# Scheduled scans, login areas and click paths

How to set up a recurring scan, have areas behind a login scanned and reach states through click paths.

**In short**

- Every content update can introduce new barriers – a scheduled scan reports what has changed.
- Set the interval in the “Testing” tab; available from the Starter plan, with a verified domain.
- For login areas, create a separate test account – never your own login.

A statement describes a state. Every new page, every new image and every theme update can change it. With a scheduled scan you learn about it from the report rather than from a complaint.

## Scheduled scans

In the website’s “Testing” tab, under “Test on a schedule”, choose the “Interval”. The page then shows the date of the next scan.

| Plan | Interval |
| --- | --- |
| Free | not included |
| Starter | monthly |
| Business | weekly |
| Agency | weekly |

A verified domain is required. Nothing is scheduled for a website above your plan’s limit.

### What happens after a scheduled scan

- Owners and administrators receive an email: how many findings are new, how many are fixed, how many remain open – and whether only part of the pages could be evaluated.
- If the result differs from your published statement, the statement is marked as outdated, and the email says so: [Versions, “outdated” and PDF](https://barrierepruefung.de/en/help/versions#veraltet).
- Assessments and answers to manual checks carry over. New manual checks can be added: [Answering the manual checks](https://barrierepruefung.de/en/help/manual-checks#neue-pruefschritte).

## Login areas

The most serious barriers are often not on the home page but in the customer account or checkout. Add a login under “Login areas” for these.

- **Create a separate test account** – not your own login and not one with administrator rights.
- You enter the address of the login page, the selectors for username, password and submit, and a **success marker**: a selector that only appears after a successful login.
- The credentials are stored encrypted, only decrypted during a scan and masked in screenshots. Every access is logged and visible to you.

Number of logins: 1 in Starter, 5 in Business, unlimited in Agency.

## Click paths

Some states cannot be reached through an address – for example a form showing an error message. A click path describes the steps to get there; the scan checks after every step.

- Allowed steps are `goto`, `click`, `fill`, `select`, `press`, `wait_for`, `assert_visible` and `scroll`.
- **Nothing is ever ordered, paid, deleted or logged out:** buttons with such labels are not clicked.
- For ordering and payment flows, “Stop before” is required – the selector of the button before which the path stops.

Number of click paths: 3 in Starter, 15 in Business, unlimited in Agency.

Login areas and click paths require a verified domain – that is the line between a testing tool and an attack tool.

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Last checked against the product: 2026-09-13 · https://barrierepruefung.de/en/help/scheduled-scans