Shopify accessibility checker
This free check runs automated tests on the public pages of your Shopify store. You get every finding on your home page, product pages, collections and content pages, the page it is on, and the change that fixes it.
What the check covers on a Shopify store
- Your theme as a page first loads: the header and menu, product media, variant pickers, filters and the footer, checked with the axe-core engine against WCAG 2.2 AA. Drawers and pop-ups are not opened.
- The pages a shopper uses, found from your sitemap: home, collections, products and your content pages, on desktop and phone layouts. The cart and checkout are not opened.
- Product images without a description, faint text, buttons and links with no name, form fields with no label, and things a keyboard cannot reach.
- Code that the apps you install add to the page, flagged as third party so you know which vendor to ask.
Check your Shopify store now
Paste your store address. No signup, no card. Most checks finish in a few minutes.
Free, no signup. Up to 10 pages, and most scans take 2 to 5 minutes.
On Shopify: install the app to apply the fixes with your approval
Get it onShopify App StoreWhat is yours to fix on Shopify, as of 2026
- Shopify’s checkout is Shopify’s responsibility and has been audited against WCAG 2.1 AA. Your theme, product pages, collections, images, the apps you install and your content are yours, and they are what demand letters cite.
- In the first quarter of 2026, 459 of the 1,037 ADA website lawsuits EcomBack counted (44.26%) named a Shopify store. Most defendants are small and mid-sized stores.
- Sites running an accessibility overlay widget were named in about 23 % of March 2026 suits. A widget sits on top of the page; the theme code underneath stays the same.
What you get
- Findings grouped by cause, so one faint footer link repeated on every page is one row and one change.
- A PDF report with the element and page for each finding, for you, a developer or an agency.
- In the app: you approve every ready fix in one press, or see each change first; each fix is written into your theme with the original file saved first, and the page is checked again afterwards. The free plan includes 3 scans a month and 3 fixes every 30 days, no card.
Want us to audit your site’s accessibility, or fix it for you? See our fixed price accessibility services.
Frequently asked questions
- Shopify’s free themes are built with accessibility in mind, but a store changes them: colour choices, added sections, product images without descriptions and the apps you install. The check measures your store as it is today, not the theme demo.
- Only after you approve a fix. The original file is saved before anything is written, the page is checked again afterwards, and any fix can be undone from the app.
- Not from this page. Installed in your store, the app scans a password-protected pre-launch store with the password you save in the app.
- Whether your store meets the ADA. No automated tool can say that, and this is not legal advice. Some WCAG criteria need a person, such as whether an image description says what matters; the report marks those for review.