Tide theme: automated accessibility test

On September 29, 2026 the AccessifyAI scanner tested the official demo store of Tide 1.0.0 by Omelatte FZ-LLC on 4 pages. It found 3 issue types (113 occurrences in total). For 10 of the 12 WCAG 2.2 criteria this index evaluates it found nothing.

Is Tide accessible?

An automated test cannot answer that on its own. What this one shows is 3 types of issues on the Tide demo store within the 12 criteria this index evaluates, listed below. The content, apps and settings of your store decide much of the result. Of the 55 WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA criteria, the scanner tests 15, this index reports 12, and the other 40 need a person to check them.

This is not a certification and not a legal assessment.

Test details

Developer: Omelatte FZ-LLC
Price: $320 USD
Version tested: 1.0.0, released September 23, 2026
Style: Tide
Scan date: September 29, 2026
Demo store: velocity-wwxzf1y1.myshopify.com
Theme Store: Theme Store page
Pages: Home page: tested, 96 findings
Collection page: tested, 2 findings
Product page: tested, 12 findings
Cart page: tested, 3 findings

What the test found

Alt text is a file name or a placeholder word

WCAG 2.2 1.1.1 Non-text content, Level A

107 occurrences, found on: Home page, Collection page, Product page, Cart page

Why it matters for shoppers: Hearing “IMG_2841.jpg” or “image” tells a screen reader user nothing about the product.
Where it usually lives in a Shopify theme: Mostly content: alt text entered in the Shopify admin for product media and section images. Some themes fall back to the file name when the alt text is empty.
Direction for a fix: Describe the image in the admin, and in the theme fall back to the product or section title instead of the file name.
Examples from the demo store: img.mega-banner-img
img
img.hero-banner-content_floating-img

Page without an h1 heading

WCAG 2.2 1.3.1 Info and relationships, Level A

2 occurrences, found on: Product page, Cart page

Why it matters for shoppers: Screen reader users often jump to the first-level heading to learn what a page is about.
Where it usually lives in a Shopify theme: The main title of a template: collection banner, product title in the main product section, cart title. Some templates style the title as a heading without using an h1.
Direction for a fix: Render the main title of every template as one h1.

Icon without a text alternative or a decorative mark

WCAG 2.2 1.1.1 Non-text content, Level A

4 occurrences, found on: Home page, Collection page, Product page, Cart page

Why it matters for shoppers: If the icon carries meaning, such as a payment method or “free shipping”, a screen reader user misses it. If it is decoration, it should be hidden from screen readers.
Where it usually lives in a Shopify theme: Icon snippets, payment icons in the footer, trust and feature icons.
Direction for a fix: Hide decorative icons with aria-hidden="true". Give meaningful icons role="img" and an aria-label or a title element.
What the test can see: The test cannot tell a decorative icon from a meaningful one, so each of these needs a quick look.
Examples from the demo store: svg.hidden

Evaluated criteria without findings: 10 of 12

Without findings means the automated test found nothing for the criterion on these pages. Several of these criteria can only be tested in part by a machine.

1.4.2 Audio control (Level A)
1.4.4 Resize text (Level AA)
2.4.1 Bypass blocks (Level A)
2.4.2 Page titled (Level A)
2.4.3 Focus order (Level A)
2.4.4 Link purpose (in context) (Level A)
3.1.1 Language of page (Level A)
3.2.1 On focus (Level A)
3.3.8 Accessible authentication (minimum) (Level AA)
4.1.2 Name, role, value (Level A)

Not evaluated in this index

1.4.3 Contrast (minimum) (Level AA): needs the rendered page with its stylesheets
2.4.11 Focus not obscured (minimum) (Level AA): needs the rendered page with its stylesheets
2.5.8 Target size (minimum) (Level AA): needs the rendered page with its stylesheets

Also noted, Level AAA

Level AAA goes beyond what EN 301 549, the standard behind the EAA and the BFSG, asks for. These points are listed for completeness and are not counted above.

Link text such as “Read more” on its own (2.4.9 Link purpose (link only)): 6
Link opens a new tab without saying so (3.2.5 Change on request): 4

What this result does not tell you

The scanner checks 15 of the 55 WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA success criteria, some of them only in part, and this index reports 12 of them. Keyboard use, focus visibility, captions, error messages and most of what makes a checkout usable need a person to check.
Contrast (minimum), focus not obscured and target size are not evaluated here: they need the rendered page with its stylesheets, and this test does not load stylesheets. Their findings are left out of every count on this page.
It tests the demo store as it was on the scan date: demo content, settings and apps included. A store built on the same theme can have more or fewer findings.
The scanner reads the HTML the server sends, without running scripts or loading external stylesheets. Content that scripts add after the page loads is not part of this test.
It is not a certification and not a legal assessment of the theme or of any store that uses it.

How we test

Data licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: AccessifyAI Shopify theme accessibility index, accessifyai.de

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