Contrast too weakTheme
Theme and brand colours often fall below the required text contrast of 4.5:1.
Plugin available · BFSG & EAA
Accessibility for your WooCommerce store.
Online shops must be accessible since 28 June 2025. For WooCommerce the Welcoma plugin is already available — installed in minutes, no code. But the plugin alone isn’t enough: here you’ll learn where barriers arise in practice and how to really fix them.
Your WooCommerce store falls under the law.
WooCommerce is one of the most-used shop solutions of all — and every online shop counts as a “service in electronic commerce”. That means you’re covered by the BFSG and the EU-wide EAA. Only microenterprises are exempt (fewer than 10 employees and no more than €2 million in turnover or balance sheet).
WooCommerce itself isn’t the problem — your setup is the variable.
WordPress and WooCommerce provide a usable foundation. But hardly any shop runs “bare”: your theme, your page builder, your many plugins and your product images determine how accessible your store actually is.
WooCommerce stores in particular are often extension-heavy — and every extension brings its own markup. That’s why the standard tells you little about your specific, live store.
Live in minutes
This is how easily you start.
The WooCommerce plugin is available — and set up in three steps. No code, straight in your WordPress backend.
Install (available)
Activate the Welcoma plugin in the WordPress backend — like any other plugin, no programming.
Customise
Adapt the on-screen menu to your store: position, colour and language to match your theme.
Scan & fix (scanner soon)
The free scan already shows your status today. The scanner pointing to the code spot follows — so you solve the causes instead of covering them up.
The on-screen menu immediately lowers barriers for your customers. Real compliance then emerges step by step through fixing the actual issues.
In practice
Where barriers arise in WooCommerce stores.
Almost always in what you’ve added: theme, page builder, plugins, content. That’s exactly what the Welcoma scan checks — with a pointer to the spot.
Non-operable elementsPage builder
Sliders, tabs or pop-ups built with Elementor & co. often can’t be operated by keyboard.
Product images without alt textProduct data
Uploaded product and gallery images rarely have text alternatives — for screen readers they stay empty.
Fields without clear labelsCheckout
Classic checkout or checkout block: unlabelled or poorly explained fields slow down completion.
Extension sprawlPlugins
Every plugin brings its own markup — missing structure and labels often go unnoticed in daily use.
Click targets too smallMobile
Buttons and quantity controls under 24 × 24 px are hard to hit reliably on a smartphone.
How Welcoma helps
Find, fix, prove.
An honest path instead of a fake fix — with the plugin available for WooCommerce.
On-screen menu pluginAvailable
The customisable on-screen menu straight in your WooCommerce store — activated in minutes, no code.
Free scanUsable today
Checks your store URL against the WCAG criteria and shows you, prioritised, what to do.
Statement generator
Creates your accessibility statement to BFSG specifications — including a feedback path for your customers.
Honestly: a widget alone won’t make your store compliant.
Even the available plugin first lays an on-screen menu over your store — it doesn’t fix the causes in the checkout, in page-builder elements or in product data. You only become compliant once the real issues are solved. The on-screen menu helps on top, but doesn’t replace the work.
Full product details for the plugin are on the page accessibility plugin for WordPress.
FAQ
WooCommerce & accessibility
Is my WooCommerce store affected by the BFSG?
As a rule, yes. An online shop counts as a service in electronic commerce and therefore falls under the BFSG and EAA. Only microenterprises with fewer than 10 employees and no more than €2 million in turnover or balance sheet are exempt.
Is there a Welcoma plugin for WooCommerce?
Yes — the plugin with the customisable on-screen menu is available for WooCommerce and set up in minutes without code. You can also use the free scan for your store URL anytime.
Is the on-screen menu plugin enough for compliance?
No. The plugin lowers barriers and helps with documentation, but doesn’t fix the causes — for example in the checkout or in page-builder elements. You only become compliant once the underlying issues are solved.
Does it work with my theme and page builder?
The on-screen menu works independently of the theme. Important to know: theme and page builder are often the source of barriers — the scan checks your actually delivered page, whatever theme you use.
Classic checkout or checkout block — does it make a difference?
Not for the obligation: in both cases the entire payment process must be accessible. The typical pitfalls — missing labels, unclear errors, targets too small — can occur in either variant and should be checked.
Does the whole buying process really have to be accessible?
Yes. The relevant process covers the entire path — from product search through product information to checkout. If one step breaks, the purchase is practically impossible to complete for affected users.
Free scan
Check your WooCommerce store — honestly.
Enter your store’s URL and get an honest overview of your accessibility — free and with no obligation.