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Maintained Tested up to 6.9.10

Barrierefrei – mit Hürdenlos.Assist

Hürdenlos.Assist – Empower every visitor. Make accessibility your strength.

Active installs30+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d211▲ +16.6% vs prev. 30d
Rating4/54 reviews
Health score43/100Fair
All-time downloads66.3KSince Apr 2025
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 4.5PHP 7.2+
Downloads · 7d67▲ +67.5% week over week
Our verdict

Use with caution

Barrierefrei works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 4/5 and was last updated 10 months ago, and scores 43/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (30+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • Only tested up to WordPress 6.9 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

3711Jul 8Aug 21Oct 5
Yesterday9
Daily average (1y)180
Peak day4,917Dec 6, 2025
Last 12 months65.7K

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Barrierefrei stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
accessibility >100 3,414 Best accessibility plugins →
bfsg #2 26 Best bfsg plugins →
BITV #4 7 Best BITV plugins →
wcag >100 837 Best wcag plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.0100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 4 from 4 reviews

  • 5★75.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★25.0%

About Barrierefrei – mit Hürdenlos.Assist

From the official readme · v1.0.0

Description


Hürdenlos.Assist is a powerful accessibility assistant that helps users with visual, auditory, motor, or cognitive impairments customize your website to their individual needs – all in just a few clicks.

  • Personalized Accessibility: Allow visitors to adjust font sizes, increase contrast, simplify navigation, and much more – instantly and intuitively.
  • Boost User Experience and Inclusion: Reach a broader audience, increase engagement, and show your commitment to digital accessibility and diversity.
  • Seamless WordPress Integration: Install Hürdenlos.Assist in minutes. No coding required, no design disruptions – it simply fits your website.

Turn accessibility into your competitive advantage. Install Hürdenlos.Assist today – and create a web experience that welcomes everyone!

Features

With Hürdenlos.Assist, every visitor to your website can personalize their browsing experience in seconds.
Once installed, our powerful accessibility assistant offers an intuitive menu packed with smart features – all designed to remove barriers and make your website easier to navigate, read, and interact with for everyone.

Visitors can adjust colors, magnify text, navigate with voice commands, activate screen reader support, block disturbing animations, and much more — all with just a few clicks.
Whether someone is visually impaired, affected by motor skill disorders, experiences learning difficulties, or simply prefers a more readable layout: Hürdenlos.Assist empowers them to customize your website to fit their unique needs.

More accessibility. More engagement. More impact.
Give every user the freedom to experience your website without limits!

Accessibility Profiles – One-Click Personalization

Choose from nine pre-configured accessibility profiles to meet specific needs:

  • Blindness – Activates screen reader optimization and image descriptions.
  • Motor Skills Disorders – Enables keyboard and smart navigation, plus voice control.
  • Color Blindness – Adjusts contrast modes, saturation, and enables monochrome view.
  • Visual Impairment – Activates magnifier, font adjustments, highlight options, and screen reader support.
  • Epilepsy – Blocks flashing/blinking elements and reduces visual saturation.
  • ADHD – Focus-enhancing tools like reading guides and read focus.
  • Learning Disabilities – Highlights important links and headers for easier reading.
  • Elderly Users – Magnifiers, text readers, and easy-to-read modes.
  • Dyslexia – Reading support with a dictionary and reading guide.

Navigation and Interaction Enhancements

  • Keyboard Navigation – Navigate using only the keyboard (Tab, Shift+Tab, Arrows).
  • Smart Navigation – Navigate using number keys for faster access.
  • Voice Commands – Control the website with spoken instructions.
  • Blinks Blocking – Instantly stop flashing or animated elements to prevent seizures.

Visual Adjustments and Color Customization

  • High Contrast Modes – Bright and dark high-contrast settings for better visibility.
  • Monochrome Mode – Switch the website to grayscale.
  • Custom Color Adjustments – Fine-tune background, text, and element colors.
  • Low/High Color Saturation – Soften or enhance colors based on personal preferences.
  • Contrast Mode – Increase contrast for better differentiation.

Visual Adjustments and Color Customization

  • High Contrast Modes – Bright and dark high-contrast settings for better visibility.
  • Monochrome Mode – Switch the website to grayscale.
  • Custom Color Adjustments – Fine-tune background, text, and element colors.
  • Low/High Color Saturation – Soften or enhance colors based on personal preferences.
  • Contrast Mode – Increase contrast for better differentiation.

