title: Wagtail Accessibility Conformance Report product: name: Wagtail version: "7.4" description: >- A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience author: name: Thibaud Colas company_name: Torchbox address: "" email: thibaud.colas@torchbox.com phone: "" website: "https://torchbox.com/" vendor: name: Thibaud Colas company_name: Wagtail address: "" email: "" phone: "" website: "https://wagtail.org/" report_date: 05/05/2026 last_modified_date: 05/05/2026 version: 1 notes: >- Testing based on https://static-wagtail-v7-4.netlify.app/admin/. This report was created based on results of an ATAG 2.0 audit (https://wagtail.org/accessibility/atag-audit/) and WCAG 2.2 audit (https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/discussions/11180), as well as the public record of accessibility issues identified at the time of the report. evaluation_methods_used: > Auditing conducted with the WCAG-EM methodology. Specific testing tools employed are Accessibility Insights (Axe) and Pa11y (Axe). Manual tests included: - Manual keyboard navigation testing - Manual touch navigation testing - Manual 400% zoom testing - Desktop screen readers: VoiceOver macOS, NVDA - Mobile screen readers: VoiceOver iOS, TalkBack - Speech recognition: Voice Control, Dragon NaturallySpeaking - Magnification with Apple Zoom - WHCM legal_disclaimer: "" repository: "https://github.com/wagtail/accessibility" feedback: "https://github.com/wagtail/accessibility" license: CC0-1.0 related_openacrs: [] catalog: 2.5-edition-wcag-2.2-508-en chapters: success_criteria_level_a: notes: "" disabled: false criteria: - num: 1.1.1 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail has alt text options for all images by default, and ways for site implementers to adjust to their needs. The default options offer clear ways to manage alt text in context. See ATAG 2.0 audit: https://wagtail.org/accessibility/atag-audit/#b23-assist-authors-with-managing-alternative-content-for-non-text-content - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) has been reviewed so none of the images are decorative and all images have appropriate alt text. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- In the authoring tool, there are a few scenarios in which images’ alt text is present but not programmatically associated with the image. See ATAG 2.0 audit: https://wagtail.org/accessibility/atag-audit/#a2-editing-views-are-perceivable - num: 1.2.1 components: - name: web adherence: level: not-applicable notes: There is no built-in audio or video support in Wagtail. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: There is no audio or video content in Wagtail’s documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: not-applicable notes: There is no audio or video content in Wagtail’s user interface. - num: 1.2.2 components: - name: web adherence: level: not-applicable notes: There is no built-in audio or video support in Wagtail. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: There is no audio or video content in Wagtail’s documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: not-applicable notes: There is no built-in audio or video support in Wagtail. - num: 1.2.3 components: - name: web adherence: level: not-applicable notes: There is no built-in audio or video support in Wagtail. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: There is no audio or video content in Wagtail’s documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: not-applicable notes: There is no built-in audio or video support in Wagtail. - num: 1.3.1 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- All content created with Wagtail rich text supports 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. See ATAG 2.0 audit: https://wagtail.org/accessibility/atag-audit/#a34-for-the-authoring-tool-user-interface-enhance-navigation-and-editing-via-content-structure and https://wagtail.org/accessibility/atag-audit/#b24-assist-authors-with-accessible-templates - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) has been reviewed so all content is correctly structured with semantic elements. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- There are a few known 1.3.1 issues. See for example https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/10576, and https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l7tnpEyJiC5BWE_JX0XCkknyrjxYA5T2aee5JgPnmi4/edit. - num: 1.3.2 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- All content authored with Wagtail has a matching visual and DOM order, in all languages. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) has been reviewed so visual order and semantic order always match. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail has been extensively tested so all content has a visual order matching the semantic order. This is both for left-to-right and right-to-left languages. - num: 1.3.3 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- We are aware of one view in the CMS which relies on sensory characteristics too much: revision comparisons (https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/10576). - num: 1.4.1 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- We are aware of one view in the CMS which relies on color too much: revision comparisons (https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/10576). - num: 1.4.2 components: - name: web adherence: level: not-applicable notes: There is no built-in audio or video support in Wagtail. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: There is no audio or video content in Wagtail documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: not-applicable notes: >- There is no audio or video content in the Wagtail user interface. - num: 2.1.1 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- All content created with built-in Wagtail features is keyboard-accessible. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) has been reviewed for keyboard support. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- We are currently aware of a few issues with keyboard support: - https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/5325, with a clear workaround and plans to improve but no due date. - num: 2.1.2 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 2.1.4 components: - name: web adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: There are no character key shortcuts in Wagtail documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: not-applicable notes: >- All keyboard shortcuts in the admin interface rely on modifier keys. - num: 2.2.1 components: - name: web adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- Animated images (GIFs) created with Wagtail currently require extra steps to allow pausing of the content. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: >- There is no moving, blinking, scrolling, or auto-updating in Wagtail documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- Animated images (GIFs) displayed within the CMS currently cannot be paused. See ATAG 2.0 audit: https://wagtail.org/accessibility/atag-audit/#a33-for-the-authoring-tool-user-interface-help-authors-avoid-flashing-that-could-cause-seizures - num: 2.2.2 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- The only timing is the session time limit / session cookie expiry, configured to 2 weeks by default. See ATAG 2.0 audit: https://wagtail.org/accessibility/atag-audit/#a322-timing-adjustable - num: 2.3.1 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: There are no flashing elements in Wagtail documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: There are no flashing elements in the Wagtail admin interface. - num: 2.4.1 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: Skip links can be created for all Wagtail content. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All pages of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) provide skip links and navigation "table of content" menus. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- The Wagtail admin interface provides skip links, direct anchor links to page sections, and a "minimap" component to jump directly to a specific form section. - num: 2.4.2 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- By default, Wagtail-managed pages have a title as set in the CMS. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) has been reviewed so every page has a unique title. