Web Accessibility Basics for WooCommerce

Accessibility in ecommerce is increasingly a legal requirement, but it also helps you expand your audience.

Masterclass overview

Since 25% of all adults have a disability, making your site accessible is one way of expanding your audience. It’s the right thing to do as a human being, but it’s also increasingly a legal requirement in many places.

In the US, 84% of all web accessibility lawsuits involve ecommerce websites, so it’s especially important for Woo sites to address this topic.

This workshop will briefly describe accessibility, point out US & EU legal requirements, outline common places where accessibility issues are found on ecommerce sites, give tips for starting to check your site, and share important resources for making sites more accessible.

Bet Hannon has worked with businesses for over 15 years helping build WordPress & Woo websites. She is the CEO of AccessiCart, a services agency that focuses on accessibility and eCommerce, along with other high user interaction websites. Bet lives in Bend, Oregon, and is a co-organizer of the WP Meetup there.