About this plugin
Handrail is a small floating panel that gives your visitors accessibility controls they actually want — font sizing, contrast modes, a dyslexia-friendly font, animation pausing, text-to-speech, and more. Like a real handrail: quiet support that helps without claiming to fix the building.
Everything the widget needs is bundled with the plugin and served from your own site — the widget script, the OpenDyslexic font, and the optional audit engine. No external requests, no CDNs, no tracking, no accounts. Configure position, button size, and language from Settings > Handrail Accessibility Widget.
The widget is free and open source (MIT), with no paid tier. Visitor preferences are stored locally in their browser and never sent anywhere.
Note: this widget is a complement to — not a substitute for — real accessibility work (semantic HTML, ARIA, keyboard navigation, alt text). It does not guarantee compliance with WCAG, ADA, Section 508, or any other standard.
Source Code
The bundled JavaScript is built from public, human-readable source code:
- js/accessible-web-widget.wp.min.js — the widget itself. Source repository: https://github.com/ifrederico/accessible-web-widget (MIT). Build with npm install && npm run build (Rollup); this file is the dist/accessible-web-widget.wp.min.js output, a WordPress-specific build with no remote fallback URLs.
- js/axe.min.js — axe-core 4.11.1 by Deque Systems, unmodified. Source repository: https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core (MPL-2.0). Loaded only in developer mode (?acc-dev=true ).
- fonts/OpenDyslexic3-Regular.* — OpenDyslexic by Abbie Gonzalez, https://opendyslexic.org/ (SIL OFL 1.1; see fonts/LICENSE.txt ).