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the CMS interface has been reviewed so every view has a descriptive title. - num: 2.4.3 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- All Wagtail-created content uses a matching semantic, visual, and focus order. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) has been reviewed so all content has a matching semantic, visual, and focus order. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- The Wagtail admin interface has been extensively reviewed so semantic, visual, and focus order always match. - num: 2.4.4 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail link content is always user-generated so can be created with enough description. By default, Wagtail link text for pages defaults to the page’s title. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) has been reviewed for content considerations like link text. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the admin interface has been reviewed for content considerations like link text. - num: 2.5.1 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 2.5.2 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- The only CMS operation on the down-event is application of rich text formatting options via the toolbar. This is always undo-able. - num: 2.5.3 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- All forms created with Wagtail support setting the text of the label element. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- All interactive elements within the CMS have programmatically-associated text matching the visible label. - num: 2.5.4 components: - name: web adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - num: 3.1.1 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Page language is managed in the CMS and then reflects on page templates as configured by site implementers. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) reflects the page’s language across the different versions. Developer documentation is currently english-only. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- Page language is semantically defined based on what language the CMS user has configured. - num: 3.2.1 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 3.2.2 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 3.2.6 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail’s sidebar contains a dedicated menu for all Help resources. - num: 3.3.1 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Forms created with Wagtail use the aria-describedby and aria-invalid attributes to programmatically identify fields with errors, as per how Django operates. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- There are no form fields that can have input errors in the editor guide or developer documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- Within the CMS, all form fields use visible error messages, aria-describedby, and aria-invalid – except a specific type of field, which does not currently use aria-invalid. This is tracked here: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/10300. - num: 3.3.2 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- All forms created with Wagtail have mandatory labels for all fields, and optional help text. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- There is no content that requires user input in our Editor Guide or developer documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- All form fields requiring input in the CMS have labels. Some also have help text for instructions. - num: 3.3.7 components: - name: web adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- Forms created with Wagtail have no way for CMS users to define the autocomplete attribute with relevant autofill metadata. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- There is no content that requires user input in our Editor Guide or developer documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 4.1.1 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- To the extent of our knowledge, there are no parsing issues affecting CMS users or website visitors. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- To the extent of our knowledge, there are no parsing issues affecting documentation users. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- To the extent of our knowledge, there are no parsing issues affecting CMS users or website visitors. - num: 4.1.2 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- There are a few components in the CMS where we are aware of needed improvements: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/5411, https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/10228, https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/10576, https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/5408, https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/5411 success_criteria_level_aa: notes: "" disabled: false criteria: - num: 1.2.4 components: - name: web adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - num: 1.2.5 components: - name: web adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - num: 1.3.4 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 1.3.5 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- All input fields of Wagtail-generated forms have programmatically-associated labels, and programmatically-associated help text if set. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All input fields in documentation have programmatically-associated labels. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- All input fields of admin interface forms have programmatically-associated labels, and occasionally also have help text. - num: 1.4.3 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) has been reviewed so there are no known contrast issues. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- The admin interface’s color theme has been extensively reviewed for color contrast considerations. We’re not currently aware of any text contrast issues, though occasionally more are found. - num: 1.4.4 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) has been reviewed so there are no known text resizing issues. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- To the extent of our knowledge, all text in the admin interface can be resized. - num: 1.4.5 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: There are no images of text created by Wagtail itself. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- There are no images of text in our Editor Guide or developer documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- There are no images of text inside the CMS, except for the Wagtail logotype on the login screen, where presentation as per our branding is essential. - num: 1.4.10 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 1.4.11 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) has been reviewed so there are no known contrast issues. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- We are aware of one issue with contrast of active menu item indicators (https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/12644). - num: 1.4.12 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) has been reviewed so there are text styling issues. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 1.4.13 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- Areas of the CMS interface which rely on content on hover or focus, only do so for non-essential information, and the the appearing content is persistent until hover/focus moves away from the component. - num: 2.4.5 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail encourages site implementers to reply on tree-based page navigation, and implement search functionality. Pages also have "next sibling" and "previous sibling" capabilities. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) supports three means of navigation: - Tree-based menu navigation - Next page and "previous page" navigation - Site-wide search - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: |- The CMS interface supports the following means of navigation: - Admin search - Tree-based navigation / main menu navigation - Breadcrumbs - Dashboard "latest work" navigation - "Edit bird" / Wagtail user bar navigation from the live site - num: 2.4.6 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail supports generating headings via rich text, and StreamField - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) has been reviewed so there is appropriate heading density. