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“Our site needs accessibility certification — where do we even start?” That’s usually the first overwhelming question once this lands on your desk. Running a scanner and clearing every error it flags doesn’t get you certified, and the guidance out there is scattered across too many places. This post exists to cut through that confusion — walking through what certification actually verifies, what standard it’s judged against, and where the pass line sits, aimed squarely at someone preparing for it for the first time. ...

↻ 2026-07-30 Updated This post reflects the W3C Working Draft of March 3, 2026. It accounts for Foundational being renamed to Core, and the basis-document reference has been corrected to the current draft. Introduction When people hear “accessibility testing,” they often think of a checklist: “Does this button have alternative text?” “Is the contrast ratio high enough?” WCAG 2.2 is built around clear pass/fail checks like these. WCAG 3.0 moves toward a broader unit of evaluation, aiming to consider overall user experience quality. That shift naturally changes how we test. We now combine fine-grained checks (Atomic) with real-world contextual evaluation (Holistic). ...