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WP Accessibility Helper (WAH)

by Alex Volkov · Uncategorized

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Short Description WP Accessibility Helper helps solve accessibility problems

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Health

A 89/100

no flags

Active installs

10K+

≈15K estimated

Momentum

-53%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “wcag” for “disability”. “wcag” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “disability” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

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89 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 89/100
Support 70/100
Security 90/100

89 health vs 58 average across 25,755 Uncategorized plugins

10K+

Active installs

≈15K estimated

502.4K

Total downloads

since 2016 · 2.0% still active

4.5/5

Rating

4.7 on wp.org · 57 reviews

-53%

3K

Downloads · 30d

category median +2%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

2.0%

of downloads still active

At least 10K of 502.4K 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.

This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.

Ratings · 57 reviews

Read on wp.org ↗
5★
47 4★
6 3★
1 2★
1 1★
2

Details

Version
0.6.7
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2016-04-06 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
4.3
Tested up to
7.1.4
Requires PHP
7.4
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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.

83 / 100

Well optimized

Most to gain: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100

Updated 60 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 88/100

4.7★ over 57 reviews, smoothed to 4.42★

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

Support resolution 0/100

0 of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-53% vs prior 30d
591 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 25.1K · peaks are release surges

3K1 Nov 2026

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

WP Accessibility Hel · #1734youAccessibleWP · #1423Web Accessibility (f · #113WP Accessibility · #680

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.71 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

891 Nov 2026

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.

3001 Nov 2026

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

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

1

releases in the last 12 months

2mo ago

latest release · v0.6.7 · 2 Sep 2026

37

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.6.7 · 2 Sep 20260.6.6 · 29 May 20250.6.5 · 28 May 20250.6.4 · 28 May 20250.6.3 · 17 Jul 20240.6.2.9 · 16 Jul 20240.6.2.8 · 14 Jul 20240.6.2.5 · 8 Mar 20240.6.2.4 · 16 Jan 20240.6.2.3 · 20 Jul 20220.6.0.7 · 21 Jan 20220.6.0.6 · 20 Jan 20220.6.0.5 · 4 Jul 20210.6.0.4 · 5 May 2021

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v0.6 96%
v0.5 4.4%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈15K

Crossed into this band 2.2 years ago; the previous band took 3.6 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 1 Jun 2021

10K1 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ Website Rob
    3.9y ago

    Plugin v0.6.2.4 using WordPress 6.1.1 First, let me compliment on creating a plugin that does not create any warnings or errors in the hosting error log. Always a “touch of class” when that happens. With that said, and correct me if I’m wrong, although the free version does allow for some options to carry over from page to page, Text resizing does not. For that reason I cannot use it as it would be too frustrating for visitors. I know the Pro version provides for it but I cannot justify the cost of it.

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  2. ★★★★★ gatsagkal
    3.9y ago

    I’ve used some accessibility widgets for the web site I am developing but this is the best. It works perfect with screen readers and it zooms in a lot. It is the best for helping sites to meet some of the WCAG 2.2 criteria. Note: I have low vision (blindness)

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  3. ★★★★★ criptobesrezen
    5.2y ago

    Больше понравился плагин BVI

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  4. ★★★★★ Herr Hans
    5.5y ago

    I can only say: Thank you for your great work!

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  5. ★★★★★ bd
    5.6y ago

    Warning for people wanting to buy this plugin. The author is unresponsive. He will not respond to your emails even though you pay for support. It’s been 5 days so far. Will keep updating my experience so others don’t have to go through the same thing. This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by bd.

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  6. ★★★★★ Yehi
    5.7y ago

    Thanks

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  7. ★★★★★ yehudaT
    6.4y ago

    A very good Accessibility plugin. It adds a lot of the most common accessibility requirements. The only thing I miss is the option to export/import the plugin settings so I can easily install and configure it in more that one site. תוסף נגישות מצוין. מוסיף הרבה מאוד מהפיצ’רים הנדרשים לנגישות.

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  8. ★★★★★ ginallin
    6.5y ago

    This is a good plugin

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 0.6.6 Fix custom colors variations 0.6.6
  2. — Version 0.6.5 Security update – Vulnerability Type: Stored XSS Administrator + role 0.6.5
  3. — Version 0.6.4 Security update – Vulnerability Type: Stored XSS Administrator + role 0.6.4
  4. — Version 0.6.3 Security update 0.6.3
  5. — Version 0.6.2.8 Security update 0.6.2.8
  6. — Version 0.6.2.7 Security update Broken Access Control vulnerability fixes 0.6.2.7

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

All 6 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (0.6.7). Sites still on an older version should update.

  1. Patched Medium · 4.3 WP Accessibility Helper (WAH) <= 0.6.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
    2026-07-22 CVE-2026-24537 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 0.6.6 Patched in 0.6.7
  2. Patched Medium · 5.4 WP Accessibility Helper <= 0.6.2.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Settings Update ↗
    2024-08-28 CVE-2024-5987 Missing Authorization Affects <= 0.6.2.8 Patched in 0.6.2.9
  3. Patched Medium · 5.3 WP Accessibility Helper (WAH) <= 0.6.2.9 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2024-07-09 CVE-2024-37926 Missing Authorization Affects <= 0.6.2.9 Patched in 0.6.3
  4. Patched Medium · 4.3 WP Accessibility Helper (WAH) <= 0.6.2.5 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2024-04-10 CVE-2024-31423 Missing Authorization Affects <= 0.6.2.5 Patched in 0.6.2.6
  5. Patched Medium · 4.3 WP Accessibility Helper (WAH) <= 0.6.2.4 - Missing Authorization via AJAX action ↗
    2023-09-05 CVE-2023-41869 Missing Authorization Affects <= 0.6.2.4 Patched in 0.6.2.5
  6. Patched Medium · 6.1 WP Accessibility Helper <= 0.6.0.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via wahi ↗
    2022-06-20 CVE-2022-0150 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 0.6.0.7 Patched in 0.6.0.7

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 22 languages, 7 at 90% or more

Dutch 99%
Russian 99%
Spanish (Chile) 96%
Spanish (Spain) 96%
Greek 94%
Croatian 91%
Hebrew 90%
French (France) 83%
Italian 65%
Portuguese (Brazil) 62%
Swedish 58%
Japanese 41%
Ukrainian 33%
German 18%
Lithuanian 18%
Portuguese (Portugal) 3%
English (Australia) 1%
English (Canada) 1%
English (UK) 1%
Romanian 1%
Serbian 1%
Turkish 1%

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

2 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "Short Description WP Accessibility Helper helps solve accessibility problems"
  • ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
  • ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
  • ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
  • ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 1 list.
  • ! Enough to quote 770 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
  • ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("a11y", "WAI", "wcag" missing).

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-08-22 20K+ → 10K+ down after 1312 days in tier
  2. 2021-01-18 10K+ → 20K+ up after 460 days in tier
  3. 2019-10-16 5K+ → 10K+ up after 653 days in tier
  4. 2018-01-01 3K+ → 5K+ up after 81 days in tier
  5. 2017-10-12 1K+ → 3K+ 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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WP Accessibility Helper (WAH): 10K+ active installs, 4.7★ (57 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-accessibility-helper

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