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- All forms within the admin interface have been audited to have appropriate heading density. - num: 2.4.7 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 2.4.11 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports - num: 2.5.7 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: does-not-support notes: >- The page reordering mechanism supports dragging, keyboard interactions, but no single-pointer operations. - num: 2.5.8 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- There are no known issues with target size currently, though new issues are occasionally found. - num: 3.1.2 components: - name: web adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- Wagtail has little to no opinion on web page implementation, so this can be implemented site-by-site. In the future, we intend to support this directly as a core feature (https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/4694). - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) avoids mixing content between multiple languages. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: does-not-support notes: >- When mixing content between multiple languages inside the CMS, there is currently no use of the lang attribute to identify language of parts. See: - https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/11375 - https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/11376 - num: 3.2.3 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 3.2.4 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 3.3.3 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail makes any suggestions upon input error available via Django’s form validation mechanism, with a relevant error message based on the specific error. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: There is no form validation within Wagtail documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail’s admin interface makes any suggestions upon input error available via Django’s form validation mechanism, with a relevant error message based on the specific error. - num: 3.3.4 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: All Wagtail-generated forms support data validation. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: There are no forms with validation needed within documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail implements multiple ways to prevent those errors: 1. All content entry in the CMS is automatically validated for correctness. 2. For page content and opt-in for other content types, all editing actions are reversible. 3. For page content and opt-in for other content types, all editing actions can go through a multi-step publication workflow with reviews (https://guide.wagtail.org/en-latest/how-to-guides/configure-workflows-for-moderation/). For legal and financial requirements specifically, Wagtail supports turning on different publication workflows for different pages or sections of a site. - num: 3.3.8 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 4.1.3 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail does not mandate the use of status messages in Wagtail-created content, but supports creating them as needed. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: does-not-support notes: >- The live search in the Wagtail editor guide documentation lacks programmatically-identifiable status messages. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: Wagtail’s status messages use the role attribute success_criteria_level_aaa: notes: "" disabled: false criteria: - num: 1.2.6 components: - name: web adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - num: 1.2.7 components: - name: web adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - num: 1.2.8 components: - name: web adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - num: 1.2.9 components: - name: web adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - num: 1.3.6 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail only uses semantic HTML elements as part of its web page output. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 1.4.6 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: does-not-support notes: We target lower contrast levels than this SC requires. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: does-not-support notes: >- We target lower contrast levels than this SC requires. There are simple ways to create custom color themes for the admin interface should this be a must have. - num: 1.4.7 components: - name: web adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - num: 1.4.8 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: does-not-support notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: does-not-support notes: "" - num: 1.4.9 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- The Wagtail logotype is the only image of text, and it is essential for branding. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- The Wagtail logotype is the only image of text, and it is essential for branding. - num: 2.1.3 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: See 2.1.1 Keyboard - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: See 2.1.1 Keyboard - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: partially-supports notes: See 2.1.1 Keyboard - num: 2.2.3 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 2.2.4 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: >- There are no interruptions in the editor guide or developer documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: >- Though the admin interface occasionally contains server updates or other kinds of system-driven notifications, none of them will interrupt the user’s activities. - num: 2.2.5 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail does not enforce any specific authentication behavior on website pages. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: There is no authentication in the documentation. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: does-not-support notes: "" - num: 2.2.6 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- The default is 2 weeks of inactivity to lose data. If the timeout is lower, Wagtail is missing a warning on data loss. See https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/2199. - num: 2.3.2 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 2.3.3 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- All of the animation can be disabled with the prefers-reduced-motion media query, but there is no CMS setting. - num: 2.4.8 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- Wagtail uses breadcrumb components across the admin interface but not all of it: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/11366 - num: 2.4.9 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: does-not-support notes: >- A number of links don’t have an understandable purpose without context. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: does-not-support notes: >- A number of links don’t have an understandable purpose without context. - num: 2.4.10 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: All pages contain headings. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: All pages contain headings where sub-sections are present. - num: 2.4.12 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 2.5.5 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific CSS in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: does-not-support notes: >- There are a number of interactive elements that are smaller than the target. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: does-not-support notes: >- There are a number of interactive elements that are smaller than the target. - num: 2.5.6 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 3.1.3 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: does-not-support notes: A high number of unusual words aren’t defined currently. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: does-not-support notes: >- Mechanisms to annotate text can be built, but this isn’t built-in functionality. - num: 3.1.4 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: does-not-support notes: A high number of abbreviations aren’t defined currently. