The AccessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) Team provides accessibility expertise across the project to improve the accessibility of WordPress coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and resources.
The WordPress Accessibility Coding Standards state that “All new or updated code released in WordPress must conform with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 at level AA.”
WordPress regularly improves its features and creates new coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. themes. The accessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) team monitors these changes and tests them for web accessibility. More than 70 volunteers with all kinds of assistive technologyAssistive technologyAssistive technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. Assistive technology promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing, by providing enhancements to, or changing methods of interacting with, the technology needed to accomplish such tasks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology help with these tasks. Nimbus Hosting is so kind to sponsor a test server for the team.
We use a variety of assistive technologies, including:
Different brands of screen readers and voice recognition software on multiple browsers;
Keyboard only navigation, checking tab-order and discovering unreachable links;
Color contrast checkers;
Other accessibility issues we find.
Do you have something you’d like tested in WordPress core? Please contact us in SlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. in the #accessibility channel to let us know. Via the test mailing list, team volunteers regularly plan tests and report results.
We report problems by creating a ticket on WordPress TracTracTrac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/.. We test patches on existing tickets, then update those tickets with our findings. We discuss known accessibility problems and suggest workable solutions. We document these activities on Make WordPress Accessible.
You can help increase accessibility in WordPress, and thus in much of the web. We are looking for people familiar with WordPress, with time to run tests, especially those who:
Use assistive technology to use the internet or,
Know about web accessibility or,
Are web developers that can help write patches.
Join our Monday meeting on the #accessibility channel in Slack, introduce yourself and you’re in.