A11y Kit
by Nicolas Johnson · Uncategorized
Make your website accessibility better by adding pre-configured and custom settings in your menu.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-41%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “a11y” for “comic sans”. “a11y” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “comic sans” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
43 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 2K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 2 reviews to 2023-12-12One reviewer got the contrast button working and calls it a great tool, while an earlier reviewer couldn't follow the setup instructions and hit a deletion error.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1762 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1762 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| comic sans | #11 | #16 | 0 |
| a11y your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| accessibility your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| accessible your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wcag your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| web accessibility your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “a11y” for “comic sans”. “a11y” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “comic sans” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 80 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
4.8y ago
latest release · v1.1.0 · 3 Jan 2022
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ oz2.9y ago
great tool, i needed only contrast button for few websites in order to follow accessibility rules and it made it.just check docs and support for the plugin in order to know how to use.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ smileybri4.9y ago
I tried to use this plugin but it needs better instructions. Simply add class “wpak_DISABILITY_PROPERTY” to what? To where? Not to the menu as there is no place to do that. Please be more explicit with instructions. Also “Deletion failed:” so there is something wrong with the ability to delete the plug from the WordPress site. This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by smileybri.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0.2
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Make your website accessibility better by adding pre-configured and custom settings in your menu."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 12 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,618 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "accessible", "wcag" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-26 20+ → 10+ down after 58 days in tier
- 2026-02-27 10+ → 20+ up after 264 days in tier
- 2025-06-08 20+ → 10+ down after 225 days in tier
- 2024-10-26 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-10-24 20+ → 10+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2024-10-16 10+ → 20+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2024-09-17 20+ → 10+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2024-07-28 10+ → 20+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Web Accessibility (formally known as Ally) – WCAG Scanning, Guided Fixes, Usability Widget 500K+ installs · 3.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
Accessibility New Window Warnings 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags A -
Genesis Accessible 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags D - C Content Author Accessibility Preview 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
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WP Accessibility 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
AccessibleWP – Accessibility Toolbar 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C
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