Web Accessibility with Max Access

Early reviewers loved how easy it was and praised the support, but the recent picture is rougher, with reports that an update broke the accessibility icon under newer WordPress and Elementor, and the newest reviewer says it slows the site and wrecks typography.

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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.

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9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 73% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 56 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 800.

1. ★★★★★ Taylor

   2.4y ago

   Not only does this plugin make your site less accessible, but it will cause major performance issues and ruin the typography on your site.

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2. ★★★★★ Tom M

   3.8y ago

   I’m experiencing the same issue as user ‘mbstephenson2000’. After working well for months, the accessibility icon turned into a white circle and the functionality stopped working. This is what I can find inspecting the element: “Event.path is deprecated and will be removed. Please use Event.composedPath() instead. AFFECTED RESOURCES“ I hope someone can have a look at this to come up with a fix. Cheers,Tom This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by Tom M.

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3. ★★★★★ mbstephenson2000

   3.9y ago

   <!– wp:paragraph –> <p>It used to work great. Latest update broke with latest versions of WordPress and Elementor Pro. Only shows a white circle now and also changes phone numbers on the website into links. I don’t need it to do that because I already privacy code to protect phone numbers from bots. It needs better customization. Maybe that is only available on the paid version.</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> <!– wp:paragraph –> <p>UPDATE: Works well again. Thank you!</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by mbstephenson2000. Reason: Wish to change rating This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by mbstephenson2000. This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by mbstephenson2000. Reason: Wish to change rating

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4. ★★★★★ daedious

   5.3y ago

   These little tools are not solutions to ensuring a website is ADA Compliant. However, this is an excellent tool to help resolve minor issues, offer a proactive solution and fill the void that some website’s are unable to do. I have used a few plugins for this and I believe this one is the most complaint, or rather, meets needs much better than others.

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5. ★★★★★ rbscorp

   7.3y ago

   Great plugin, fast support!

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6. ★★★★★ azprep

   7.5y ago

   This plugin is so easy to use. Works great out the box and offers per element controls! Love it.

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1 open vulnerability affects the current version (2.1.0). 1 of 2 disclosed are patched.

1. Open Medium · 4.4 Web Accessibility with Max Access <= 2.1.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-01-09 CVE-2026-24629 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.1.0 No patch available
2. Patched Medium · 4.3 Web Accessibility with Max Access <= 2.0.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2025-05-07 CVE-2025-47681 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 2.0.9 Patched in 2.1.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Translated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-09-05 800+ → 700+ down after 6 days in tier
2. 2026-08-30 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-08-29 800+ → 700+ down after 128 days in tier
4. 2026-04-23 900+ → 800+ down after 69 days in tier
5. 2026-02-13 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2026-02-11 900+ → 1K+ up after 5 days in tier
7. 2026-02-06 1K+ → 900+ down after 4 days in tier
8. 2026-02-02 900+ → 1K+ up after 3 days in tier

Competes with

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