Premium Services

Hürdenlos.Assist is a powerful, professional-grade accessibility solution designed to make websites more inclusive and user-friendly for people with a wide range of impairments.

To ensure high-quality support, compliance with international accessibility standards, and access to all features, the plugin requires an active license key. This key can be obtained by selecting one of our premium service plans available through Hürdenlos GmbH. The plugin becomes fully functional once a valid key is entered in the plugin settings.

Prices start at just €33.15/month (when billed biennially) – with options available for websites of all sizes:

  • Assist Starter – For small websites (up to 100 pages)
  • Assist Plus – For growing websites (up to 1,000 pages)
  • Assist Pro – For large sites (up to 10,000 pages)
  • Assist Max – For enterprise-scale platforms (up to 100,000 pages)

Each plan includes:

  • Unlimited website visits
  • Full access to all 30+ accessibility tools
  • Predefined accessibility profiles for 9 common use cases (e.g., visual impairments, ADHD, dyslexia, motor disabilities, etc.)
  • Ongoing feature updates and improvements
  • Professional support directly from the Hürdenlos GmbH team

For more details and to get started, please visit our Website

About Hürdenlos.Assist

Accessibility shouldn’t be an afterthought – it should be a natural part of every digital experience. That’s the vision behind Hürdenlos.Assist, a powerful WordPress plugin developed to make websites truly inclusive. With just a few clicks, visitors with visual, motor, cognitive, or learning impairments can adjust the way they interact with a website – adapting contrasts, magnifying text, simplifying navigation, or even controlling the page by voice. Hürdenlos.Assist removes digital barriers in real time, empowering every user to customize the web experience according to their individual needs.

Behind Hürdenlos.Assist stands Hürdenlos GmbH, a team driven by a simple but powerful belief: accessibility is not an extra – it’s essential. Hürdenlos GmbH has been helping organizations make the digital and physical world more accessible, combining deep expertise with a human-first mindset. Every project starts with personal, eye-level consultation, ensuring that the solutions are not just technically sound, but also genuinely useful for real people. Honesty, transparency, and long-term effectiveness are at the core of every recommendation. Hürdenlos GmbH openly shows both the strengths and limitations of each solution, helping clients make decisions that are truly sustainable. With years of hands-on experience and a strong commitment to a more inclusive world, Hürdenlos brings accessibility to life – practically, thoughtfully, and passionately.

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.

License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Support

Need assistance with Hürdenlos.Assist?
The team at Hürdenlos GmbH is happy to support you!

You can reach us in several ways:

  • Visit our support forum on WordPress.org and simply open a new thread.
  • Check out our website: huerdenlos.eu
  • Send us an email: support@huerdenlos.eu

Before posting, we recommend checking the available documentation – your question might already be answered!
If you need to reach out, just leave us a clear and concise description of your issue. We’re committed to getting back to you as quickly as possible to ensure everything runs smoothly.

Your success with Hürdenlos.Assist is our priority!

External services

The Hürdenlos.Assist plugin integrates an accessibility overlay that is loaded from an external server to provide real-time accessibility enhancements for your website. This service is delivered via a Cloudflare CDN. For technical reasons, the user’s IP address is used temporarily during the transmission process to deliver the overlay script, but no user-related or personally identifiable information is stored or processed by the plugin itself. The overlay merely enables accessibility features on the client side without altering the website’s source code.

For more information regarding data usage and privacy practices, please refer to our FAQ or our data protection policy.

Installation

Install via WordPress Dashboard

  1. Go to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to Plugins > Add New.
  2. Search for Barrierefrei – mit Hürdenlos.Assist.
  3. Click Install and then Activate.
  4. Purchase your API key here: huerdenlos.eu/hurdenlosassist
  5. Enter your API key under “Settings > Hürdenlos.Assist” in WordPress.

Manual Installation

  1. Download the plugin.
  2. Unzip the downloaded file.
  3. Upload the folder BarrierefreiWP to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  4. Activate the plugin via the Plugins menu in WordPress.
  5. Purchase your API key here: huerdenlos.eu/hurdenlosassist and enter it in “Settings > Hürdenlos.Assist”.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Hürdenlos.Assist widget and how does it work?

Hürdenlos.Assist is an AI-based accessibility widget that enhances the usability of your website for individual users. Once embedded, it allows visitors to make user-specific accessibility adjustments in real time. These modifications are applied dynamically on the client side—your website’s source code remains unchanged.

