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Shopify Accessibility Checklist

Enhance your Shopify store's accessibility with this practical checklist, designed for merchants to implement changes effectively.

19 checks for a Shopify store, grouped by where the fix lives: store settings, theme customisation, Liquid templates, apps and third-party embeds, and checkout. It is written for merchants and for the developers who work on their themes, in the order a developer would work through them. No single standard governs the list; it is the accessibility work a Shopify store usually needs.

What is inside

General Shopify Store Accessibility Tips5
Accessible Theme Customizations5
Liquid Templates and Accessibility3
Recommendations for Apps and Third-Party Embeds3
Checkout Accessibility Considerations3

Frequently asked questions

19 checkpoints across 5 sections: General Shopify Store Accessibility Tips (5), Accessible Theme Customizations (5), Liquid Templates and Accessibility (3), Recommendations for Apps and Third-Party Embeds (3), Checkout Accessibility Considerations (3).

Some items are content or settings changes you can make yourself. Others, such as semantic markup and focus management, need a developer. Working through the list is how you find out which of the two your gaps are.

No. No checklist can promise that, and no single tool can either. Use it to find and prioritise gaps, then verify with a scan and with manual keyboard and screen-reader testing.

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