Service pillar
Accessibility audit (WCAG 2.2, BFSG, EAA)
Defensible conformance report, EU jurisdiction, B2B contracts.
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- WCAG 2.2 AA86 success criteria, AA default
- EAA in forcefrom 28 June 2025
- BFSG (DE)ecommerce pre-purchase flow scope
- Manual + autoscanner-only audits miss 60-70%
What a WCAG accessibility audit includes
A written conformance report mapping each failure to a specific WCAG 2.2 success criterion and the corresponding BFSG or EAA clause where applicable. Effort estimates per item. A partial conformance statement template ready to publish. A 60-minute walkthrough so your team can act on the backlog without me.
Are automated accessibility scans enough?
Tools like axe DevTools and WAVE are essential, but they catch roughly a third of WCAG issues. The rest is keyboard navigation, screen reader behaviour, focus order, error messaging, content-quality judgements, and the pre-purchase flow that the EAA explicitly scopes for ecommerce. An audit that does not include manual review and assistive technology testing will not stand up if a regulator or claimant asks how the conformance statement was reached.
Does accessibility improve SEO?
Accessibility is a compliance baseline, and it also touches organic search. Anne-Mieke Bovelett gave a talk at WordCamp Portugal 2026 titled "The SEO visibility hack: Unlocking 23% more traffic through accessibility". Its argument: a visitor who bounces off unreadable navigation or a confusing form error sends the same failure signal to search engines, so the WCAG 2.2 AA gaps that overlap with on-page SEO signals (heading hierarchy, alt text quality, link text specificity, form labelling, error recovery copy) are worth fixing first. I attended the talk in Porto on 16 May 2026 and now include the overlap analysis as a standard appendix in the conformance report so the remediation backlog can be sorted by both legal exposure and organic-search impact.
Who needs a WCAG audit under the EAA and BFSG
- WooCommerce stores subject to the EAA pre-purchase scope from 28 June 2025
- German B2C and B2B sites covered by BFSG (in force the same date)
- Public-sector procurement processes that require a third-party conformance statement
- Headless front ends on Astro or Next.js where the WordPress admin accessibility is handled separately
How a WCAG audit engagement works
Senior B2B contracts on EU jurisdiction. Three-week window from kickoff to report. Pricing is individual. Quarterly re-audits available on retainer.
Frequently asked questions
Which standards does the audit cover?
WCAG 2.2 Level AA as the technical baseline. The EU Accessibility Act (Directive 2019/882) and the German BFSG layer regulatory requirements on top, including the pre-purchase flow for ecommerce. Norwegian Likestillings- og diskrimineringsloven enforces WCAG 2.1 AA for public-sector and large private-sector sites.
Is automated scanning enough?
No. Tools like axe DevTools and WAVE catch roughly 30 to 40 percent of WCAG issues. The rest requires manual review with a keyboard, screen reader testing on real assistive tech, and a content-quality judgement that no scanner can make. The audit always combines both.
What does the conformance report look like?
A written report mapping each failure to a specific WCAG 2.2 success criterion, the corresponding BFSG or EAA clause where relevant, an effort estimate, and a remediation plan. Plus a partial conformance statement template that you can publish on your site to satisfy the regulator's transparency requirement.
Can you fix the issues you find?
Yes, as a separate engagement. The audit deliverable is decoupled from implementation so the conformance report stays defensible. If you ask me to also remediate, the implementation gets scoped from the audit findings; pricing is individual.
How does this work for headless WordPress front ends?
Same standards, different rendering layer. The WordPress back end has its own admin accessibility considerations; the public front end on Astro or Next.js carries the WCAG conformance burden. I audit the rendered front end against the same WCAG 2.2 success criteria and treat the headless boundary as part of the scope.
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Related reading
Standards and method
- WCAG 2.2, BFSG, and EU Accessibility Act: 2026 compliance stack
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Regulatory scope
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