WP Engine ADA Compliance Checker

ADA Compliance for WP Engine Websites

WP Engine hosts agency-built and enterprise WordPress sites, which usually have custom themes, a staging process and several people publishing. That is a strong setup for ADA compliance, but only if staging is used to test accessibility before launch, rather than just speed and security.

This WP Engine ADA compliance checker runs the same engine as the WP Engine 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 site.

WP Engine ADA Compliance Risks to Check First

These are the barriers most often behind accessibility complaints on WP Engine sites. Each one maps to a WCAG success criterion that the scan reports.

• Custom themes without skip links

  Agency themes that omit landmarks and skip links.

  WCAG 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks

• Block and builder images

  Cover blocks and galleries inserted without alt text.

  WCAG 1.1.1 Non-text Content

• Plugin forms

  Form and search plugins with unlabeled fields.

  WCAG 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions

• Headless front ends

  JavaScript front ends with custom components and no roles.

  WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value

How the ADA Applies to Your WP Engine 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.

WP Engine ADA Compliance Steps

1. Run the ADA check above on your homepage, and then on a page of each type you publish.
2. Add an ADA scan to your release checklist, run on staging before each deploy.
3. Clear the page and CDN caches after fixes, then rescan the live page to confirm.
4. Agencies should keep a dated record per client site, to show the work done.
5. 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 WP Engine 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 WP Engine 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.

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• 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.

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Publishing an Accessibility Statement on WP Engine

Publish a statement page and link it in the footer menu of every site, with the standard you follow and a contact for feedback. 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.

WP Engine ADA Compliance: Frequently Asked Questions