Wagtail Accessibility Conformance Report

Based on VPAT® 2.5 WCAG 2.2 and Revised Section 508 Edition

Name of Product/Version Anchor link

Wagtail 5.2

Report Dates and Version Anchor link

Report Date: 15/12/2023
Last Modified Date: 02/01/2024
Version: wagtail-5.2-1

Product Description Anchor link

A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience

Contact Information Anchor link

Author Information Anchor link

Name: Thibaud Colas
Company: Torchbox
Email: thibaud.colas@torchbox.com
Website: https://torchbox.com/

Vendor Information Anchor link

Name: Thibaud Colas
Company: Wagtail
Website: https://wagtail.org/

Notes Anchor link

Testing based on https://static-wagtail-v5-2.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 as of December 2023.

Evaluation Methods Anchor link

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
Magnification with Apple Zoom
WHCM

Applicable Standards/Guidelines Anchor link

This report covers the degree of conformance for the following accessibility standard/guidelines:
Standard/Guideline	Included In Report
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 (opens in a new window or tab)	Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA Table 3: Success Criteria, Level AAA
Revised Section 508 standards published January 18, 2017 and corrected January 22, 2018 (opens in a new window or tab)	Chapter 3: Functional Performance Criteria (FPC)

Terms Anchor link

The terms used in the Conformance Level information are defined as follows:

Supports: The functionality of the product has at least one method that meets the criterion without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.
Partially Supports: Some functionality of the product does not meet the criterion.
Does Not Support: The majority of product functionality does not meet the criterion.
Not Applicable: The criterion is not relevant to the product.
Not Evaluated: The product has not been evaluated against the criterion. This can only be used in WCAG Level AAA criteria.

WCAG 2.2 Report Anchor link

Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A Anchor link

Conformance to the 32 criteria listed below is distributed as follows:

