It doesn’t always work that way out of the box, though. We are becoming more dependent on site-building tools. As such, we rely on them to do things the right way.

These tools aim to simplify the design and build processes. Some do it very well. But there’s a side effect: They take control of the output. And there’s no guarantee that they’ll employ best practices.

It’s an issue as old as the WYSIWYG editor. The difference is that it’s harder to override any problematic code.

There are some less-than-great tools on the market. Site builders that are outdated or deeply flawed. But even a great tool can get in the way. None of them are perfect.

Let’s look at a few scenarios when a tool hinders your ability to follow best practices. In addition, we’ll show you some ways to get around these issues.

How Site Builder Tools Can Impact Accessibility

It’s never a good idea to assume your website is accessible. Doing so is a risk. You might have created a poor user experience. At worst, the site may not be compliant with the law.

Site builder tools can make accessibility issues less obvious. For example, they may not warn you if you choose an inaccessible color scheme. Subtle color differences could make a big difference.

They might also produce code that isn’t semantic. That makes it harder for screen readers to interpret your content.

There’s also the implementation of special effects. You might add intense animations that are harmful to some users. The tool won’t always tell you the potential consequences. Thus, it’s up to you to use it responsibly.

Accessibility testing is the only way to know – regardless of how you built the site.

Included Features Aren’t Always the Best Option

Site builders often include advanced features. Elements like sliders, modal windows, and media players come to mind. These items are essential for some projects.

Their inclusion doesn’t speak to quality, though. The tool may produce inefficient or buggy code. The result is poor performance.

There’s also a chance of a conflict with other software like themes or plugins. And there’s no guarantee of browser compatibility.

There’s a high level of convenience with these features. You don’t have to search for a plugin that does x, y, and z – it’s already there. However, they’re not always the best fit for the job.

WordPress page builder plugins are an example. The one you use may come with a forms module. Awesome! But does it do everything you need? Are the forms accessible?

It’s worth doing an honest assessment of these items. Look at what they do. Run performance benchmarks. Monitor your browser console for errors. That will help you determine if it’s worth using.

If not, there are plenty of other options. You don’t always have to settle. And moving to a different solution could offer better results.

The Potential for Becoming Locked In

Sure, a site builder may claim to offer everything under the sun. But will it grow along with your needs? How portable is your site’s content?

You’ll want to know the answers sooner rather than later. Otherwise, you might be stuck with a tool that can’t keep up with you. And moving on can be a tedious process.

That happens with WordPress. A page builder plugin may no longer meet your needs. Or you might want to switch to the native Block Editor.

Making a change is possible. But it’s not always easy. Page builders often have different ways of outputting code. Thus, you might be left to reformat content piece by piece. The WordPress Data Liberation project aims to help with this.

The challenge is a bit different with proprietary systems. Not all of them offer third-party plugins. And some make it hard to move your site to a new provider.

Either way, it isn’t easy to rid yourself of monolithic tools. A modular approach is more efficient. It’s easier to swap elements or add new ones.

Site Builders Are Great – Just Be Realistic

There’s so much to consider when building a website. That’s why site builders are popular. They aim to provide an all-in-one experience. And there’s a lot to like about them.

But there are also some drawbacks. It doesn’t mean you should avoid them altogether, though. Consider the pros and cons before committing.

Look for reputable tools that have a history of stability. Review their features and determine how they fit into your project. Ideally, you’ll find one that will serve you well into the future.

It’s also a good idea to set realistic expectations. A site builder can’t possibly cover every use case. There are times when you’ll need to go outside the box.

With WordPress, that means finding a separate plugin to perform the function you want. On other systems, you may need to write custom code.

The goal should be a website that looks and functions how you want. It should also be flexible enough to accommodate growth. Tools play a significant role.

Keep that in mind throughout the process. It may save you a headache or two along the way.

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These items ensure that users can access a website. But that’s only half of the battle. Our content also has to be easy to understand. Yet the subject seems to fly under the radar of web designers. Perhaps that’s because accessible content is more subjective. How do we know what passes muster?

There is no magic formula. But there are tried-and-true practices that will help you write accessible web content. And it’s something you can share with clients. With the help of an expert, we’ve put together some dos and don’ts. Let’s get started!

