Article on @therepository.email about the updated Accessibility Ready requirements for #WordPress themes. www.therepository.email/wordpress-ac...

WordPress Accessibility Team Overhauls Theme Guidelines for the First Time in 14 Years

The WordPress Accessibility Team has overhauled its theme accessibility-ready guidelines for the first time since 2012. Theme authors have until June 30 to comply.

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What does an Italian accessibility practitioner do on Saturday afternoons at the supermarket? Tests the color contrast of pasta packages. #a11yvibes Disclaimer: The images used in this post are to be considered fair use for educational purposes.

At the WordPress meetup in Rome today we talked about the new features coming in the next release 7.0 #WordPress

You might not need role="presentation". Steve Frenzel shows how overusing ARIA can hurt more than help. Native HTML often wins. piccalil.li/blog/you-mig... #DigitalAccessibility #A11y #WebStandards #ARIA #InclusiveDesign #FrontEnd

You might not need role="presentation"

Steve Frenzel shares some sage advice on correctly using this role and value combination by showing questionable examples, followed by some better approaches. Spoiler: the better ones are the simple…

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The Current State of Digital Accessibility Research and AI: What 137 Papers Tell Us

After reviewing 137 (109 directly referencing AI) peer-reviewed accessibility research papers published between 2021 and 2025 — from the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS...

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New cartoon: Why was the web developer afraid of accordions? comicss.art/comics/231/ #css #html #cartoon #joke

After more than ten years contributing to WordPress core and spreading accessibility knowledge within Yoast, I’m starting to look for new opportunities with more responsibilities and leadership. If you hear of any roles that might be a good fit or want to catch up, send me a message 👋

My roman empire is that the Sign Language success criterion for WCAG is level AAA. Effectively implying it’s non-essential, not scalable, too hard to achieve. Signed languages are many deaf folks’ first language and non-signed languages are taught heavily through hearing. #wcag #a11y #accessibility

Great article on @therepository.email about @wpaccessibility.day's crowdfunding campaign to have an accessibility booth @wceurope.bsky.social. Want to support accessibility education at WordCamp? Donate today! www.therepository.email/wp-accessibi... #WordPress #a11y #accessibility

WP Accessibility Day Is Crowdfunding a Booth at WordCamp Europe to Close the EAA Knowledge Gap

The nonprofit behind the annual 24-hour accessibility conference is asking the WordPress community to help fund a major presence at WordCamp Europe 2026 in Kraków.

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The checkout page is NOT the place to get creative with your UI/UX. Don't build a Frankenstein checkout that confuses buyers right at the finish line. Make it familiar, get out of their way, and make it easy to pay. 💸 #UXDesign #eCommerceTips #ConversionOptimization #WooCommerce #Shopify