Accessibility widget for PrestaShop

PrestaShop powers a large share of independent stores in France, Spain and Italy, which puts many of them squarely inside the European Accessibility Act. Checkout steps, filter blocks and product galleries are the places accessibility problems usually hide.

ClearPath sits on top of your theme, so you do not have to fork it or wait for a module update. Install it once and the widget is available on the home page, category pages, product pages and the whole checkout flow.

How to add ClearPath to PrestaShop

  1. In your ClearPath dashboard, copy the one line snippet for your account.
  2. In PrestaShop admin, open Design, then Theme and Logo, then Advanced Customization, and edit your theme templates.
  3. Open templates/_partials/footer.tpl in your child theme and paste the snippet just before the closing body tag.
  4. If you prefer not to edit templates, paste the snippet into a custom HTML block that renders site wide, or add it through your tag manager.
  5. Clear the PrestaShop cache under Advanced Parameters, then Performance, and reload your storefront to confirm the ClearPath button appears.

Where PrestaShop sites usually fail

  • The default checkout process built on the PS_CHECKOUT or classic 5-step template relies on collapsible order steps that update by JavaScript, and screen reader users often lose their place because the active step is not announced.
  • Product page image galleries and the zoom module swap the main image on click without moving keyboard focus or updating alt text, so a screen reader keeps reading the description tied to the first thumbnail.
  • Category page filter blocks built with the faceted search module render price sliders and checkbox lists that trap keyboard focus once opened, so a keyboard-only visitor cannot tab back out to the product grid.
  • Themes built on top of the older Bootstrap-based PrestaShop front office frequently hardcode contrast in the CSS for sale badges and stock labels, leaving red-on-red or light gray text on white that fails basic contrast checks in the back office preview.

Why PrestaShop sites choose ClearPath

  • Works across the whole storefront, including category filters and the multi step checkout where problems cost you orders.
  • Editing a child theme footer means a PrestaShop core or module update will not remove the widget.
  • The widget interface ships in 14 languages, which matters for stores selling across several European markets.
  • The generated accessibility statement is written in your storefront language, not in English by default.

Questions

Do I need a PrestaShop module to install ClearPath?

No. It is one script tag. Pasting it into your child theme footer, or adding it through a tag manager, is enough for it to run on every page of the store.

Will the widget slow down my storefront?

The script is small and loads after your content, so it adds a few milliseconds. It does not block your theme rendering or your checkout scripts.

Does ClearPath make my PrestaShop store meet the European Accessibility Act?

No. ClearPath adds a visitor-facing panel with 25 adjustment tools, 8 disability profiles and support for 14 languages, and it generates an accessibility statement from a live scan of your store. That gives shoppers real ways to change text size, contrast and navigation on your checkout and product pages right away. It does not rewrite your PrestaShop theme templates, fix markup in the faceted search module, or touch custom JavaScript in your checkout. Meeting the European Accessibility Act still means addressing those issues in your theme and modules directly. No widget, including ClearPath, makes a site compliant on its own.