Free WCAG audit for your website
Send us your URL for a free WCAG audit. Within 48 business hours, you'll get back a plain-English accessibility report covering two pages of your site.
No cost and no sales pitch. You'll get a clear list of what's getting in the way of people who use screen readers, keyboards, magnification, or high-contrast settings, and what it takes to fix it. A developer reviews every report before it goes out.
Why we offer this
Accessibility is a big part of what we do. We've been building websites since 1997, more than 200 of them, and we care about this enough to build our own open-source accessibility tools, like dd_wcag, for our development work. We have opinions about accessibility, and most of them come down to this: it's cheaper to find problems now than after a complaint, a demand letter, or a redesign.
A free audit is the easiest way for you to see where your site stands. It's also the easiest way for us to show you how we work.
What you get
- A report within 48 business hours of us receiving your request. Our hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Central.
- Two pages tested: your home page, plus one other page you choose, such as a contact, services, or donation page.
- An automated scan against WCAG 2.2. The free audit is automated only. It catches a large share of common problems quickly, but not everything (see below).
- Priority levels on every issue, so you know what to tackle first.
- Plain-English explanations. Each issue says what's wrong, where it is, and how to fix it.
- A real person checks it. A developer reviews every report, not a sales team.
- No obligation. The report is yours. Fix things in-house, hand it to your current developer, or ask us for help. Any of those is fine.
Free audit vs. paid audit
| Free audit | Paid audit | |
|---|---|---|
| Pages | 2 (your home page plus one you choose) | Full site |
| Testing | Automated scan against WCAG 2.2 | Full-site automated scanning plus manual user testing, including screen readers, through professional tools such as Level Access, Deque, and UsableNet |
| Report | Prioritized issues, reviewed by a developer | Full audit reports and a progress dashboard to track fixes |
| Cost | Free | Quoted per site |
An automated scan is a strong first look, but some problems only show up when a person tests with a keyboard or a screen reader. If the free audit shows you need the full picture, we'll tell you. More on our WCAG accessibility services.
What the report looks like
Every report covers the same ground:
- Summary. The pages we tested, the date, the WCAG standard we tested against, and an overview of what we found.
- Issues, prioritized. Each issue with the page it's on, a priority level, a plain-English description, and where on the page it occurs.
- How to fix it. Recommendations your team or developer can act on, starting with what matters most.
Request your free WCAG audit
Our online request form is on its way. Until it's ready, send us your home page URL and one other page you'd like tested through our contact page, and we'll take it from there.
We'll email your report within 48 business hours. We use your details to send the report and follow up about it. See our privacy policy.
The ADA Title II deadline is April 26, 2027
If you run a website for a city, county, or other public entity in Alabama, this date matters.
In April 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice published a rule under Title II of the ADA that requires state and local governments' web content and mobile apps to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA. In April 2026, the DOJ issued an interim final rule that pushed the compliance dates back one year:
| Who | Compliance date |
|---|---|
| State and local governments with a total population of 50,000 or more | April 26, 2027 |
| Governments with a population under 50,000, and all special district governments | April 26, 2028 |
The rule covers content provided directly or through contracts and other arrangements. That includes things like a third-party payment portal or an agenda system that a vendor runs for you.
That date is closer than it looks once you factor in budgets, approvals, and content cleanup. An audit now tells you how big the job is.
Source: ADA.gov fact sheet on the web accessibility rule.
Not a government entity?
ADA website compliance in Alabama isn't only a public-sector issue.
- Businesses and non-profits that serve the public are generally expected to have accessible websites under Title III of the ADA, and WCAG 2.1 AA is the benchmark most organizations work toward.
- Healthcare organizations that receive federal financial assistance from HHS have their own requirement under HHS's Section 504 rule: WCAG 2.1 Level AA, by May 11, 2027 for organizations with 15 or more employees and by May 10, 2028 for smaller ones. HHS extended those dates by a year in May 2026 (see the HHS rule), and a pending lawsuit challenges the extension, so they could change.
This page is general information, not legal advice. If you have a specific compliance question, talk to an attorney. We'll handle the technical side.
Who this is for
We built this offer around the people we already work with:
- Public entities facing the Title II deadline.
- Healthcare organizations, where patients rely on your site to find care.
- Non-profits and outreach groups, whose audience often includes people with disabilities.
- B2B and lifestyle brands that want to stay ahead of complaints.
- Agencies that want a second set of eyes before a client launch.
It doesn't matter if your site runs on Drupal, WordPress, or something else. We'll audit it.
After the audit
The report is yours to keep. If you want help with the fixes, that's what we do:
- WCAG accessibility services: paid audits, remediation, retesting, and accessibility built into new builds.
- Drupal development and WordPress development: fixing themes and components at the source, not patching over them.
- Care plans: accessibility re-checks are available as an add-on, so new content doesn't bring the old problems back.
- Pantheon hosting and DevOps and API integrations: when the accessibility problem lives in a third-party tool or embed.
FAQ
Is the audit really free?
Yes. There's no cost and no obligation to hire us.
How long does it take?
You'll get your report within 48 business hours of us receiving your request. Our hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Central.
What standard do you test against?
WCAG 2.2. It includes everything in WCAG 2.1, the version named in the ADA Title II rule, plus newer criteria.
How much of my site does it cover?
Two pages, your home page plus one page you choose, with an automated scan. That's enough to show the patterns, because problems in a shared header, footer, or template tend to repeat across the whole site. For the whole site, ask about a paid audit.
Will an audit make my site ADA compliant?
No audit does that on its own. An audit shows you where the problems are, and fixing them is what moves you toward compliance. Accessibility is also ongoing: every new page, PDF, or plugin can introduce new issues.
Is an automated scan enough?
Not on its own. Automated tools catch a lot, but some problems only show up when a person tests with a keyboard or a screen reader. The free audit is automated. Our paid audit covers the whole site through professional tools such as Level Access, Deque, and UsableNet, with manual user testing (including screen readers), full audit reports, and a progress dashboard. It's quoted per site.
Do you only audit Drupal and WordPress sites?
No. Accessibility problems show up in the HTML your visitors get, so we can audit a site on any platform.
Who reviews my report?
A developer reviews every report, not a sales team. If you have questions about it, you'll be talking to someone who knows how to fix what it found.
Get your free audit
Send us your URL and we'll take a look. Have a bigger question first? Contact us and tell us what you're working on.
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ldnddev is a home-based studio in Chelsea, Alabama. We work with clients in Birmingham, Montgomery, and beyond. Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Central.