wick-a11y

Open source

What the maker publishes

Analysis engine

It uses axe-core and cypress-axe for accessibility checks. source

Compatibility

Version 3.0.0 or later is for Cypress 15.10.0 and newer; earlier Cypress versions require older wick-a11y releases as documented. source

Configurable checks

Users can choose impact levels, rules, and guidelines, and configure which impact levels fail tests or generate warnings. source

Cypress command

The plugin adds the custom Cypress command cy.checkAccessibility() to run checks. source

HTML reports

It generates detailed or basic severity-based HTML reports with violation details and fix guidance; reports support keyboard navigation and responsive layouts. source

Installation

The repository documents installation as a development dependency with npm install wick-a11y --save-dev. source

Integrations

The package integrates with Cypress and relies on cypress-axe and axe-core for analysis. source

License

The repository identifies wick-a11y as MIT licensed. source

Notable limits

The plugin analyzes only DOM elements visible in the browser viewport and allows one cy.checkAccessibility() analysis per test. source

Scan scope

page source

Terminal reports

It can generate tabular terminal reports with violation details and guidance for fixing them. source

Visual feedback

The Cypress runner can highlight affected DOM elements with color-coded boxes and show violation details in tooltips. source

Voice feedback

The plugin provides audible accessibility results, and voice feedback is disabled by default and only works when tests run in the Cypress runner. source

WCAG version

wcag 2.2 source

What it does

wick-a11y is a Cypress plugin for configurable accessibility analysis supporting WCAG 2.2 levels A through AAA. source

Checked against the maker's pages on 5 Oct 2026.