wick-a11y

What it does

Analysis engine

It uses axe-core and cypress-axe for accessibility checks.checked 5 Oct 2026

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.checked 5 Oct 2026

Configurable checks

Users can choose impact levels, rules, and guidelines, and configure which impact levels fail tests or generate warnings.checked 5 Oct 2026

Cypress command

The plugin adds the custom Cypress command cy.checkAccessibility() to run checks.checked 5 Oct 2026

HTML reports

It generates detailed or basic severity-based HTML reports with violation details and fix guidance; reports support keyboard navigation and responsive layouts.checked 5 Oct 2026

Installation

The repository documents installation as a development dependency with npm install wick-a11y --save-dev.checked 5 Oct 2026

Integrations

The package integrates with Cypress and relies on cypress-axe and axe-core for analysis.checked 5 Oct 2026

License

The repository identifies wick-a11y as MIT licensed.checked 5 Oct 2026

Notable limits

The plugin analyzes only DOM elements visible in the browser viewport and allows one cy.checkAccessibility() analysis per test.checked 5 Oct 2026

Scan scope

pagechecked 22 Sep 2026

Terminal reports

It can generate tabular terminal reports with violation details and guidance for fixing them.checked 5 Oct 2026

Visual feedback

The Cypress runner can highlight affected DOM elements with color-coded boxes and show violation details in tooltips.checked 5 Oct 2026

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.checked 5 Oct 2026

WCAG version

wcag 2.2checked 22 Sep 2026

What it does

wick-a11y is a Cypress plugin for configurable accessibility analysis supporting WCAG 2.2 levels A through AAA.checked 5 Oct 2026