Scan any Magento (Adobe Commerce) store against 16 WCAG 2.1 AA rules in seconds — no module install, no signup. Built for EU e-commerce compliance.
Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce power hundreds of thousands of e-commerce stores worldwide, with a particularly strong footprint among European mid-market and enterprise merchants. The European Accessibility Act (EAA) explicitly covers e-commerce: if you sell to EU consumers, every step of the shopping journey — product browsing, cart, checkout, and customer accounts — must meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
Magento's architecture stacks layout XML, PHTML templates, UI components, and third-party extensions on top of each other. Each layer can silently undo the accessibility of the layer beneath it. The most common failures — missing alt text on imported product images, low-contrast promotional banners, search forms without visible labels, and checkout fields that rely on placeholders — are also the easiest to fix once you know where to look. Our scanner catches exactly these issues.
Beyond regulatory compliance, accessible stores convert better: clearer CTAs, form labels that screen reader users can actually interact with, and product images that convey meaning when they do not load. A store that passes WCAG basics also survives procurement review for B2B marketplace onboarding — increasingly a requirement for EU-based fulfilment and dropshipping integrations.
16 automated rules covering images, links, forms, headings, language, viewport, contrast, ARIA misuse, and more — mapped to real WCAG success criteria.
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The rule set targets what EU enforcement and enterprise procurement actually look at: WCAG 2.1 AA basics you can document today.
When your scan flags a failing rule, here is where to fix it in the Magento admin:
| Issue | Where to fix in Magento |
|---|---|
| Missing alt text on product images | Catalog → Products → edit product → Images and Videos tab → set the Alt Text field per image. For imported products, verify your import CSV includes a column for alt text. |
| Low contrast text | Content → Design → Configuration → edit your store view → Other Settings / HTML Head → add custom CSS. Adjust body text colour to at least #444 on white. Promotional banners often use light text on light backgrounds. |
| Missing heading structure | Product descriptions use the WYSIWYG editor — use Heading 2/3 styles from the toolbar instead of bold paragraphs. Category pages use Layout XML updates or widget settings for heading levels. |
| Missing form labels | Search forms, newsletter signups, and checkout fields are rendered by Magento's UI components. Most have labels by default, but custom theme overrides in search/form.phtml can drop them. Check PHTML templates in your theme. |
| Generic link text | Product names used as links (category pages, related products) are usually fine. Issues arise in custom blocks and CMS content where links say "Read more" or "Learn more" — edit the content in Content → Pages or Content → Blocks. |
| Missing page language | Stores → Configuration → General → Locale Options → Locale sets the store's language. Verify in multi-store setups that each store view has the correct locale configured. |
| Missing alt on logo | Content → Design → Configuration → edit your store view → Header → Logo Image Alt Text field. Also check the logo uploaded in Content → Configuration → General. |
Magento ships with solid foundations, but the e-commerce ecosystem introduces unique challenges:
The Luma theme renders semantic HTML with labelled forms, heading hierarchy and responsive viewport. Many merchants customise Luma or build on Blank — each customisation can drop accessible defaults that the parent theme provided.
Magento themes use PHTML templates, Layout XML, and UI components. Check app/design/frontend/Vendor/Theme/ for overrides that strip label elements from forms or remove heading levels. The quickest check: diff your theme against the original Luma/Blank templates.
Third-party extensions (one-step checkout, product sliders, filter navigation) often use their own markup. Scan pages that heavily depend on extensions separately and check each extension's template files for alt text, labels, and heading compliance.
Bulk-imported products via CSV often ship with empty alt text fields. Product imports from ERP or PIM systems are the most common source of missing alt text across an entire catalogue. Add alt text mapping to your import pipeline.
Magento's checkout is a multi-step, ajax-driven component. Test every step with keyboard-only navigation. Verify that error messages (invalid address, missing payment info) are programmatically associated with their form fields using aria-describedby or aria-invalid.
Accessibility is not a one-time fix — Magento stores change constantly through product additions, extension updates, theme modifications, and seasonal promotions. Keep compliance sustainable:
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