Complete checks against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Listed are checklists that explain how to manually check for each WCAG success criterion.

Accessibility testing guide by the British Government Digital Service. For testing websites and applications against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA Level. A detailed checklist per WCAG Success criterion.

WebAIM’s WCAG 2 Checklist, a checklist that presents recommendations for implementing the most common accessibility principles and techniques for those seeking WCAG conformance.

Check your WCAG compliance by the A11y Project. The checks for the WCAG success criteria are ordered by topic.

To officially document the results of your checks, use the WCAG EM reporting tool by the W3C.

Note: If you only want to test for the accessibility-ready requirements, please read Set up testing for the WordPress themes accessibility-ready program. These requirements don’t cover all the WCAG success criteria.

  • First published: October 10, 2025
  • Last updated: July 06, 2026
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  • Contributors: Rian Rietveld.