An Expert’s View of Accessible Web Content

Amber Hinds has seen all manner of accessibility mistakes. As founder and CEO of Equalize Digital, she and her team have a laser focus on the subject. That made her a natural choice for advice on the connection between content and accessibility.

We asked Amber about common accessibility issues. And she also provided some great tips for testing and talking to your clients about it.

What traits make content accessible to all users?

Content accessibility is less about things like focus states or HTML semantics and more about paying attention to the readability and structure of the content and being thoughtful about word choice. The most accessible content has a reading level below 9th grade and is clear and concise.

Adding headings throughout the content to break up long sections of text makes it more “skimmable” for all users. But it also enables people who are blind to jump to sections that interest them because screen readers allow people to use headings to navigate a page. Including HTML lists or data tables is another way to make content easier to consume.

Clarity of language and word choice also applies to link anchor text. You should be able to tell solely from the link text where the link is going. Just having meaningful links can go a long way in helping all people move quickly through your website and find the things they are looking for.

What are some common content accessibility mistakes you’ve seen?

When we audit websites, these are common mistakes that I see repeatedly:

• Headings not marked up as headings (people using bold paragraphs instead of an actual heading element) – usually, this is because they don’t like the styles their theme is applying to the headings.
• Headings were used out of order rather than in outline format (typically for the same reason as above – the H2 was too big, so they used H4s instead).
• Missing or incorrect alternative text on images.
• Meaningless links like “click here,” “visit the website,” or “read more.”
• Naked links that show the full URL without anchor text.
• Content that should be in a bulleted list, not formatted into a list.
• Videos missing transcripts and accurate captions.
• Videos that rely on sight to understand but without a written or audio description for people who are blind.

Are there any content types or formats we should avoid?

One thing I always ask people to rethink is PDFs. PDFs, whether menus for a restaurant or e-book lead magnets, are almost always in-accessible unless effort has been put in to make them accessible.

PDFs are designed for print – they’re not mobile responsive and particularly challenging for screen reader users. It is much easier for a screen reader user to access content on a web page than they can in a typical PDF. So, if you can put the content on a web page rather than in a PDF, that’s best for accessibility.

On web pages, more straightforward content layouts are better than “fancier” ways of displaying content, such as carousels, accordions, or tabs.

That’s not to say that you can’t have carousels, accordions, or tabs on an accessible website. But in WordPress, there are a lot of plugins that add this functionality where the plugin developer has failed to consider accessibility, and they are completely inoperable if you don’t have a mouse.

So if you do add these elements to your content, make sure to test them and ensure you can interact with them with only your keyboard.

Other content formats that can be troubling are video, animated GIFs, or audio that auto-plays, unless you have a pause button that allows users to stop it. Parallax and similar animations can cause nausea or dizziness, and rapid blinking can trigger seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy.

Is there anything content writers can or should be doing to test for accessibility? For example, are there any helpful tools or guidelines?

Our plugin, Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker, scans websites for common accessibility problems and puts reports on the post-edit screen.

It functions much like an SEO plugin does – alerting about problems or areas of improvement so content writers can improve accessibility as they write before hitting publish. We have a free version of the plugin that scans unlimited posts and pages, and the pro version provides full site reports.

Outside of WordPress, there are some free browser extensions that are really handy for testing and can be used by people with any technical ability. WAVE is a popular testing tool that will show accessibility problems on any web page. This is comprehensive, like Accessibility Checker, it’s just built in the browser rather than in WordPress.

HeadingsMap is a Chrome and Firefox extension I really like that shows heading structure and alerts if headings are used in the incorrect order.

How should web designers approach this topic with clients?

We start discussing accessibility early in conversations with clients before even writing a proposal. Over the past few years, we have found that bringing it up early has helped us to stand out.

During the sales process, my partner Chris will ask prospective clients questions about where they operate and their funding. “Do you have offices in California or New York? What about Ontario? Europe? Do you get federal grants or funding?”

Then he follows up their answers with an explanation that he wants to have a well-rounded idea of what accessibility and privacy laws might apply to them.

