accessibility

The WordPress Accessibility team is seeking contributors for its handbook project. It’s a collection of tips, resources, tools, and best … Continue reading WordPress Accessibility Team Is Seeking Contributors for Its Handbook Project →

In this episode, John James Jacoby and I are joined by Rachel Cherry, Senior Software Engineer for Disney Interactive and … Continue reading WPWeekly Episode 301 – WordPress in HigherEd, Accessibility, and More With Rachel Cherry →

The WooCommerce development team has forked select2 to create a more accessible, drop-in replacement library called selectWoo. select2 is a … Continue reading WooCommerce Forks select2, Releases selectWoo as a Drop-In Replacement with Improved Accessibility →

In this episode, John James Jacoby and I are joined by David A. Kennedy. Kennedy is a Theminator at Automattic … Continue reading WPWeekly Episode 279 – The Future of Underscores with David A. Kennedy →

When images are uploaded in WordPress 4.6.1 that have an empty alt text value, WordPress tries to generate one based … Continue reading WordPress 4.7 Improves Accessibility by Removing Alternative Text Fallbacks →

Last week WordPress plugin developer Rachel Carden released wA11y, a new plugin that offers comprehensive feedback on web accessibility issues. … Continue reading New wA11y Plugin Scans WordPress Sites for Accessibility Issues →

Udacity, an online education site, has launched a free web accessibility course built by Google. The site previously provided university-style … Continue reading Udacity Launches Free Web Accessibility Course Built by Google →

Among the improvements coming in WordPress 4.6 are accessibility enhancements to the Category and Tag management pages. The flow of … Continue reading WordPress 4.6 Improves the Accessibility of the Tag and Category Management Pages →

The World Health Organization estimates that 285 million people worldwide are living with some form of visual impairment and 39 … Continue reading WordPress Accessibility Team Seeks Testers Using Speech Recognition Technology →

Earlier this year, the WordPress project made a huge move by adopting accessibility coding standards for new and updated code. … Continue reading WordPress.org Support Forums Adds Accessibility Section →

Font Awesome, the open source vector icon collection used by more than 300 plugins on WordPress.org and many free and … Continue reading Font Awesome CDN Now in Beta, Loads Icons Asynchronously with Automatic Accessibility Best Practices →