Real Accessibility: Accessibility Widget & Toolbar
by Dan Vinokurov · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Free accessibility widget for WordPress with 7 ready-made profiles, contrast, text size, a reading guide and more. 46 languages, no cookies.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.8K estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “wcag”, “accessibility” and “ada” for “reading guide”, “toolbar” and “real”. “wcag” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “reading guide” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “accessibility” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “toolbar” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ada” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “real” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.9%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 16.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 12 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.9★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
40
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
23%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dyslexia | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| reading guide | #4 | #14 | 0 |
| accessibility toolbar your tag | #5 | #12 | 0 |
| reading toolbar | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| toolbar | #6 | #15 | up 1 |
| accessibility widget your tag | #11 | #18 | down 1 |
| real | #13 | #21 | down 1 |
| real ip | #6 | #16 | 0 |
| contrast | #17 | #19 | up 1 |
| hide toolbar | #12 | #20 | up 2 |
| accessibility your tag | #24 | #19 | 0 |
| ada your tag | #23 | #22 | 0 |
| eaa | #18 | #16 | 0 |
| accessibility ready | #16 | #18 | up 2 |
| wcag ada | #22 | #20 | 0 |
| ada wcag | #23 | #21 | 0 |
| wcag your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
78 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 16 listed. 62 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “wcag”, “accessibility” and “ada” for “reading guide”, “toolbar” and “real”. “wcag” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “reading guide” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “accessibility” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “toolbar” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ada” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “real” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “accessibility widget”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.8K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago and the previous band took 3.1 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 2K.
Install history since 9 Dec 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Frank Spade7.7y ago
Thanks for providing this useful plugin. Most users won’t need it, but for those that do, it can be a great help.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Irodayaak8.9y ago
‘Remove the target attribute from links’ This function kills blogs and sites. Can you make this function optional, pls? Thanks This topic was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by Irodayaak. This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by Irodayaak. Reason: suggestion to solve problem
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jwstanley10.4y ago
This is excellent – the functions are just what is needed, clearly presented, unobtrusive on the web page but always visible. I’ve given it five stars because it is so good, but it ought to have a warning sign because of the issue with “black and white” on Firefox – see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/black-white-on-firefox-4301-doesnt-work which is actually catastrophic for a user with Firefox because there is no way for a user to recover. The fix linked above is easy and works.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nastia Kolomoytseva10.8y ago
Everything good, except from the following classes: i.real-accessability-loading i.real-accessability-icon The http://achecker.ca/checker/index.php reads it as i (italic) element and not as an Icon as it is supposed to be. Hope you will change it soon
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Oren Zur-Shavit10.9y ago
It works without any problem on a few sites that i’m running. Doing a very clean & simple code job, not damage the site structure & the most important thing for my opinion – it doesn’t bring js / jquary scripts that killing your website 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ erez_lieberman10.9y ago
The plugin works great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ shyberko10.9y ago
Great job, finally something good, Exactly what you need to make accessible websites- quick and quality.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 8 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
5 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 19 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 19 of 19 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("built for"); 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 10 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,603 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
- 2026-05-11 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1119 days in tier
- 2023-04-18 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-17 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-16 3K+ → 2K+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2023-04-11 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1297 days in tier
- 2019-09-22 1K+ → 2K+ up after 870 days in tier
- 2017-05-05 20+ → 1K+ 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 AllAccessible 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A -
ExtenderX – Accessibility Toolbar, Dark Mode & Site Tools 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
WebAbility Accessibility Widget 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
Accessibility by UserWay 80K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Accessibility Widget by OneTap – Easy One-Click Accessibility Toolbar 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker – WCAG, ADA, EAA and Section 508 compliance 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
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