Many clients may have started to think about privacy laws, but accessibility will be new to them, and so that opens the door for them to have conversations about accessibility laws in various areas. They will frequently follow up in a later conversation and tell Chris they were impressed that he is so thorough because no one else they spoke with even mentioned accessibility.

In many ways, this is really about positioning. It’s a way to show that you’re an expert who stays abreast of changes in the industry and is going to be on top of things so the client doesn’t have to worry about it.

From the perspective of selling clients on the investment, outside of discussing accessibility laws or lawsuits, we talk a lot about considering accessibility in how we design and build as being a major part of the overall user experience. Improving search engine optimization, performance, and conversions once people are on the site. Accessibility is a marker of quality.

Accessible Content Is a Win for Everyone

The great thing about accessible web content is that it benefits everyone. And you don’t need to sacrifice quality. When users can read and understand your content, your chances for success improve.

Keeping this in mind during the content creation process is critical. All content should go through multiple revisions. Clarity and simplicity should be the ultimate goals.

Our thanks to Amber Hinds for sharing her insights! You can connect with her on Twitter and Equalize Digital’s website.

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There’s still a lot you need to do to make sure everyone can easily navigate and access the content on your site. The good news is the plugin development community has really come through in this area. We now have a lot of tools that can help us address accessibility challenges.

To help you out, here’s a collection of WordPress plugins that can help to make your site more accessible. These plugins can assist in various ways, from improving navigation to making content more readable for all users. Using these plugins can make a big difference in how easily people can use your site.

The Top Website Accessibility Plugins for WordPress

WP Accessibility WordPress Plugin

WP Accessibility (authored by Joe Dolson, who we recently interviewed) is a multi-function plugin that solves common accessibility issues.

Its most outward feature is a font size and color contract toolbar that helps users read your content more easily. But it also does a lot of behind-the-scenes work like adding skip-to-content links, implementing an outline to the link :focus state for better keyboard navigation, utilizing longdesc for images, and a whole lot more. Each feature can be turned on or off through a settings page.

WP Accessibility Helper

WP Accessibility Helper adds a user-friendly toolbar to your site that lets users select different color contrasts (they can choose from a selection of color schemes) and adjust font size to their liking. But it goes above and beyond with user options for underlining or highlighting links, grayscale images, changing fonts, and keyboard navigation.

The plugin also boasts a DOM scanner that will check your site for various accessibility errors. There’s also a pro version that adds even more goodies.

WordPress Accessibility Widget

If you want a simple way to enable users to enlarge text, the Accessibility Widget is a nice option. It’s a minimally-styled widget that offers up “Small,” “Medium,” and “Large” text links. Settings let you determine which HTML elements are affected and how big (or small) fonts should be.

WordPress Accessibility Checker Plugin

Accessibility Checker offers you real-time feedback on your site’s content. Once published or saved as a draft, content is scanned for accessibility. The plugin then provides a visual overview (and the offending code) of any issues that it finds.

The free version will scan an unlimited number of posts and pages. The Pro version ups the ante by covering custom post types, offering a centralized open accessibility issues list and will help you draft an accessibility statement for your website.

Access Monitor WordPress Plugin

WordPress plugins are at their best when they save you time. Access Monitor can do that by performing automated weekly or monthly accessibility scans. Configure the plugin to test a custom set of pages, and it will return a list of “definite” issues. That is, the plugin will only report issues that are machine-testable. This cuts down on the number of false-positive results that tend to plague automated scans.

To use Access Monitor, you’ll need to grab a free API key from the Tenon.io service.

Zeno Font Resizer WP Plugin

Typography plays a huge role in website accessibility. If your site’s fonts are too small, it may be inaccessible to many users. Zeno Font Resizer is here to help.

The plugin allows users to resize text to their liking via a widget (the resizer can also be implemented via a code snippet in your theme). You can set the minimum and maximum font sizes, along with the amount of sizing change for each “step” up or down the scale.

One Click Accessibility WordPress Plugin

One Click Accessibility will add a handy toolbar on the front end that lets your site’s visitors tweak a variety of accessibility settings. They can resize fonts, change color contrast, and underline hyperlinks.

On the back end, you can customize which items are available on the toolbar. In addition, there are settings that add outline focus to all links, add a skip-to-content link, and remember user preferences.

