ScoreFix – Boost Lighthouse & Improve UX

ScoreFix helps real visitors — not just your score. It finds common accessibility and UX issues that drag down Google Lighthouse (especially Accessibility), then applies real fixes to your HTML output: meaningful ALT text, labels for controls, and names for links and buttons. No fake overlays, no “accessibility theater.” Why ScoreFix?

• Business-first language — Issues are explained in terms of conversions, readability, and trust — not jargon.
• Automatic Scan — Surfaces images without ALT, unnamed links/buttons, unlabeled fields, and basic contrast risks.
• ScoreFix Score (0–100) — One number you can track after each scan.
• Apply Fixes (optional) — When you turn fixes on, ScoreFix improves the markup your site outputs. The MVP applies non-destructive runtime fixes (no bulk database rewrites), so you can ship safely.

Who it is for

• Non-technical WordPress owners
• WooCommerce stores
• Small agencies managing client sites

What makes it different

• Not a generic “accessibility widget” — We don’t paint over problems; we address missing names and labels in the actual output.
• Not only a checklist — Scan + prioritized issues + one-click enable for automatic fixes.
• Lighthouse-aligned — Focused on changes that commonly affect Accessibility audits and real users.

Limitations (important)

• ScoreFix does not guarantee legal WCAG compliance or a perfect Lighthouse score.
• Semantic ALT for SEO may still need your editorial judgment.
• Highly dynamic JavaScript-only interfaces may need manual work outside the plugin.
• Extra scan rules (headings, landmarks, tables, media, forms, generic links) are heuristic and may miss issues or flag false positives; tune behavior with filters documented in code where applicable.

1.0.10

• New: 10 auto‑fix runtime handlers — video, audio, and iframe text alternatives, grouped control labels, and missing name inferrals for accessibility gaps.
• New: AI skill definitions for accessibility, performance, SEO, and WP development.
• Fix: metadata fields, .distignore exclusions, and readme formatting for WordPress.org review.
• Fix: Dashboard page alignment and ImagesRule ALT validation tweaks.

1.0.9

• Skipped — rolled into 1.0.10.

1.0.8

• Misc: maintenance release.

1.0.7

• Misc: maintenance release.
• Updated tested WordPress and PHP versions.

1.0.6

• Score: media library is one bucket (sum of attachment-issue penalties capped at 100), not one bucket per image file — prevents hundreds of “clean” attachments from inflating the overall average when posts still have many issues. Model id per_page_average_v2.

1.0.5

• Score: new default model per_page_average_v1 — each scanned post, each scanned image attachment, and each distinct rendered URL gets an internal 0–100 from its issues (penalties capped per bucket); the dashboard “Overall score” is the average of those values (still shown as 0–100). Old snapshots without scanned_post_ids keep the previous single-sum behaviour. Filters: scorefix_score_context, scorefix_calculated_score.

1.0.4

• Scanner (Phase 5A): local performance heuristics on scanned HTML — images missing width/height (attrs or inline style), loading="lazy" suggestion with conservative main/first-block heuristic, and high count of <script src>. New issue types perf_*; glossary + dashboard context “Performance (HTML heuristic)”. Filters: scorefix_collect_performance_heuristics, scorefix_perf_script_src_threshold.

1.0.3

• Rendered HTML scan: always part of a full scan. Background queue (WP-Cron + opening ScoreFix settings) uses built-in limits (RenderCaptureConfig: timeout, max URLs, batch size) and URL list from defaults + published posts/pages/products; merges rendered_url when done. No dashboard UI for capture tuning. Filter scorefix_skip_render_url_scan for edge cases.

1.0.2

• Scanner: optional same-host loopback fetch of rendered public HTML (signed one-time token), merged into scan with source rendered_url. Settings UI for URLs, timeout, max URLs. Filter scorefix_render_capture_sslverify for local dev TLS.

1.0.1

• Scanner: additional DOM heuristics (headings, landmarks, generic link text, form groups/autocomplete/required hints, video/audio/iframe, data tables). Heuristic only — not a WCAG guarantee.

1.0.0

• Initial release: scanner, ScoreFix Score, admin dashboard, runtime fix engine.