Shopify accessibility checker

Across thousands of stores, the same theme-level issues recur. A scan of your storefront usually surfaces:

• Low colour contrast: sale badges, muted "subtitle" text, and button states often fall below the 4.5:1 ratio WCAG requires.
• Missing image alt text: product and lifestyle images uploaded without descriptions.
• Unlabelled icon buttons: the cart, search, and hamburger icons are frequently just an SVG with no accessible name.
• Form fields without labels: newsletter signups and the checkout often rely on placeholder text instead of real labels.
• Skipped heading levels: themes jump from an h1 straight to an h4, confusing screen-reader navigation.

Run the free scan above. It loads your store in a real browser, runs the same axe-core engine the pros use, and shows every failing element outlined on a screenshot, graded by severity and mapped to the exact WCAG success criterion. No "compliance score" theatre: just what an automated test can verify, and a clear note on what still needs a human.

• Contrast: adjust theme colours in Online Store → Themes → Customize → Colors, or override specific button/badge colours in your theme CSS.
• Alt text: add it per image in the product media editor, and in the theme editor for banners.
• Icon buttons: add an aria-label (e.g. aria-label="Search") to icon-only buttons in the theme code.
• Form labels: ensure every input has an associated <label>, not just a placeholder.

No. Overlay widgets (the ones that add a floating accessibility icon) do not fix the underlying code, and sites using them have been named in a growing share of accessibility lawsuits. They cannot reliably add correct alt text, fix contrast, or label your buttons. The durable fix is correcting the theme. Use a scan to find the issues, fix them at the source, and re-scan to confirm.