Bulk Auto Image Alt Text for WordPress

If your site’s images are missing ALT attributes, that means they’re inaccessible to users of screen readers. They could be missing out on important information.

One way to resolve this issue is through a plugin like Bulk Auto Image Alt Text. The plugin will use items such as post titles, or Yoast SEO focus keywords on images that don’t already have an ALT attribute set. It works automatically, so you don’t need to go through every bit of media yourself.

Just note that descriptive ALT attributes are better for accessibility. Thus, this plugin may serve as more of a stopgap solution.

WP ADA Compliance Check Plugin

This plugin will automatically scan your site’s content for the most common accessibility errors. It then provides you with a report that points out potential issues and remedies for fixing them.

The free version of the plugin is limited to 25 pages/posts per scan. Upgrade to the full version of the plugin to remove that limitation. Plus, it will additionally check theme files and automatically fix issues for you.

Accessibility New Window Warnings Plugin

While it’s common practice to set hyperlinks to open in a new browser tab, it can also be disorienting for some users. Accessibility New Window Warnings can help by providing users with a warning message before the new tab is opened.

There are no settings to configure. Activating the plugin will add an accessible tooltip to links, which is visible upon hover. As a bonus, it also integrates with the Accessibility Checker plugin mentioned above.

Leave No User Behind

The past few years have brought great awareness to the importance of creating an accessible website. While the process of ensuring you’ve covered all your bases takes time, it’s very much worth the extra effort.

Using the tools profiled above is a great way to add features (visible or not) that will help every user get the most out of your WordPress site.

More Essential Free WordPress Plugins

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And while there’s logic to that design principle, it overshadows a simpler and more inclusive principle: Design for all people, not most.

Optimize pages and content so that every possible user can enjoy and interact with your website and access the information and data available. Engaging in this practice will help develop a wider market and diversify your customer base. 15% of the world’s population has some level of disability.

These are people who, like everyone else, use the internet often and rely heavily on digital communication and tools. Optimizing your website to ensure users can enjoy a great experience can expand your web of interaction.

Through practicing inclusion in your design, you’ll be able to reach millions of people who are often overlooked.

Designing for accessibility doesn’t have to be hard. It just needs to be simple and considerate of all potential users. Here are some tips that will help you to to optimize your website for maximum accessibility.

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We spend a lot of time discussing the topic and sharpening our skills. But we can’t do it alone. Our clients must buy in as well. They’ll need to understand the benefits of accessibility and why it’s important. Not to mention what they could lose by ignoring the issue.

With that, we’ve put together a guide with ways clients can help. Let’s get started!

Embrace Simple Form and Function

It’s hard to blame anyone for wanting complex design and functionality features. Common additions like special effects, animation, and JavaScript UIs are compelling. But they’re not always accessible.

Avoiding these bells and whistles isn’t easy. Both designers and clients tend to like shiny things. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that. However, it pays to proceed with caution.

Education is part of what designers do. And accessibility is an area where we have expertise. Therefore, we should share what we know with clients.

Among the biggest takeaways: a website should not sacrifice usability for the sake of aesthetics. Ideally, a balance can be achieved. And simplicity is the way to get there.

But simplicity doesn’t have to be boring. Rather, it’s about ensuring that the basics are covered.

In practice, this means text that is easy to read. A color palette that provides acceptable contrast ratios. And the site should be navigable by keyboard.

Once those items are established, other goodies can be added. So long as they don’t make the website harder to use.

Providing Accessible Content

Guiding your clients toward accessibility is only the first step. Once they buy into the concept, the real work begins.

One challenge is obtaining content in accessible formats. The importance of this is often overlooked. Even if the website’s layout is accessible, that doesn’t guarantee the content will be.

Accessible content includes:

Easy-To-Understand Text

Text content should be simple and to the point. For consumer-oriented and business-to-business websites, the simpler, the better. The main idea is that visitors shouldn’t need a college degree to comprehend a site’s content.

If a client provides long and complicated text, we should work with them to simplify.

Accessible File Formats

Websites are more than text and images. Formats such as PDFs and Word documents are also common.

It’s debatable whether these formats are even necessary. A PDF file full of text could just as well be converted into HTML. However, there are items like printable forms where a downloadable format makes sense.