Is Hürdenlos.Assist compliant with accessibility standards like WCAG?

The widget is based on the principles of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and helps improve accessibility. However, like all tools of its kind, it cannot by itself ensure full legal compliance. Some accessibility issues must still be addressed manually.

Do I need technical skills to use this plugin?

No technical expertise is required! Once activated and the API key is entered, the widget operates automatically—no coding or manual adjustments needed.

How do I get the API key?

You can purchase the API key directly at huerdenlos.eu/hurdenlosassist.

What happens if I don’t enter an API key?

Without a valid API key, the widget will not function. To activate it, enter your API key under “Settings > Hürdenlos.Assist” in your website’s dashboard.

Does the widget support multiple languages?

Yes, the Hürdenlos.Assist widget supports multiple languages, enhancing accessibility for a diverse audience. Users can select their preferred language directly from the widget’s interface.

Will the changes made by the widget be saved for future visits?

Yes, the accessibility adjustments made by the Hürdenlos.Assist widget are saved, ensuring a consistent and optimized experience for returning visitors. User preferences are also retained to maintain personalized accessibility settings.

What happens if the widget cannot address all accessibility issues?

While Hürdenlos.Assist covers many common accessibility barriers, complex or structural issues often require manual remediation. Our team offers professional audits and consulting services to help ensure comprehensive compliance and an inclusive digital experience.

Does integrating the widget affect my website’s performance?

The Hürdenlos.Assist widget is designed to have a minimal impact on your website’s performance. It operates efficiently to ensure that accessibility enhancements do not compromise loading times or overall site functionality.

Is full compliance with WCAG guaranteed?

While Hürdenlos.Assist significantly improves accessibility and helps meet WCAG guidelines, no widget on the market — ours included — can guarantee full legal compliance on its own. For complete accessibility, we recommend combining automated support with expert audits and manual adjustments. Visit www.huerdenlos.eu for more information.

Changelog

1.0.0

  • Initial release.
  • Integration of the Hürdenlos.Assist widget with API key validation.

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Widget on Website – The Hürdenlos.Assist widget is a small icon on your website.
Widget on Website – The Hürdenlos.Assist widget is a small icon on your website.
Widget Icon Active on Website – The Hürdenlos.Assist widget icon displayed on the bottom corner of a website.
Widget Icon Active on Website – The Hürdenlos.Assist widget icon displayed on the bottom…
Widget Icon on Mobile Version – The Hürdenlos.Assist widget icon displayed on on a mobile version of a website.
Widget Icon on Mobile Version – The Hürdenlos.Assist widget icon displayed on on a mobile…
Expanded Widget on Website – The expanded Hürdenlos.Assist widget showing accessibility options.
Expanded Widget on Website – The expanded Hürdenlos.Assist widget showing accessibility…
Vision-Impaired Profile Active – The widget in action with settings optimized for users with visual impairments (e.g., larger text, higher contrast).
Vision-Impaired Profile Active – The widget in action with settings optimized for users…
ADHD Profile Active – The widget activated with focus-enhancing features for users with ADHD (e.g., simplified content, focus mode).
ADHD Profile Active – The widget activated with focus-enhancing features for users with…
API Key Settings in WordPress – The WordPress admin interface where the API key is entered under Settings > Hürdenlos.Assist.
API Key Settings in WordPress – The WordPress admin interface where the API key is…

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FAQ

Barrierefrei – mit Hürdenlos.Assist: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 6, 2026

Is Barrierefrei free?

Yes. Barrierefrei is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Barrierefrei safe to use in 2026?

Barrierefrei works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 4/5 and was last updated 10 months ago, and scores 43/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Barrierefrei?

Barrierefrei is active on 30+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 66,286 times since it launched in April 2025. It was downloaded 211 times in the last 30 days.

Does Barrierefrei work with WordPress 7.1?

Barrierefrei is officially tested up to WordPress 6.9.10, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

What PHP version does Barrierefrei need?

Barrierefrei requires PHP 7.2 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was Barrierefrei last updated?

The latest version, 1.0.0, was released on December 4, 2025 (10 months ago).

Who makes Barrierefrei?

Barrierefrei is developed and maintained by Hürdenlos GmbH.

What are the best alternatives to Barrierefrei?

The most popular alternatives to Barrierefrei are Web Accessibility (formally… (500K+ installs), Auto Image Attributes From… (100K+ installs) and Accessibility by UserWay (80K+ installs).

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