Accessibility checks should continue after a website goes live. New content, plugin updates, campaign pages, and design changes can introduce barriers even when the original build was reviewed. A repeatable audit helps teams find issues that affect people using keyboards, screen readers, magnification, or other assistive technologies.
Start with representative journeys
Choose important paths such as finding a service, submitting a contact form, searching a catalog, creating an account, or completing a purchase. Test the actual steps rather than reviewing isolated components only. Include common templates and newly added content.
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Check keyboard navigation and focus
Move through the page using the keyboard alone. Confirm that interactive controls can be reached in a logical order, focus is visible, and dialogs or menus do not trap users unexpectedly. Ensure users can close overlays and return to the control that opened them.
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Review structure and labels
Check heading hierarchy, page titles, link names, form labels, error messages, and button purpose. Links should make sense in context, and repeated generic labels can be confusing when read out of context. Confirm that dynamic updates are announced appropriately where needed.
Test contrast, zoom, and responsive layouts
Review text and control contrast against the actual backgrounds, including hover and focus states. Zoom the page and increase text size to identify clipped content, overlapping elements, and controls that become unreachable. Test narrow screens and orientation changes where relevant.
Inspect images and media
Provide meaningful alt text for informative images and empty alt text for decorative ones. Captions should explain important context without duplicating information unnecessarily. Ensure videos have appropriate captions or alternatives and that essential information is not conveyed only through color or sound.
Test forms and error recovery
Submit valid and invalid entries. Make required fields clear, associate error messages with the relevant controls, and preserve information when a correction is needed. Confirm that success states are announced and that users know what happens next.
Prioritize and track remediation
Record the affected page, reproduction steps, impact, and owner. Fix barriers that block core tasks first, then address broader consistency issues. Automated scanners can help identify patterns, but they cannot determine whether every interaction is understandable and usable.
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Post-launch accessibility regression checks
Retest the key journeys after theme, plugin, or content-template updates. Check keyboard-only navigation, zoom, focus visibility, field labels, and whether error messages are announced. Use automated scans to find common issues, then manually verify interactive components and actual task completion. Record severity and affected templates so fixes can be prioritized and repeated defects do not return in the next release.