63 supported
14 partially supported
0 not supported
51 not applicable

Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
1.1.1 Non-text Content (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Partially Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Web: Though Wagtail has alt text options for all images by default, and ways for site implementers to adjust to their needs, some of the default options lack a clear way to mark images as decorative. See ATAG 2.0 audit: https://wagtail.org/accessibility/atag-audit/#b23-assist-authors-with-managing-alternative-content-for-non-text-content Electronic Documents: 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. Authoring Tool: 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
1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Not Applicable Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable	Web: There is no built-in audio or video support in Wagtail. Electronic Documents: There is no audio or video content in Wagtail’s documentation. Authoring Tool: There is no audio or video content in Wagtail’s user interface.
1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Not Applicable Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable	Web: There is no built-in audio or video support in Wagtail. Electronic Documents: There is no audio or video content in Wagtail’s documentation. Authoring Tool: There is no built-in audio or video support in Wagtail.
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Not Applicable Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable	Web: There is no built-in audio or video support in Wagtail. Electronic Documents: There is no audio or video content in Wagtail’s documentation. Authoring Tool: There is no built-in audio or video support in Wagtail.
1.3.1 Info and Relationships (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Partially Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Web: All content created with Wagtail rich text supports 1.3.1 Info and Relationships, except for the built-in blockquote formatting, which lacks a way to programmatically define the cite attribute or element within. 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 Electronic Documents: 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. Authoring Tool: 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.
1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Web: All content authored with Wagtail has a matching visual and DOM order, in all languages. Electronic Documents: 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. Authoring Tool: Wagtail has been extensively tested so all content has a visual order matching the semantic order. We are aware of a few issues with layout of admin views for right-to-left languages (https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/discussions/7793), those issues have ben addressed and the fixes will be released in February 2024 in Wagtail 6.0.
1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Authoring Tool: 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).
1.4.1 Use of Color (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Authoring Tool: We are aware of one view in the CMS which relies on color too much: revision comparisons (https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/10576).
1.4.2 Audio Control (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Not Applicable Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable	Web: There is no built-in audio or video support in Wagtail. Electronic Documents: There is no audio or video content in Wagtail documentation. Authoring Tool: There is no audio or video content in the Wagtail user interface.
2.1.1 Keyboard (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Web: All content created with built-in Wagtail features is keyboard-accessible. Electronic Documents: All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) has been reviewed for keyboard support. Authoring Tool: We are currently aware of a issues with keyboard support: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/7366, due to be resolved in Wagtail 6.0 in February 2024 https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/5325, with a clear workaround and plans to improve but no due date.
2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Not Applicable Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable	Electronic Documents: There are no character key shortcuts in Wagtail documentation. Authoring Tool: All keyboard shortcuts in the admin interface rely on modifier keys.
2.2.1 Timing Adjustable (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Partially Supports Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Web: Animated images (GIFs) created with Wagtail currently require extra steps to allow pausing of the content. Electronic Documents: There is no moving, blinking, scrolling, or auto-updating in Wagtail documentation. Authoring Tool: 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
2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Authoring Tool: 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
2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Electronic Documents: There are no flashing elements in Wagtail documentation. Authoring Tool: There are no flashing elements in the Wagtail admin interface.
2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Skip links can be created for all Wagtail content. Electronic Documents: 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. Authoring Tool: 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.
2.4.2 Page Titled (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: By default, Wagtail-managed pages have a title as set in the CMS. Electronic Documents: 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. Authoring Tool: All of the CMS interface has been reviewed so every view has a descriptive title.
2.4.3 Focus Order (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: All Wagtail-created content uses a matching semantic, visual, and focus order. Electronic Documents: 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. Authoring Tool: The Wagtail admin interface has been extensively reviewed so semantic, visual, and focus order always match.
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: 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. Electronic Documents: 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. Authoring Tool: All of the admin interface has been reviewed for content considerations like link text.
2.5.1 Pointer Gestures (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Authoring Tool: The only CMS operation on the down-event is application of rich text formatting options via the toolbar. This is always undo-able.
2.5.3 Label in Name (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Web: All forms created with Wagtail support setting the text of the label element. Authoring Tool: All interactive elements within the CMS have programmatically-associated text matching the visible label. There is one exception currently identified: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/11372.
2.5.4 Motion Actuation (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Not Applicable Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
3.1.1 Language of Page (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Page language is managed in the CMS and then reflects on page templates as configured by site implementers. Electronic Documents: 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. Authoring Tool: Page language is semantically defined based on what language the CMS user has configured.
3.2.1 On Focus (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
3.2.2 On Input (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
3.2.6 Consistent Help (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Authoring Tool: Wagtail’s sidebar contains a dedicated menu for all Help resources.
3.3.1 Error Identification (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Web: Forms created with Wagtail use the aria-describedby and aria-invalid attributes to programmatically identify fields with errors, as per how Django 5.0+ operates. Electronic Documents: There are no form fields that can have input errors in the editor guide or developer documentation. Authoring Tool: 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.
3.3.2 Labels or Instructions (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: All forms created with Wagtail have mandatory labels for all fields, and optional help text. Electronic Documents: There is no content that requires user input in our Editor Guide or developer documentation. Authoring Tool: All form fields requiring input in the CMS have labels. Some also have help text for instructions.
3.3.7 Redundant Entry (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Partially Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Forms created with Wagtail have no way for CMS users to define the autocomplete attribute with relevant autofill metadata. Electronic Documents: There is no content that requires user input in our Editor Guide or developer documentation.
4.1.1 Parsing (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: To the extent of our knowledge, there are no parsing issues affecting CMS users or website visitors. Electronic Documents: To the extent of our knowledge, there are no parsing issues affecting documentation users. Authoring Tool: To the extent of our knowledge, there are no parsing issues affecting CMS users or website visitors.
4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Authoring Tool: 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

Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA Anchor link

Conformance to the 24 criteria listed below is distributed as follows:

