account: every issue found on the page, ranked by severity, with the WCAG criteria each one fails.
- With the trial: the failing HTML, how to fix each issue, scans of up to 500 pages per domain, daily monitoring and a dated record of your fixes.
Publishing an Accessibility Statement on Magento
Create a CMS page for your accessibility statement and add it to the footer links block. Our free accessibility statement generator writes the text, and it should name the standard you follow, any known gaps and a way to contact you.
Magento ADA Compliance: Frequently Asked Questions
Is Magento ADA compliant?
Magento is a platform you configure and host yourself, so compliance depends on your theme, extensions and content. The default Luma theme has known gaps, which is why scanning matters.
Does Hyvä make a store compliant?
A different front end can give a better starting point, but it still needs testing. No theme guarantees compliance.
Should I fix accessibility before upgrading?
Scan before and after an upgrade. A scan before gives you a baseline, and a scan after shows what the upgrade changed.
What standard does the Magento ADA compliance check use?
WCAG 2.1 Level AA, the technical standard the Department of Justice has adopted for state and local government websites and the one courts and settlements most often cite for businesses. The ADA itself does not name a technical standard for private business websites.
Sources
- ADA.gov: Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA (opens in a new tab)
- W3C: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 (opens in a new tab)
- Seyfarth Shaw, ADA Title III blog (opens in a new tab)
- UsableNet 2025 year-end report (opens in a new tab)
- UsableNet 2025 midyear report (opens in a new tab)
This page explains general ADA and accessibility patterns for Magento sites and is not legal advice. AccessBell is not affiliated with Magento. Magento and its logo are trademarks of their owners and are used only to identify the platform. See our disclaimer.
