Accessible web testing with Cypress and wick-a11y

📰 Dev.to · Vitaly Skadorva

Learn to test web accessibility with Cypress and wick-a11y, improving your website's usability for all users

intermediate Published 1 Apr 2026

Action Steps

Install Cypress and wick-a11y using npm or yarn to set up your testing environment
Configure wick-a11y to work with Cypress for accessibility testing
Write tests using Cypress to identify accessibility violations on your website
Use the custom logging callback to format and display accessibility violations
Run your tests and analyze the results to improve your website's accessibility

Who Needs to Know This

Developers and QA engineers can benefit from this tutorial to ensure their web applications are accessible and meet usability standards

Key Insight

💡 Cypress and wick-a11y can be used together to automate accessibility testing and improve web usability