Responsive Checker For Viewport, Screenshots, Comparison

Description

Frank Responsive Checker is a complete tool for testing site layouts. It works directly inside your WordPress dashboard. By simulating over 50 specific device viewports, including the latest mobile screens, tablets, and desktop displays, this tool streamlines the front-end debugging process for developers, designers, and website owners. This simplifies design audits for all website owners.

The built-in accessibility checker helps ensure compliance with WCAG standards by scanning for color contrast ratios, missing alternative text, keyboard navigation flow patterns, and simulated screen reader structure. Additionally, you can conduct side-by-side layout comparisons with synchronized scrolling, capture high-fidelity page screenshots to generate PDF reports, and create temporary, secure preview links to share live responsive mockups with clients or team members without requiring WordPress dashboard access.

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What Admin Can do on his site with Frank Responsive Checker

  • Launch the responsive checker utility from any frontend page or backend dashboard screen with a single click.
  • Review layouts across a comprehensive selection of modern smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop viewports.
  • Toggle between portrait and landscape orientations to verify rendering across screen rotations.
  • Build, save, and manage customized device dimensions for personalized testing requirements.
  • Perform accessibility scans to evaluate WCAG color contrast, pinpoint missing alt tags on images, display keyboard focus maps, and simulate screen-reader reads.
  • Load multiple device frames side-by-side with synchronized scroll capabilities to examine layout uniformity.
  • Create temporary, secure preview links with custom expiration settings to share mobile layout designs with clients or team members.
  • Snaps instant screenshots of individual layouts or capture all configured viewports simultaneously.
  • Simulate touch screen behaviors, swipes, and custom user-agent headers to verify responsive logic.

Viewport testing and site analyze features

This plugin shows how your pages look on popular mobile screens, tablets, and desktops.

  • Use the device preview to see mobile views instantly.
  • Test both portrait and landscape views with one click.
  • Enter custom width and height values to test any viewport size.
  • Save your custom device profiles for quick access later.

Accessibility audits and site optimization

Check your website pages for common accessibility issues. This helps make your site user-friendly.

  • Run a WCAG contrast check to read text clearly.
  • Find images that are missing alt text tags.
  • Show the keyboard focus order with numbered badges on screen.
  • Simulate a screen reader to hear how the page is read.

Viewport comparison and layouts screenshots

Take snapshots of your pages to keep track of layout changes.

  • Save screenshots of any viewport layout with one click.
  • Compare two or three device viewports side by side.
  • Scroll all viewports at the same time to check layout alignment.
  • Compare new pages against baseline snapshots to find pixel differences.

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin on the Plugins page in WordPress.
  3. Click the Device Preview button in your admin bar to start testing.
  4. Go to Settings > Responsive Checker to adjust your options.

FAQ

How do I start the responsive viewport testing tool?

Click the Device Preview button in your admin bar. You can also use the Ctrl+Shift+D shortcut.

Can I use viewport comparison to test layouts?

Yes. You can load multiple viewports side-by-side. The comparison features synchronized scrolling.

Does this plugin help to analyze site layout accessibility?

Yes. The accessibility audits test contrast ratios, missing alt texts, focus order, and screen reader content.

Can I take screenshots during testing?

Yes. You can take screenshots of single viewports or all viewports at once.

How do I perform a site analyze run on private pages?

The plugin runs in your active session. This lets you test and analyze draft and private pages.

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Contributors & Developers

“Responsive Checker For Viewport, Screenshots, Comparison” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.0.4

  • Fixed double script execution issue in WordPress backend when admin bar is active.
  • Moved admin settings styles and scripts to load exclusively on the plugin settings and documentation pages.

1.0.3

  • Removed custom CSS input to follow WordPress security guidelines.

1.0.2

  • Updated script loading to meet WordPress guidelines.
  • Fixed security nonce issues in AJAX requests.
  • Moved styles to external files for faster load times.

1.0.1

  • Added device preview screenshots and regression tools.
  • Added side-by-side comparison with sync scrolling.
  • Added custom viewports and user agent testing.
  • Added accessibility contrast checks and focus maps.
  • Added temporary links to share layout tests.
  • Added developer console logs and media query lists.

1.0.0

  • First release of the plugin.