ComplyMetric blog
Plain answers to the questions Shopify brands ask about ADA compliance, WCAG 2.2, and accessibility monitoring.
- The accessibility handoff: what agencies owe merchants at headless launch2026-09-27
Most headless launches ship without an accessibility handoff, and the merchant inherits invisible liability. What a proper handoff includes: evidence, docs, and monitoring.
- Accessibility regression testing for headless storefronts2026-09-26
Headless storefronts ship fast and break accessibility quietly. How to build regression testing that catches WCAG breaks in CI before they reach production.
- Who owns accessibility on a headless Shopify team?2026-09-25
Headless removes theme guardrails, so accessibility needs a named owner. How to split the work across design, frontend, QA, and the monitoring layer.
- Who is liable for ADA violations on a Shopify store?2026-09-24
The brand is. How liability actually works for ADA claims against Shopify storefronts, and what it means for who fixes what.
- Why accessibility scores differ between staging and production2026-09-23
Staging passes, production fails, and nobody changed the code. The usual environmental reasons and how to make staging scores trustworthy.
- How often should you scan a headless Shopify store for accessibility issues?2026-09-22
A realistic scanning cadence for headless Shopify stores: deploy-triggered checks, weekly production crawls, and quarterly manual reviews.
- Which accessibility checks belong in a headless commerce release gate?2026-09-20
Combine automated checks with keyboard, focus, error, and screen-reader tests on journeys changed by the release.
- Does a headless storefront change your ADA compliance risk?2026-09-14
Yes, and usually for the worse at first. Going headless removes theme guardrails, so focus management, announcements, and semantic structure must be rebuilt by hand, and deploys...
- How do you monitor WCAG compliance on a headless Shopify store?2026-09-14
Tie accessibility checks to deployments and monitor the rendered customer experience, not just source components. Crawl production routes, exercise menus, product options,...
- What accessibility checks belong in CI for headless commerce?2026-09-14
CI should run component checks plus browser tests for navigation, product selection, cart, forms, dialogs, and errors. Fail builds on newly introduced critical rules, but keep a...