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ACT 1: EXPOSITION
It has been just over a year since the WICK-A11Y open‑source accessibility plugin for Cypress saw the light, and became one of the most powerful and beloved tools in the Cypress community for fighting accessibility barriers in web apps.
Since then, there have been 14 releases, keeping the plugin at the top of accessibility tooling for Cypress test frameworks.
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And now, the brand‑new wick‑a11y v2.2.0 is fully supported in Cypress v15, just 10 days after the new Cypress version was officially released.
That’s because I saw this coming even before Cypress 15 dropped. I already knew two things:
The latest cypress‑axe v1.6.0 supported up to Cypress 14, so a new release of the library was likely imminent (they typically keep pace with the latest Cypress within days).
The Cypress Runner UX was going to change, and to keep wick‑a11y’s voice‑feedback feature working, I would need to dive back into the Runner UI.
As of Aug 30, 2025, Wick‑A11y v2.2.0 is live for Cypress v15.
ACT 2: CONFRONTATION
✨ What's new?
Basically 3 things:
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All the existing wick-a11y capabilities are fully supported in Cypress v15:
- Comprehensive Accessibility Analysis
- Easy to Use and Highly Configurable
- Summary of Violations
- Detailed Violation Information
- Custom Styling
- Interactive Console
- HTML Reports
- Terminal Reports
- Voice Feedback
Support for cypress-axe v1.7.0.
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Bug fixes:
- Fixed an issue where violation screenshots could not be copied to the HTML report folder when test folders were deeply nested.
- Other minor fixes.
👀 What's look like?
Still looks very cool, probably even cooler! 😎
Cypress Log and Interactive console
HTML Report
Voice Feedback
🤔 How to use it?
Just install the new wick-a11y v2.2.0 as a Dev Dependency in your Cypress v15 project (a new project or an existing one):
npm install wick-a11y -D
⚙️ Compatibility?
✔️ Wick‑a11y v2.2.0 is for Cypress v15+ projects, due to voice‑feedback dependencies on the new Cypress Runner UI.
✔️ Use wick‑a11y v2.1.0 for Cypress v14.x, which includes the latest patches and features for that line.
✔️ And wick‑a11y v1.4.0 or earlier for Cypress v12.x & v13.x.
ACT3: RESOLUTION
Now you have no excuse not to incorporate accessibility analysis into your Cypress v15 projects, because wick‑a11y v2.2.0 is:
More amazing than a flaky test turning green on the first try.
Cooler than John Wick in a tailored Kevlar suit tipping the Continental concierge.
More powerful than a High Table decree.
And kinder to screen readers than a perfectly labeled form, because that’s exactly what you’ll ship (or quite close).
Where to find:
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/wick-a11y
- Github: https://github.com/sclavijosuero/wick-a11y
- Video Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpdrXU-6xzc
⭐⭐⭐ Also, I want to give a special thanks to Peter M Souza Jr for his continuous contributions to keeping wick‑a11y robust and reliable.
You rock, man! 🤘
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