How Wexlo works
From URL to audit-ready evidence in four steps. No installation, no widget, no access to your codebase needed — we scan what your visitors see.
1. You give us a URL
The free scan covers one page. On a paid plan you register your domains and we crawl up to 100 reachable pages per scan, on desktop and mobile viewports.
2. The rule engine scans
A real browser loads each page and runs axe-core against WCAG 2.1 A and AA — the technical basis of EN 301 549, the harmonised standard behind the European Accessibility Act. The rule engine alone decides what counts as a finding.
3. Every finding becomes a fix
Per finding you get the rule, the WCAG criterion, the impact level, the CSS selector, a plain-language explanation, and a concrete fix suggestion — actual markup, ARIA, or CSS. Summaries and explanations are AI-drafted and marked as such; findings are not.
4. You get evidence, on a schedule
Reports come as HTML and PDF, in up to four languages (EN/NL/FR/DE by plan), with a draft accessibility statement. Scheduled re-scans (monthly, weekly, or daily by plan) catch regressions and verify that fixes stayed fixed.
What a finding looks like
Finding
WX-0142
Criterion
WCAG 1.4.3
contrast, minimum
The checkout button label measures 2.9:1 against its background — below the 4.5:1 required for normal text.
button.checkout-cta > spanDarken the grey — same design language, passing contrast:
S — under an hour, one CSS change
Illustrative example — not from a customer site.
What this does and doesn't cover
| Coverage | Criteria |
|---|---|
| 3 criteria — fully automated | 3 |
| 27 criteria — partially automated | 27 |
| 20 criteria — need human review | 20 |
Automated checks reliably cover roughly 30–50% of the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria — today's scanner tests 30 of the 50 criteria automatically, in full or in part. Every report states which criteria were tested automatically and which require manual review, so you know exactly where a human needs to look. For the criteria that require human judgment, Wexlo can also carry out guided manual checks with you — contact us to discuss what that involves. No automated scanner can certify legal compliance.