59 supported
4 partially supported
3 not supported
30 not applicable

Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
1.2.4 Captions (Live) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Not Applicable Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Not Applicable Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.3.4 Orientation (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: All input fields of Wagtail-generated forms have programmatically-associated labels, and programmatically-associated help text if set. Electronic Documents: All input fields in documentation have programmatically-associated labels. Authoring Tool: All input fields of admin interface forms have programmatically-associated labels, and occasionally also have help text.
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. Electronic Documents: 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. Authoring Tool: The admin interface’s color theme has been extensively reviewed for color contrast considerations. We’re currently aware of two text contrast issues: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/10875 https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/5778
1.4.4 Resize text (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. Electronic Documents: 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. Authoring Tool: To the extent of our knowledge, all text in the admin interface can be resized.
1.4.5 Images of Text (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: There are no images of text created by Wagtail itself. Electronic Documents: There are no images of text in our Editor Guide or developer documentation. Authoring Tool: 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.
1.4.10 Reflow (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC.
1.4.11 Non-text Contrast (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. Electronic Documents: 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. Authoring Tool: We’re aware of one issue with non-text contrast (https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/11306).
1.4.12 Text Spacing (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. Electronic Documents: 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.
1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. Authoring Tool: 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.
2.4.5 Multiple Ways (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail encourages site implementers to reply on tree-based page navigation, and implement search functionality. Pages also have "next sibling" and "previous sibling" capabilities. Electronic Documents: 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 Authoring Tool: 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
2.4.6 Headings and Labels (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail supports generating headings via rich text, and StreamField Electronic Documents: 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. Authoring Tool: All forms within the admin interface have been audited to have appropriate heading density.
2.4.7 Focus Visible (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC.
2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC.
2.5.7 Dragging Movements (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Does Not Support	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. Authoring Tool: The page reordering mechanism supports dragging, keyboard interactions, but no single-pointer operations.
2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. Authoring Tool: There is a known issue with the anchors of collapsible panels on mobile viewports. See: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/11411
3.1.2 Language of Parts (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Partially Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Does Not Support	Web: 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). Electronic Documents: All of the Wagtail editor guide (https://guide.wagtail.org/) and developer documentation (https://docs.wagtail.org/) avoids mixing content between multiple languages. Authoring Tool: 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
3.2.3 Consistent Navigation (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC.
3.2.4 Consistent Identification (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC.
3.3.3 Error Suggestion (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail makes any suggestions upon input error available via Django’s form validation mechanism, with a relevant error message based on the specific error. Electronic Documents: There is no form validation within Wagtail documentation. Authoring Tool: 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.
3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: All Wagtail-generated forms support data validation. Electronic Documents: There are no forms with validation needed within documentation. Authoring Tool: Wagtail implements multiple ways to prevent those errors: All content entry in the CMS is automatically validated for correctness For page content and opt-in for other content types, all editing actions are reversible 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.
3.3.8 Accessible Authentication (Minimum) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
4.1.3 Status Messages (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Does Not Support Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail does not mandate the use of status messages in Wagtail-created content, but supports creating them as needed. Electronic Documents: The live search in the Wagtail editor guide documentation lacks programmatically-identifiable status messages. Authoring Tool: Wagtail’s status messages use the role attribute

Table 3: Success Criteria, Level AAA Anchor link

Conformance to the 30 criteria listed below is distributed as follows:

