WCAG 2.2 on Contentful: complete compliance checklist

WCAG 2.2 in 60 seconds

WCAG 2.2 (pronounced 'wuh-cag 2.2') is the World Wide Web Consortium's globally adopted standard for web accessibility, published October 2023, defining 87 testable success criteria organised under four principles: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust.

Contentful accessibility — what you are starting with

Headless CMS pushes accessibility responsibility onto the front-end. Contentful's editorial tooling supports alt text and semantic structure but does not enforce it.

WCAG 2.2 setup checklist for Contentful

1. Configure required alt text in Asset model: Make alt text required at content model level.

2. Audit Rich Text renderer: Map document nodes to semantic HTML in your consuming app.

Common WCAG 2.2 failures on Contentful

• Front-end framework variance

• Alt text discipline in Asset library

• Rich Text rendering without semantic mapping

Putting it together

Combine WCAG 2.2's AA requirements with Contentful's native tooling. Bake accessibility into your component library and editorial workflow; instrument axe-core in CI for regression.