WP Accessibility Team

Decorative Images… @aardrian.bsky.social wrote down a short manual about when an image is decorative and who actually cares. Includes a short alt decision tree. Warning: references poo. adrianroselli.com/2026/10/deco...

Seven quick accessibility wins for your WordPress website: wpaccessibility.org/docs/start/q...

Good read: Using plain language to bring people into accessibility, by Ronny Hendriks. Plain language in our audits, training and conversations makes it clearer what needs to change and why, while setting an example for the people we work with. cogainstitute.com/articles/com...

Color is important to create a beautiful web design. For the WP Accessibility Knowledge Base we wrote 3 topics about color in the section Design & user experience: The use of color, color contrast of text, and color contrast of non-text (like icons). wpaccessibility.org/docs/topics/...

WPAD is just 3 days away! If you've been meaning to register, this is a good moment to also consider a microsponsorship — $150, or $225 with a t-shirt. Every microsponsor helps cover what it takes to put this event on. #WPAD2026 wpaccessibility.day/2026/register/

WP A11y docs update September 2026 With: new and updated documentation, migration of the Accessibility Team Handbook, our plans for October and the roadmap of the WP A11y Docs project. make.wordpress.org/accessibilit...

Happening today: Live Accessibility Testing. Online workshop with Manuel Matuzovic @matuzo.at smashingconf.com/online-works...

Images, video, and all the links: noti.st/hdv/2cNacB/h... (captioned video should show up soon)

Happy Web Accessibility Directive anniversary! Today, IAAP runs a virtual event, focusing on end users, reporting, European standards and more! At 10:15 CET I'll moderate a session with regulators, to find out lessons learned. www.accessibilityassociation.org/wad-2026

26 hours to go! The fourteenth edition of @inclusivedesign24 #id24 is almost here. Free, online, no registration, no product pitches. Just show up (on time or not). Countdown timer is on the schedule: inclusivedesign24.org/2026/schedule/

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Inclusive Design 24 is this week! 24 hours of free, live-streamed talks about inclusion and accessibility. You can check out this year's schedule here: inclusivedesign24.org/2026/schedule/ #id24 #a11y #accessibility #InclusiveDesign

Only 3 weeks until WP Accessibility Day 2026 The countdown is officially on! Stay in the loop with event news, speaker updates, and more. Join our email list: wpaccessibility.day/2026/join-ou... #WPA11yDay #WPAD2026 #Accessibility #OpenSource

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Join Simon Miner at WPAD 2026 for AI, Accessibility, and WordPress: Deciding What to Trust, Test, and Do Yourself wpaccessibility.day/2026/session... #WPA11yDay #WPAD2026 #Accessibility #OpenSource

Who owns accessibility after a WordPress site launches? Sanna Kramsi has answers at WP Accessibility Day 2026. Watch the preview: www.youtube.com/shorts/nMU5W... #WPAD2026 #WPA11yDay #WordPress

Our schedule for this year's edition is available for reading ahead of the event! Why not check out and see if any talks are of interest to you? #id24 #accessibility #InclusiveDesign inclusivedesign24.org/2026/schedule/

In the Accessibility Craft Podcast: All About the WordPress Accessibility Lab canonical plugin, with Joe Dolson and Anne McCarthy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFec...

What if we chose accessibility over beauty? My Story with Epilepsy. Virginia shares her personal story with epilepsy and invites us to rethink how we approach design—and whose needs we prioritize. wpaccessibility.day/2026/session... #WPA11yDay #WPAD2026 #Accessibility #OpenSource

WP A11y docs update August 2026. With: new and updated documentation, an explanation of the accessibility-ready program, a complete sitemap for users, and our plans for September. make.wordpress.org/accessibilit... #a11y #wpa11y #wp-a11y-docs

Weekly Reading List Digital accessibility news from the last week. reading-lists.kc.vispero.com/2026/08/24/w... You can get a weekly link to this direct to your email inbox if you want, see top of this issue. #accessibility #a11y #design #development #news

🎺 Woohoo, EN 301 549 (version 4.1.0) was “adopted” and is now being prepared for publication (as 4.1.1)*. There's lots of changes, the most significant for web teams: references to WCAG are now to WCAG 2.2. * portal.etsi.org/eWPM/index.h...

