92
Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker – WCAG, ADA, EAA and Section 508 compliance
Real fixes and great education without the annoying overlays.
HealthyGrowing
92/100
Users appreciate the educational guidance and real fixes despite some free tier limitations.
Active installs
~24,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
5.0★
74 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+75%
Growing fast
134 → 235 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +75% in the last year
134/day a year ago→235/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayEqualize Digital Accessibility Checker is widely regarded as the go-to WordPress accessibility tool for developers and non-specialists alike, praised for its clear remediation guidance and knowledgeable support, though the free tier's single-page scanning and occasional inconsistencies in saved ignore logs are notable limitations.
What people like
- +Clear, plain-English explanations of issues with actionable remediation steps, making it accessible to non-specialists×6
- +Thorough and fast automated scanning aligned with WCAG standards×4
- +Excellent support team and documentation, including a knowledgebase and webinars×5
- +Does not use overlays or widgets — fixes are real, persistent improvements to the underlying site×2
- +Clean, simple interface compared to competing plugins×2
- +Useful for both beginners and experienced accessibility specialists×3
- +Ignore feature allows users to dismiss false positives and clear pages×2
Common complaints
- −Free version only scans one page at a time, limiting usefulness for larger sites without a paid upgrade×2
- −Ignore log resets unexpectedly and does not reliably save dismissed items
- −Scan results can vary between runs, flagging new issues that were not caught previously, which feels inconsistent
- −Plugin has been found to flag its own widget as an accessibility violation
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.99★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 74 total
Latest reviews · 74 analyzed
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Kept me up to datesundiverdb1-shot
- 2026-05-08★★★★★A plugin with an extensive ecosystem of knowledge attached.opensourceweb
- 2026-05-08★★★★★Remediation and Education for the winwaynecoit
- 2026-04-24★★★★★v.1.40.0 update finds its own widget out of complianceraygulick
- 2026-04-13★★★★★Been Very Easy To Work Withkfiwayne
- 2026-04-06★★★★★Great Accessibility Pluginanitrawolf
- 2026-03-24★★★★★Excellentamyk
- 2026-03-13★★★★★Fantastic plugin – fantastic teamarcaswebdesign
- 2026-02-27★★★★★Yes!Lou Friedman
- 2026-02-26★★★★★Super helpfulkmbrlyb
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
281
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
273
Prior 7-day baseline
450
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
2,821
Mean release-day peak (30d)
543
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
+2.9%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
9%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.86
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
97%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+150%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.96 → 4.99★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered