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title: 'WCAG 2.2 is a Web Standard "W3C Recommendation"'
date: 2023-10-05
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[Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/) is now a "W3C Recommendation" web standard. For an introduction to WCAG, see the [WCAG 2 Overview](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/). WCAG 2.2 adds 9 requirements (called success criteria) since WCAG 2.1. To learn more about WCAG 2.2, see [What's New in WCAG 2.2](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/new-in-22/).