51 supported
6 partially supported
19 not supported
44 not applicable

Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
1.2.6 Sign Language (Prerecorded) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Not Applicable Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.2.7 Extended Audio Description (Prerecorded) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Not Applicable Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.2.8 Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Not Applicable Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.2.9 Audio-only (Live) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Not Applicable Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.3.6 Identify Purpose (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail only uses semantic HTML elements as part of its web page output.
1.4.6 Contrast (Enhanced) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Does Not Support Software: Does Not Support Authoring Tool: Does Not Support	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. Electronic Documents: We target lower contrast levels than this SC requires. Authoring Tool: 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.
1.4.7 Low or No Background Audio (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Not Applicable Electronic Documents: Not Applicable Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Not Applicable
1.4.8 Visual Presentation (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Does Not Support Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Does Not Support	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC.
1.4.9 Images of Text (No Exception) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Partially Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Electronic Documents: The Wagtail logotype present in the documentation would fail this. Authoring Tool: The Wagtail logotype present in the login screen would fail this.
2.1.3 Keyboard (No Exception) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Web: See 2.1.1 Keyboard Electronic Documents: See 2.1.1 Keyboard Authoring Tool: See 2.1.1 Keyboard
2.2.3 No Timing (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
2.2.4 Interruptions (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. Electronic Documents: There are no interruptions in the editor guide or developer documentation. Authoring Tool: Though the admin interface occasionally contains server updates or other kinds of system-driven notifications, none of them will interrupt the user’s activities.
2.2.5 Re-authenticating (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Does Not Support	Web: Wagtail does not enforce any specific authentication behavior on website pages. Electronic Documents: There is no authentication in the documentation.
2.2.6 Timeouts (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Authoring Tool: 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.
2.3.2 Three Flashes (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
2.3.3 Animation from Interactions (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC. Authoring Tool: All of the animation can be disabled with the prefers-reduced-motion media query, but there is no CMS setting.
2.4.8 Location (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Partially Supports	Authoring Tool: Wagtail uses breadcrumb components across the admin interface but not all of it: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/11366
2.4.9 Link Purpose (Link Only) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Does Not Support Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Does Not Support	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC. Electronic Documents: A number of links don’t have an understandable purpose without context. Authoring Tool: A number of links don’t have an understandable purpose without context.
2.4.10 Section Headings (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC. Electronic Documents: All pages contain headings. Authoring Tool: All pages contain headings where sub-sections are present.
2.4.12 Focus Not Obscured (Enhanced) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific styles in its output that would affect this SC.
2.5.5 Target Size (Enhanced) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Does Not Support Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Does Not Support	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific CSS in its output that would affect this SC. Electronic Documents: There are a number of interactive elements that are smaller than the target. Authoring Tool: There are a number of interactive elements that are smaller than the target.
2.5.6 Concurrent Input Mechanisms (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports
3.1.3 Unusual Words (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Does Not Support Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Does Not Support	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC. Electronic Documents: A high number of unusual words aren’t defined currently. Authoring Tool: Mechanisms to annotate text can be built, but this isn’t built-in functionality.
3.1.4 Abbreviations (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Does Not Support Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Does Not Support	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC. Electronic Documents: A high number of abbreviations aren’t defined currently. Authoring Tool: Mechanisms to annotate text can be built, but this isn’t built-in functionality.
3.1.5 Reading Level (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Does Not Support Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Does Not Support	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC. Electronic Documents: A high number of content hasn’t been assessed for reading level. Authoring Tool: Mechanisms to assess text can be built, but this isn’t built-in functionality.
3.1.6 Pronunciation (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Does Not Support Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Does Not Support	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC. Electronic Documents: A high number of content hasn’t been assessed for reading level. Authoring Tool: Mechanisms to annotate text can be built, but this isn’t built-in functionality.
3.2.5 Change on Request (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail doesn’t enforce any specific HTML in its output that would affect this SC.
3.3.5 Help (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports	Web: Wagtail’s form builder supports providing HTML for all form fields. Authoring Tool: All forms in Wagtail provide help text.
3.3.6 Error Prevention (All) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Does Not Support	Authoring Tool: Though a large number of authoring actions are reversible, not all are. See https://wagtail.org/accessibility/atag-audit/#a411-content-changes-reversible-minimum
3.3.9 Accessible Authentication (Enhanced) (opens in a new window or tab)	Web: Supports Electronic Documents: Supports Software: Not Applicable Authoring Tool: Supports

Revised Section 508 Report Anchor link

Chapter 3: Functional Performance Criteria (FPC) Anchor link

Conformance to the 9 criteria listed below is distributed as follows:

0 supported
3 partially supported
0 not supported
3 not applicable

Criteria	Conformance Level	Remarks and Explanations
302.1 Without Vision (opens in a new window or tab)	Partially Supports	Wagtail actively supports all popular screen readers, though there are a small number of known issues.
302.2 With Limited Vision (opens in a new window or tab)	Partially Supports	Wagtail supports Windows High Contrast Mode / Contrast themes, though there are a few known issues.
302.3 Without Perception of Color (opens in a new window or tab)	Partially Supports	None of the Wagtail admin interface relies on perception of color except for revision comparisons. See https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/issues/10576.
302.4 Without Hearing (opens in a new window or tab)	Not Applicable	With only built-in functionality, there is no audio element to the CMS admin interface, documentation, or website content.
302.5 With Limited Hearing (opens in a new window or tab)	Not Applicable	With only built-in functionality, there is no audio element to the CMS admin interface, documentation, or website content.
302.6 Without Speech (opens in a new window or tab)	Not Applicable	With only built-in functionality, there is no audio element to the CMS admin interface, documentation, or website content.
302.7 With Limited Manipulation (opens in a new window or tab)	Not Evaluated
302.8 With Limited Reach and Strength (opens in a new window or tab)	Not Evaluated
302.9 With Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities (opens in a new window or tab)	Not Evaluated

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https://github.com/wagtail/accessibility

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