How to add a free accessibility widget to Squarespace
A step-by-step brief on adding Jotform’s free Accessibility Widget to a Squarespace site, what accessibility options it provides, and practical benefits for site owners.
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You can add Jotform’s free Accessibility Widget to Squarespace by building the widget, publishing it, then pasting the embed code into a code block in your global footer.
The widget offers user-facing tools — text resizing, high-contrast color inverter, link highlighting, dyslexia-friendly font, and keyboard focus indicators — that visitors can toggle on or off.
The widget is customizable in style, language, layout, and feature set and is lightweight and serverless so it won’t noticeably slow down your Squarespace site.
# Overview Squarespace provides attractive templates but does not include a native user-facing accessibility toggle. Jotform offers a free Accessibility Widget you can add to any Squarespace site in minutes. The widget puts accessibility controls in visitors' hands without recurring overlay subscription fees and without heavy technical work.
# Step-by-step: add the widget to Squarespace
- Open the Jotform Accessibility Widget for Websites page and click Get Started.
- Configure the widget in the Widget properties menu — choose which tools to include, set style, language, and layout.
- Click Publish, then Copy Code to copy the embed snippet.
- In Squarespace, open your site editor, go to the global footer, create a new Code Block, paste the embed code, and Save.
Placing the code in the global footer applies the widget across your site.
# What the widget lets visitors do The widget provides a toggle-style menu that visitors can use to switch features on or off. Available options listed in the original guide include: text resizer, high-contrast color inverter, link highlighter, dyslexia-friendly font, and keyboard focus indicator. Visitors can also use disability-specific presets to enable multiple options at once.
# Customization and site fit You can configure which tools appear, adjust styles to match brand identity, and set language and layout. Because the widget is serverless and described as lightweight, it's designed to avoid slowing down the site.
Jotform maintains a library of more than 150 free widgets. Examples useful for Squarespace sites include countdown timers, FAQs, Google Reviews embeds, Back to Top buttons, and QR codes. Using these plug-and-play widgets can reduce the need to buy separate third-party plugins for common features.
# Practical benefits for site owners
- Improves accessibility for visitors with disabilities by providing user-controlled adjustments.
- Can support Squarespace ADA compliance efforts by adding visible user tools.
- No-code setup: the workflow requires only the widget builder and a code block in Squarespace.
- Cost control: the widget and other Jotform widgets are free, which can avoid monthly fees for overlay tools or premium extensions.
# Pro tip If you use online forms on your Squarespace site, consider the Jotform–Squarespace integration to manage forms and widgets in the same ecosystem, cutting down on tools you need to configure separately.
# Who this brief is for Squarespace site owners, web designers, and small agencies who want a practical, low-cost way to add visitor-facing accessibility controls and select other lightweight widgets without heavy development or monthly plugin fees.
# Quick checklist before you add the widget
- Decide which accessibility tools your audience needs.
- Customize styles to match your site so the menu feels native.
- Test the widget in multiple browsers and with keyboard navigation to confirm behavior.
- Put the embed code in the global footer to ensure site-wide availability.
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