AbleWidget - Accessibility Toolbar

AbleWidget adds a reading-personalisation toolbar to every page of your WordPress site. Visitors choose what works for them, and their choices are saved in their own browser. There are twelve reading tools:

• Bigger text
• Contrast modes (invert, dark, light)
• Dyslexia-friendly font (OpenDyslexic)
• Big cursor
• Highlight links
• Pause animations
• Text spacing
• Line height
• Reading guide
• Screen reader (text-to-speech)
• Hide images
• Saturation control

No code required. Install the plugin, tick "Enable widget" in Settings → AbleWidget, and the toolbar appears on your site. Your licence is verified automatically by domain, so there is no API key to copy and paste. What it is, and what it isn't AbleWidget is a reading toolbar for your visitors. It isn't a replacement for building an accessible website: it doesn't repair missing alt text, heading structure or keyboard navigation in your theme or content, and it doesn't by itself make a site WCAG 2.1 AA conformant. Subscription required An active AbleWidget subscription is required for the toolbar to display. The plugin is free to install but will not function without a licence. Plans are available at ablewidget.com, with a 30-day money-back guarantee:

• Starter - £120/yr, 1 domain
• Enterprise - £250/yr, up to 5 domains, custom colour and no AbleWidget branding
• Multi-site - £699/yr, up to 100 domains, fully white-label

Privacy When the toolbar is enabled, your site loads a JavaScript file from ablewidget.com. Each time it loads, it checks with AbleWidget's server that your site's domain is licensed. That request contains your domain name, and the server also receives the technical details that come with any web request, such as the visitor's IP address. These are not used to track or profile individual visitors. Visitors' reading preferences are saved only in their own browser (localStorage), and the toolbar sets no cookies. See the AbleWidget privacy policy for full details.

1.1.0

• Tested up to WordPress 7.1. Now requires WordPress 6.3 or later (PHP 7.4 or later, as before).
• The script is now loaded with wp_enqueue_script() in the footer with the async attribute, instead of being printed directly.
• Fixed the "Settings" link on the Plugins screen, which pointed to the wrong settings page.
• Settings are now sanitised safely on PHP 8 even if unexpected values are submitted.
• Uninstalling now removes the saved settings on every site of a multisite network.
• Updated the description, tool list, plan names (Agency is now Multi-site, up to 100 domains) and privacy and external-service wording. Removed the "WCAG 2.1 AA toolbar" wording.

1.0.4

• Fixed text domain to match plugin slug (ablewidget-accessibility-toolbar).
• Attribution ("Powered by AbleWidget") is now hidden by default; admins must explicitly opt in to display it.
• Added ablewidget WordPress.org account to Contributors.

1.0.1

• Removed top-right and top-left position options (not supported by the widget).
• Fixed plugin name consistency.
• Updated tested up to WordPress 6.9.

1.0.0

• Initial release.