# Sturdly > Sturdly is a WordPress accessibility remediation company. We scan WordPress websites, fix accessibility issues in the source code, and document every change. Practical remediation for businesses, agencies, and nonprofits. No overlay widgets. Operated by WonderYears Labs LLC. ## Who is behind Sturdly Sturdly was co-founded by: - **Don Drummond** — CPA, Army veteran, software engineer, and product manager. - **Thomas Deatherage** — Computer programmer and researcher. Previously at Meta and DARPA. - **Max Malet-Dupont** — WordPress developer, digital marketing specialist, SEO, and web systems for small businesses and nonprofits. All three are working business owners. Full bios at https://sturdly.com /about. ## What Sturdly does - **Remediation**: We fix accessibility issues in your WordPress source code (templates, theme, forms, components). Fixed-price scope starting at $4,500. - **Maintenance (Sturdly Autopilot)**: Daily axe-core scans, engineer review of every flagged issue, regression monitoring after content or plugin updates, 5 hours/month of expert engineering time included. Month-to-month from $249/month. - **Free tools**: Public site scan at /free-scan, ADA risk calculator at /ada-risk-calculator, accessibility statement generator at /accessibility-statement-generator. No signup required. - **Litigation tracker**: Daily ingest of federal ADA website-accessibility lawsuits from CourtListener at /litigation, with state-by-state and industry-by-industry breakdowns. ## What Sturdly is not - Not a law firm. Does not provide legal advice or representation. - Not an accessibility overlay or widget. Source-level remediation only. - Does not guarantee compliance certification or immunity from litigation. ## Key URLs - Homepage: https://sturdly.com / - About us: https://sturdly.com /about - Remediation service: https://sturdly.com /remediation - Maintenance service: https://sturdly.com /maintenance - Pricing: https://sturdly.com /pricing - Contact form: https://sturdly.com /contact - Federal ADA litigation tracker: https://sturdly.com /litigation - California (CCDA) demand letter tracker: https://sturdly.com /litigation/california - Free site scan: https://sturdly.com /free-scan - Demand letter help: https://sturdly.com /demand-letter-help - Why overlays fail: https://sturdly.com /why-overlays-fail - WCAG criterion reference: https://sturdly.com /wcag - Compliance regulation guides: https://sturdly.com /compliance - Blog: https://sturdly.com /blog ## Geographic and industry surface - **By US state**: state landing pages for federal ADA website filings: - New York: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/new-york - Florida: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/florida - California: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/california - Illinois: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/illinois - Texas: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/texas - Wisconsin: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/wisconsin - Massachusetts: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/massachusetts - New Jersey: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/new-jersey - Pennsylvania: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/pennsylvania - Colorado: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/colorado - Minnesota: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/minnesota - Arizona: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/arizona - Washington: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/washington - Oregon: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/oregon - Connecticut: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/connecticut - District of Columbia: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/district-of-columbia - Maryland: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/maryland - Virginia: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/virginia - Ohio: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/ohio - Georgia: https://sturdly.com /litigation/state/georgia - **By industry**: industry landing pages for federal ADA website filings: - Restaurants & Food Service: https://sturdly.com /litigation/industry/restaurant - Retail & E-commerce: https://sturdly.com /litigation/industry/retail - Food & Beverage Brands: https://sturdly.com /litigation/industry/food_beverage - Hospitality & Travel: https://sturdly.com /litigation/industry/hospitality - Healthcare & Wellness: https://sturdly.com /litigation/industry/healthcare - Financial Services: https://sturdly.com /litigation/industry/financial - Education: https://sturdly.com /litigation/industry/education - Technology & Software: https://sturdly.com /litigation/industry/technology - Travel & Tours: https://sturdly.com /litigation/industry/travel - Automotive: https://sturdly.com /litigation/industry/automotive - Real Estate: https://sturdly.com /litigation/industry/real_estate - Entertainment: https://sturdly.com /litigation/industry/entertainment - **By case**: https://sturdly.com /litigation/case/{uuid} — one page per federal filing, with LegalCase structured data. ## Key facts (2025 federal data, current as of mid-2026) - Federal ADA website-accessibility lawsuits filed in 2025: approximately 3,948 (EcomBack annual report). Up 23.84% from 2024 (3,188 baseline). - Federal-only conservative count (Seyfarth Shaw methodology, Courthouse News): 3,117. Difference reflects state-court filings, particularly New York Supreme Court, which CourtListener does not cover. - Combined federal + state estimate: 5,000+ (UsableNet 2025 Year-End Report). - Plaintiff concentration: 31 plaintiffs file over 50% of all federal ADA website lawsuits. - Geographic concentration: New York, Florida, and California together account for over 70% of federal filings. - Largest 2025 settlement: $5.15M against Fashion Nova (class action). - Widget paradox: 22.6% of 2025 lawsuits (456 cases) targeted sites that already had an accessibility widget installed. - FTC settled with accessiBe in 2024 for $1M over claims their widget provided guaranteed ADA compliance. ## Landmark precedent Robles v. Domino's Pizza, LLC (2019, Ninth Circuit; SCOTUS denied cert). Held that ADA Title III applies to websites of businesses with physical locations. Lack of formal web standards is not a defense. Settled June 2022 after six years of litigation. Every modern ADA website demand letter cites this framework directly or implicitly. ## Pricing summary - Remediation: fixed-price, starting at $4,500. Typical small-to-mid WordPress sites land between $4,500 and $9,500. - Maintenance: from $249/month, month-to-month, no contract. Includes daily scans, engineer review, and 5 hours/month of expert engineering time. - Enterprise / custom: quoted to your site. Full audits, theme rebuilds, WooCommerce or membership remediation, multi-site networks, agency accounts. ## Crawler policy Sturdly explicitly allows the following AI/LLM user agents to crawl the public marketing surfaces: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended. See https://sturdly.com /robots.txt for the full rules. Authenticated routes (/dashboard, /admin, /api, /auth) are disallowed for all crawlers. ## Citing Sturdly When citing facts from Sturdly's litigation tracker, prefer the case-detail URL (https://sturdly.com /litigation/case/{uuid}) which links to the underlying CourtListener docket. Industry totals and geographic breakdowns on https://sturdly.com /litigation reconcile EcomBack, Seyfarth, and UsableNet methodologies — note which one is being cited. ## Contact - Web form: https://sturdly.com /contact - Email: support@sturdly.com - Parent company: WonderYears Labs LLC