All documents should have accessibility features enabled. For example, clients may send you files that were scanned. That can be problematic, as they don’t include selectable text. The result is that they won’t be read by screen readers. Plus, they may not be legible.

The ideal solution is to ask your client to track down the original, non-scanned version of the file. This would allow it to be converted to, say, a PDF while keeping the content accessible. Otherwise, it may be a matter of using OCR to detect the document’s text.

Develop Processes To Ensure Accessibility

Keeping a website accessible requires developing good habits. For clients who will be maintaining their site, they’ll need to create a process. This is an area where designers can help.

While focusing on accessible content (as outlined above) is important, there are other aspects to discuss. Alt attributes on images, for example, can easily get lost in the shuffle. They must be added to a client’s workflow to become a habit.

Meanwhile, designers tend to cringe when clients make changes to typography. Nobody wants to see their carefully-crafted type settings disrupted. However, avoiding the topic is not a solid plan.

It’s better to assume that some typographic elements will be changed down the line. Knowing this, clients should understand the rules of the road. Fonts should be readable, with acceptable sizing and color contrast.

There are also potential downsides when installing plugins. On platforms such as WordPress, there’s a temptation to hit that “Install” button to see what a plugin can do. But some items might negatively impact accessibility – not to mention the website itself.

There are other ways to help encourage accessible habits. For one, providing an accessibility checklist is recommended. It offers clients a handy reference that they can go back to again and again.

Engaged Clients Can Make a Difference

The use of accessible design and development techniques is paramount. Still, it’s also important to think about the role a client can play. Their contributions can make a difference in just how accessible their website is.

In the end, it’s about sharing knowledge. When people know better, they tend to do better.

So, take the time to educate clients on best practices. This will empower them to make better decisions regarding accessibility.

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While only U.S. government websites are required to be compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, many large American retailers are beginning to follow suit – especially after Target was sued for six million dollars (USD) for having an inaccessible site for the visually impaired.

The first thing to think about when improving the accessibility of your site for the visually impaired is the level of the impairment. Is your site suitable for users with color blindness, low vision, partial blindness or even total blindness?

Fortunately, there are several online tools and applications available that can help make your site more accessible.

Color Blindness

Studies suggest that about 8% of men and 1% of women have some type of color blindness, with red-green color blindness usually being the case. It goes without saying then that using red and green as the primary color combination can cause accessibility issues for color blind users.

However, there are other things you can do to improve the user experience for them. So before you begin desaturating your site (removing color), first save the current work of your site and try the following:

Ensure Proper Color Contrast – Some designers think that improving the color contrast of a site means that they are limited to a black and white color scheme. It doesn’t. It simply means that the colors you’re using should be passed through a color analyzer and measured for brightness difference, color difference and contrast ration.

Don’t Rely on Just Color Coding – Designers are married to the practice of using colors to identify elements of a site, such as buttons, menus, links and text. Try including icons or underlining text to distinguish various elements of your site.

Recommended Tools:

• Checking Color Contrast – This tool will tell you whether the foreground color and background color combinations are compliant with Section 508, and WCAG AA and WCAG AAA standards.
• Color Blindness Webpage Simulator – Enter the url of a site into this tool to see how that page looks to a person with color blindness.

Low Vision

Choosing a font style and size to ensure legibility is probably the most important factor in the design process.

There are several useful screen magnifiers and accessibility tools such as a disability simulation application.

But there are still a few more steps you could implement to your site to improve accessibility for low vision users.

Avoid or Limit the Addition of Low-Resolution Images and Images with Text – Low-resolution images are often used to improve load up times of a site, which is fine, but sometimes images can be extremely distorted and blurry if their dimensions are expanded too much. The text on images can also be hard to view for people using screen magnifier tools.

Do Not Use Scrolling, Flashing or Animated Text – Imagine trying to read something that’s scrolling from left to right really fast, blinking off and on or undergoing a metamorphosis. This can be quite a lot to keep up with, right? Now imagine reading that text when you’re visually impaired.

Front-Load Your Content – Front-loading is not a specific direction or term for web developers. It is a way of describing a writing method that puts the most important information or points first.