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: does-not-support notes: >- Mechanisms to annotate text can be built, but this isn’t built-in functionality. - num: 3.1.5 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: does-not-support notes: A high number of content hasn’t been assessed for reading level. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: does-not-support notes: >- Mechanisms to assess text can be built, but this isn’t built-in functionality. - num: 3.1.6 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: does-not-support notes: A high number of content hasn’t been assessed for reading level. - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: does-not-support notes: >- Mechanisms to annotate text can be built, but this isn’t built-in functionality. - num: 3.2.5 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" - num: 3.3.5 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: >- Wagtail’s form builder supports providing HTML for all form fields. - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: All forms in Wagtail provide help text. - num: 3.3.6 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: does-not-support notes: >- Though a large number of authoring actions are reversible, not all are. See https://wagtail.org/accessibility/atag-audit/#a411-content-changes-reversible-minimum - num: 3.3.9 components: - name: web adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: electronic-docs adherence: level: supports notes: "" - name: software adherence: level: not-applicable notes: "" - name: authoring-tool adherence: level: supports notes: "" functional_performance_criteria: notes: "" disabled: false criteria: - num: "302.1" components: - name: none adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- Wagtail actively supports all popular screen readers, though there are a small number of known issues. - num: "302.2" components: - name: none adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- Wagtail supports Windows High Contrast Mode / Contrast themes, though there are a few known issues. - num: "302.3" components: - name: none adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- None of the Wagtail admin interface relies on perception of color _except_ for revision comparisons. See https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/10576. - num: "302.4" components: - name: none adherence: level: not-applicable notes: >- With only built-in functionality, there is no audio element to the CMS admin interface, documentation, or website content. - num: "302.5" components: - name: none adherence: level: not-applicable notes: >- With only built-in functionality, there is no audio element to the CMS admin interface, documentation, or website content. - num: "302.6" components: - name: none adherence: level: not-applicable notes: >- With only built-in functionality, there is no audio element to the CMS admin interface, documentation, or website content. - num: "302.7" components: - name: none adherence: level: partially-supports notes: >- There are a few operations which require fine motor control, or workarounds that are hard to discover, such as reordering of pages. See WCAG SC 2.5.7 above. - num: "302.8" components: - name: none adherence: level: not-evaluated notes: "" - num: "302.9" components: - name: none adherence: level: not-evaluated notes: "" hardware: notes: "" disabled: true criteria: - num: 402.2.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 402.2.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 402.2.3 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 402.2.4 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 402.2.5 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 402.3.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 402.3.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "402.4" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "402.5" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "403.1" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "404.1" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "405.1" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "406.1" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "407.2" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.3.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.3.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.3.3 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "407.4" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "407.5" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "407.6" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "407.7" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.8.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.8.1.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.8.1.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.8.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.8.2.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.8.2.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.8.3 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.8.3.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.8.3.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.8.3.2.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 407.8.3.2.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "408.2" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "408.3" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "409.1" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "410.1" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "411.1" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 412.2.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 412.2.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 412.3.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 412.3.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "412.4" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "412.5" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "412.6" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "412.7" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 412.8.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 412.8.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 412.8.3 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 412.8.4 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 413.1.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 413.1.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 414.1.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 414.1.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 415.1.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 415.1.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" software: notes: "" disabled: true criteria: - num: 502.2.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.2.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.3 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.4 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.5 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.6 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.7 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.8 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.9 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.10 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.11 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.12 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.13 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 502.3.14 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "502.4" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "503.2" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "503.3" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 503.4.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 503.4.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "504.2" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 504.2.1 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: 504.2.2 components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "504.3" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "504.4" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" support_documentation_and_services: notes: "" disabled: true criteria: - num: "602.2" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "602.3" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "602.4" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "603.2" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: "" - num: "603.3" components: - name: none adherence: level: "" notes: ""