Accessibility Guard
by Aman · Uncategorized
Free WCAG 2.2 accessibility scanner for WordPress. Detect Level A & AA issues, auto-fix common problems, and generate accessibility statements.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
20+
≈21 estimated
Momentum
+6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “accessibility” for “european accessibility act”. “accessibility” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “european accessibility act” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.7%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 744 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 263 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
27
Momentum
Losing ground
-2.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
9%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.9
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| guard | #17 | #21 | down 6 |
| section 508 your tag | #21 | #22 | down 3 |
| a11y your tag | #24 | #22 | down 1 |
| accessibility checker | #19 | #20 | down 6 |
| european accessibility act | #20 | #22 | down 1 |
| accessibility statement | #24 | #22 | — |
| page guard | #20 | #21 | down 3 |
| ada section 508 standards | #19 | #19 | down 4 |
| accessibility your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ada your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wcag your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “accessibility” for “european accessibility act”. “accessibility” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “european accessibility act” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 10 Feb 2026 · 264 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 107 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 46 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 20.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 5 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Free WCAG 2.2 accessibility scanner for WordPress. Detect Level A & AA issues, auto-fix common problems, an..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Gutenberg, Divi, Beaver Builder.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,276 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-16 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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Accessibility by UserWay 80K+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
AccessibleWP – Accessibility Toolbar 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags C -
DJ-Accessibility – Accessibility Plugin 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags B -
Accessibility New Window Warnings 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags A -
Accessibility Tool Kit: WP Accessibility checker plugin for WCAG, Section 508, ADA, EAA Compliance 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags A -
AAArdvark Accessibility Reports 500+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
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