Wix accessibility checker

Check your Wix site for accessibility problems, then fix them in the Wix editor with the steps below. No code needed for most of them.

Accessibility on Wix

Wix controls the code behind your site, and many fixes are settings in the editor. Wix also has a built-in Accessibility Wizard, which checks some things on the page you're editing. Alleviator checks every page of the live site, at desktop and phone sizes.

How to fix common problems in Wix

Menus change over time. If a step doesn't match what you see, search the Wix help centre for the words in quotes.

Describe your images

  1. Open your site in the Wix Editor and click the image.
  2. Click the Settings (cog) icon.
  3. Fill in “What's in the image? Tell Google” with a short description.
  4. Click Publish.

Change your colours

  1. In the Wix Editor, click Site Design (the paint palette).
  2. Change your colour theme to one with stronger contrast, or click an element › Design to change just that one.
  3. Click Publish.

Use proper headings

  1. Click a text box in the Wix Editor and choose Edit Text.
  2. Pick a heading style (Heading 1 to Heading 6) from the text theme menu. Use them in order.
  3. You can also run the Wix Accessibility Wizard, which finds heading problems for you: in the Editor, go to Settings › Accessibility Wizard.
  4. Click Publish.

Reword your links

  1. In the Wix Editor, click the text or button.
  2. Click Edit Text (or Change Text & Icon for buttons) and reword it so it says where it goes.
  3. Click Publish.

Label your form fields

  1. Click the form in the Wix Editor and choose Edit Form.
  2. Click each field › Settings and fill in its field title. Make sure titles are shown.
  3. Click Publish.

Give each page a title

  1. In the Wix Editor, open Pages & Menu.
  2. Click ⋯ next to the page › SEO basics.
  3. Fill in the “Title tag”, then click Publish.

Set your site language

  1. In your Wix dashboard, go to Settings › Language & Region.
  2. Choose your site language and save.

Stop links opening new tabs

  1. Click the link or button in the Wix Editor and open its link settings.
  2. Choose “Opens in the current window” instead of a new window.
  3. Click Publish.

Stop things playing or moving on their own

  1. Click the video or slideshow in the Wix Editor and open its Settings.
  2. Turn off Autoplay.
  3. Click Publish.

Add captions to videos

  1. For Wix Video, open the video in your dashboard and add subtitles or captions.
  2. For YouTube videos, add captions in YouTube Studio › Subtitles.

Problems the editor can't fix

Some problems are in the template's code, like menus you can't use with a keyboard or focus outlines that don't show. Your Alleviator report marks these, and writes a message you can send to Wix Support (Help Center › Contact Us), with the pages and details they need. If someone else built your site, you can send them a developer link with time estimates, or ask us to fix it for you.

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