WebAbility Accessibility Widget

Журнал изменений

2.3.11

• DOCS: Removed listing claims that didn’t match shipped code (Accessibility Scanner / Native WordPress Fixes — that feature is not currently active), fixed the privacy/GDPR wording to match the plugin’s existing diagnostic-report disclosure, fixed the position count (6, not 8) and the «hide for logged-in users» FAQ answer (that option was removed in 2.3.5). Added a top-level External Services section. No functional changes.

2.3.10

• NEW: «Load timing» option on the Widget Design tab. Choose Immediate (default, unchanged output), After the page is idle, or On first interaction. The lazy options add data-asw-init to the widget script tag and reduce the widget’s share of your page load score; they delay the accessibility fixes by the same amount. Custom Trigger mode always loads immediately.
• FIX: The Widget Design tab no longer resets a saved Compact Widget or Custom Trigger icon to Full Widget when the page is opened and saved again. The icon-type check ran before its list of valid values was defined, so every stored value looked invalid.

2.3.9

• FIX: «Publish as Page» no longer gets blocked by hosting firewalls (ModSecurity/WAF). Some hosts inspected the save request, saw raw HTML in it, and rejected it with a 403 error before it ever reached WordPress. The statement is now sent in an encoded envelope (with identical WordPress-side sanitization), and if a firewall still blocks the save, the error message now names the firewall page and tells you exactly what to ask your host. Reported via fleet diagnostics (statement_save_failed: http_403).

2.3.8

• FIX: «Publish as Page» on the Accessibility Statement now recovers automatically from an expired/cached security token. Previously, sites with a caching or security plugin could serve a stale token and the save kept failing even after reloading; the plugin now fetches a fresh token and retries the save once, transparently. Reported via fleet diagnostics (statement_save_failed: bad_nonce).

2.3.7

• NEW: Anonymous error diagnostics — when the Accessibility Statement fails to save, the plugin reports the failure type (e.g. expired session, security/cache plugin blocking the request) to WebAbility so we can fix issues proactively. No statement content or personal data is sent. Disable with the WEBABILITY_ACWG_DISABLE_REPORTING constant or the webability_acwg_error_reporting_enabled filter.

2.3.6

• FIX: «Publish as Page» on the Accessibility Statement now shows the real reason a save failed (expired session, or a security/firewall plugin blocking the request) instead of a generic «Error saving»
• FIX: Expired security token on statement save now returns a clear «session expired — please reload» message
• FIX: Republishing a statement whose page was deleted/trashed now creates a fresh page instead of failing

2.3.5

• Removed the «Hide for logged-in / admin users» option — it hid the widget from ALL logged-in users (including logged-in customers on WooCommerce shops), undermining accessibility for the people who need it at checkout. The widget now always shows for everyone.

2.3.4

• Widget is now enabled by default on fresh installs — activating the plugin shows the widget immediately, no settings visit required
• Existing installs keep their saved Widget Status setting

2.3.3

• FIX: Trigger Size dropdown (small / medium / large) now actually resizes the launcher icon — was a silent no-op in 2.3.x because the size selection wasn’t being projected into the widget’s icon-type attribute. Reported by a customer on a German keratoconus-specialist site.

2.3.2

• Improved AI accessibility
• Bug fixes

2.3.1

• FIX: Resolve all WCAG AA violations across admin tabs (axe-core 4.9.1 clean)
• FIX: Add aria-labels to color swatches, color picker, language select
• FIX: Link offset inputs to labels on Settings tab
• FIX: Color contrast on offset units, preview URL, verify message
• FIX: Add underline to statement output links
• FIX: Extend focus-visible styles to Design and Statement tabs
• FIX: Bump touch targets to 44px minimum (WCAG 2.5.8)

2.3.0

• CHORE: Remove dead code from scanner
• CHORE: Clean up uninstall script

2.2.0

• NEW: Built-in Accessibility Scanner — scan your site for WCAG issues directly from WP admin
• NEW: Native WordPress Fixes — fix image alt text, heading hierarchy, empty links at the WordPress level
• NEW: Theme-level fixes — auto-inject skip navigation, focus indicators, and lang attribute
• NEW: Tabbed admin interface — Widget Settings and Scanner tabs
• NEW: Fix All button for batch auto-fixing
• NEW: Scan history and progress tracking

2.1.0

• NEW: Language selector — choose widget language or auto-detect from site locale
• NEW: Icon type selector — 7 icon styles to match your brand
• NEW: 8 widget positions — added center-right, center-left, top-center, bottom-center
• NEW: Analyzer integration — optional data-asw-analyzer attribute for AI-powered fix suggestions
• IMPROVED: Script loading rewritten for cleaner attribute handling and better compatibility

2.0.0

• MAJOR UPDATE: Moved plugin to top-level admin menu for better accessibility
• Updated to WebAbility Widget v2 with enhanced features
• Added accessibility icon (universal access) to admin menu
• Improved user experience with prominent menu placement
• Better integration with WordPress admin interface

1.0.0

• Initial release
• Automatic script generation
• Customizable widget positioning
• Domain verification system
• Offset controls for precise placement
• Multi-language support preparation
• WordPress 6.8 compatibility