Automattic's Anne McCarthy has released a prototype accessibility plugin with buy-in from the WordPress Accessibility Team, and a hard line against treating it as a substitute for accessibility in WordPress core. 🔗

The WP Accessibility Day speaker lineup is taking shape. Here are three speakers we’re excited to introduce. We’ll reveal more in the coming days, so check back for the next announcement. Or join our email list: wpaccessibility.day/2026/join-ou... #WPA11yDay #OpenSource #WordPress

New content! Patterns to avoid: Disappearing toast notifications. A what? A toast is a short message that appears on screen and disappears after a few seconds. Read or not. wpaccessibility.org/docs/topics/... #wp-a11y-docs

In the WP Accessibility Knowledge Base, we updated the page "Alternative text for images in the content". In WordPress 7.1 the new option to mark an image as decorative is now available. Read why this can be useful in: wpaccessibility.org/docs/topics/...

These (still) aren't the SCs you're looking for. WCAG is supposed to give a objective way of saying whether or not sites are "accessible". And, of course, it is not perfect. Patrick may not have all the answers, but he'll have a good rant around the subject anyway. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADIg...

We created a sitemap for the WP Accessibility Knowledge Base for users. Now you have a complete overview of the content of the dcoumentation in one page: wpaccessibility.org/sitemap/

Here is the 2026 edition of the HTML boilerplate I use for websites I build! Let me know if there's anything else I should consider including! matuzo.at/blog/2026/ht...

The clock is ticking! And the deadline is fast approaching. Platinum, Gold, and Silver sponsorships close September 1. Bronze and Micro sponsorships remain open until September 16. Details at this link. wpaccessibility.day/2026/last-ca... #WPA11yDay #WPAD2026 #Accessibility #WordPress

Just published: what are the accessibility improvements ini WordPress 7.1? make.wordpress.org/core/2026/08... #WordPress #a11y

AI, Screen Readers, and the Real User Experience. Accessibility Craft episode on YouTube with Alex Stine, William Patton and Chris Hinds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeui...

Hold on to your socks … we've just released the schedule for the upcoming Inclusive Design 24 #id24 which will take place on the 24 September inclusivedesign24.org/2026/ #accessibility #a11y #inclusiveDesign

Just released: a new version of the W3C's WCAG-EM Report Tool, that aligns it with the recent WCAG-EM 2 publication. w3.org/WAI/eval/report-tool/

Do you share stories about WordPress, accessibility, or inclusive technology? Partner with #WPA11yDay 2026 as a media partner and help connect people with free accessibility education from the global WordPress community. wpaccessibility.day/2026/apply-t... #WPAD2026 #WordPress #OpenSource

Good read: 5 accessibility checks to run on every component by Hidde de Vries (@hidde.blog) for zeroheight. zeroheight.com/blog/5-acces... #accessibility, #a11y, #testing

Accessibility updates shipping in WordPress 6.9: make.wordpress.org/core/2025/11... #a11y #WordPress

The results of the WordPress Accessibility documentation survey are now available! #WordPress #a11y make.wordpress.org/accessibilit...

As you probably know, we will be working on the documentation in the WP Accessibility Team’s Handbook. For this we need your feedback. Please fill in the feedback request form so we know what you think is important to read. RT = 🙌🙌 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Just published: Accessibility Improvements in WordPress 6.8. #a11y #WordPress make.wordpress.org/core/2025/03...

For anybody looking, currently in the process of shutting down our account on X and moving here.

All right. The WP Accessibility Team is now on Bluesky!