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Scanning

Scanning in the editor

In Free, the Block Editor sidebar displays the latest saved full-site scan results for the current post or page. It does not start a new scan when you save. Pro adds automatic checking on Save and Publish.

Block Editor sidebar

While editing a post or page, open the AcceGuru panel from the editor's top-right plugin menu (the eye icon). It is headed "Accessibility scan results for this post."

Until a result has been saved, the panel shows "No scan data yet. Run a full-site scan from the Dashboard to see this page's results." When saved results are available, it shows:

  • a summary - "N issues found" (or "No automated violations found") and "Last scan: <date and time>";
  • filter tabs by impact - All (n), Critical, Serious, Moderate, Minor;
  • the list of issues; click one to highlight it in the editor;
  • Refresh reloads the latest saved result, and View post on front-end opens the live page.

Dismissing individual issues from the sidebar is a PRO feature.

A front-end page with the AcceGuru sidebar panel open on the right, showing a 2 issues badge, Fresh Scan and Rescan buttons, and two issue cards: a moderate Best practice issue about content being contained by landmarks with a WordPress fixer tip, and a serious WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.4 issue about an empty link href, each with Learn how to fix, Show affected code, and Dismiss controls.
The scanner panel open beside a page — issue cards with severity, WCAG references, fix links, and Dismiss.

Front-end highlighter

On the front end, logged-in users who can edit posts see an AcceGuru button in the top admin bar (tooltip: "Run accessibility scan on this page"). Click it to scan the page you are viewing - the button reads "Scanning..." while it runs - then issues are marked directly on the rendered page. A floating round launcher button in a screen corner is also available, and can be repositioned or turned off in Settings.

Scan on save / publish PRO

PRO feature

In Pro, content is re-checked automatically when you Save or Publish, so the sidebar stays current without a manual scan.