Is a Magento accessibility widget enough for the EAA?

No. A widget puts a layer over your site, but doesn't repair the underlying code and doesn't count as structural compliance.

Does my Magento checkout fall under the EAA?

Yes. The checkout and navigation are explicitly part of the obligation under WCAG 2.1 AA.

Does Seviranta also scan my Magento apps?

Yes. We test the final generated HTML, theme plus apps, the way a regulator does.

Will this slow my Magento site down?

No. We scan externally from our EU servers; no script goes on your site. 0% impact on your load speed and Core Web Vitals.

Magento accessibility

Make your Magento store truly accessible. EAA & WCAG, without an overlay

Adobe Commerce is powerful, but not accessible by default: the Knockout.js frontend and the Luma theme introduce silent barriers in your checkout and navigation. We find them and deliver the fix in your own .phtml templates, no widget that slows your site down.

What Seviranta does for Magento

Where the barriers hide

Themes, extensions and forms introduce silent barriers. We find every one of them.

The fix in the source, not on top of it

Concrete repairs in your theme and templates, not an overlay layer that only hides the errors.

No widget, no slowdown

We crawl externally from EU servers, 0% impact on your load speed and Core Web Vitals.

Ready for the EAA

Tested against WCAG, at the level that regulators test against.

Headless scan from our EU servers, 0% impact on your load speed.

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The truth: Magento is not accessible by default

The default Magento frontend leans on a heavy, dated Knockout.js layer and the Luma theme. In many installs the checkout loads forms in dynamically without a screen reader catching the switch, and Luma falls below the contrast threshold in several places. Those are barriers your customers, and the European Accessibility Act, won't accept.

What's really at stake

An inaccessible checkout is a direct EAA violation.
An accessibility widget doesn't count as a structural fix.
Regulators test the generated HTML, including your apps.
'We use Magento' is not a legal defence: responsibility sits with the live webshop, not the platform.

What waiting can cost you

up to € 1,000,000

EU maximum · Spain/Luxembourg

$ 4,000

US · California (Unruh), per visit

You won't be fined out of the blue, first comes a remediation order with a deadline. But whoever can show a dated record at that moment walks away cheapest.

See what applies to your target market →

The hidden risk of third-party Magento extensions

Review widgets, filters, bundlers and search apps inject dynamic HTML into your frontend. In an audit that code counts in full, even though you didn't write it. That's why Seviranta scans the final result the way a regulator sees it: your Magento theme plus all apps and dynamic content.

What commonly goes wrong on Magento

Knockout.js checkout without a live regionThe default checkout flow loads steps and forms in dynamically through Knockout.js. Without a live region or focus move, a screen reader never catches the transition and the user is left on the old step.
Mini-cart without focus managementThe mini-cart at the top of the Luma theme expands without putting focus inside it or holding it. Keyboard and screen-reader users have no idea the panel is open.
Luma theme with low contrastThe Luma theme uses light-grey text and buttons in many spots that drop below the WCAG 2.2 AA contrast threshold, hard to read for low-vision visitors.
Layered navigation without aria-expandedThe layered navigation filters expand and collapse without aria-expanded, so a screen reader never announces whether a filter group is open or closed.

What a real fix looks like

Take the mini-cart at the top of your Luma theme. When it expands, focus doesn't move with it, so a screen-reader user misses the content. The fix lives in the theme's .phtml template, no rebuild:

PHTML

Before

<div class="minicart-wrapper">
  <!-- inhoud verschijnt zonder focus -->
</div>

After

<div class="minicart-wrapper"
  role="dialog"
  aria-label="<?= $block->escapeHtmlAttr(__('Winkelwagen')) ?>"
  tabindex="-1">
  <!-- zet focus hierheen bij openen -->
</div>

What you get

Per issue: what, why and how

For every finding you see what's wrong, who it affects, which WCAG rule applies and a concrete, Magento-aware fix, with a code example where possible.

Platform-specific detection

Our engine recognises the issues that arise specifically on Magento, not just the generic WCAG checks.

A record that holds up

A dated overview of your scans and findings that you can show at an audit or inspection.

With a reporting tool you pay the licence and your developers to fix the issues. With Seviranta the fix is included, no double bill.

Protect your conversion and your legal standing

An app that slaps an accessibility icon over your Magento site is a risk to your business. The facts:

Magento accessibility widgets

Load extra external scripts that hurt your load speed (LCP) and therefore your conversion.
Mask the issue instead of fixing it, the underlying code stays broken.
Don't protect you from claims. The FTC fined overlay vendor accessiBe $1 million in 2025 for misleading compliance claims.

The Seviranta approach

0% impact on your load speed, we scan externally from our EU servers.
We fix the real source code of your Magento templates.
Automatically builds your retainable EAA compliance record.

Questions and answers

Is a Magento accessibility widget enough for the EAA?: No. A widget puts a layer over your site, but doesn't repair the underlying code and doesn't count as structural compliance.
Does my Magento checkout fall under the EAA?: Yes. The checkout and navigation are explicitly part of the obligation under WCAG 2.1 AA.
Does Seviranta also scan my Magento apps?: Yes. We test the final generated HTML, theme plus apps, the way a regulator does.
Will this slow my Magento site down?: No. We scan externally from our EU servers; no script goes on your site. 0% impact on your load speed and Core Web Vitals.

We do it ourselves too

Our own site scores 0 issues in the same engine we scan your Magento store with. We promise no 100%, the machine catches the reliably-automatable part, human review fills the rest, but you don't have to take our word for it: see a real example report.

What the EAA asks of your Magento store

Since June 2025 your webshop must meet WCAG 2.1 AA, a Magento store is no exception. The free scan shows in 60 seconds where you stand, with the exact line that fails.

Selling in more than one country?

WCAG is the global standard. Almost every market builds on it:

EU: European Accessibility ActUS: ADAUK: Equality Act 2010

Fix your Magento store once to WCAG and you cover the technical bar across all those markets. What differs per market is the enforcer and the fines.

See what applies per target market →

Manage several Magento sites for clients?

Stop the stores you ship from becoming an EAA liability for your clients. Use Seviranta as your automated quality stamp on every handover and deploy, one scan, and every site is demonstrably in order.

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