This writing practice can help a reader easily scan the content on your site and decide if they want to continue reading, which of course you want them to do. Also, front-loaded content on your site can be more easily managed by someone using a screen magnifier.

Clearly Separate Sections of Your Design – Breaking your content into sections that are easily scanned and showing the difference between body content and sidebar content is also important.

The use of proper heading tags makes it easier for all site users to read your page content. It also simplifies navigation for site visitors who are using screen readers.

Also add borders, background colors, headings, content, links, spacing, icons, etc. and larger text where you can. Use fewer graphics and provide alt text for images and tables you do use.

Use Fonts That Are Easy to Read – Fonts like Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, and Tahoma are very legible and still considerably stylish.

Partial & Total Blindness

Much of the design process you would use for low vision users applies for partially blind users as well. However, there are a few more components of the design process to consider for those that are totally blind.

Validate Your HTML Coding – This will help mitigate the chance of web browsers and screen readers misreading your site’s content.

Add Title Tags & Alt Tags – These meta tags will help screen readers distinguish the topics of each page and the images that are on them.

Use Fewer Graphics – Using fewer graphics helps with load up times so this component helps all users, not just users with visual impairments.

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However, designing accessible websites is more than knowing how to edit a mobile version of a WordPress website. This article has gathered the best tools and resources that will help you design accessible websites.

WCAG Guidelines

Let’s start this off with a list of Web Accessibility Guidelines. After all, if you want to make sure your websites are accessible, knowing what makes a website accessible is a must.

WAVE – Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool

This tool lets you test your website for accessibility. It will scan your site, highlight potential accessibility issues, and show you where your website does well in terms of being accessible to everyone.

WebAIM Quick Reference

This reference list is a collection of checks and tests that you can use to test a website for accessibility without relying on third-party tools. It also includes a list of tools to help you test website accessibility.

Colour Contrast Check

Use this tool to check the contrast between two colors. This tool is useful to ensure your text is legible against the background color. The tool is geared towards helping you make sure a website is legible for both visually impaired and color-blind users.

Usable Websites for People with Dyslexia

Thanks to this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make websites more accessible for people who have dyslexia. The tutorial covers five simple tweaks that you can apply to any website design that makes your website easier to understand and read.

Stark – Sketch & Adobe XD Plugin

Stark is a plugin for Sketch App and Adobe XD that ensures your projects are accessible from the get-go. The plugin comes with a built-in contrast checker and color blindness simulation, with color suggestions next to the product roadmap.

Accessible Color Palette Generator

This online tool will help you choose colors for your design project with enough contrast and meet accessibility guidelines. The tool also lets you see how your chosen colors appear to people who suffer from color blindness.

Contrast

Contrast is a Mac-only app that lets you check your user interface to ensure it has enough contrast. The app sits in your menu bar and is easy to use in any design application.

Accessibility Checklist

It goes without saying that you should know accessibility rules if you want to make sure your website or app designs are accessible. However, memorizing the rules can be time-consuming. With this handy checklist, you can easily ensure your project follows the accessibility guidelines.

Axe Chrome Extension

This extension makes it easy to check any website and see if it meets accessibility guidelines. The extension claims to return zero false positives and only tests for accessibility issues accurately detected via automation.

The A11y Machine

The A11y Machine can be downloaded from GitHub and serves as an automated accessibility testing tool. The tool crawls and tests pages of any web application to produce detailed accessibility reports, which you can then use to improve the accessibility of your website or web app.

An accessible website provides a great user experience for all Internet users, whether they have a disability or not.

It’s also a great way to improve your SEO since most accessibility requirements coincide with SEO best practices in user experience. Use these tools and resources to make every website you design from now on more accessible.

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By integrating these extensions, you can significantly expand your browser’s capabilities, allowing for a more efficient and streamlined workflow. Browser customization will also allow you to create a workspace tailored to your specific needs, making it easier to tackle projects with precision and speed.

The extensions range from color pickers and font identifiers to more complex tools that help with coding, debugging, and optimizing user interfaces. The ability to quickly access these tools within the browser reduces the need to switch between different applications, saving time and reducing distractions.

Whether you’re a web professional or just starting out in web design, these Chrome extensions will help to enhance your design capabilities and improve your overall workflow.