Welcome to the AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (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 Handbook. Here you can find information about the WordPress Accessibility Team, how to get involved in WordPress accessibility, where to find the accessibility standards and best practices, and how to report an accessibility issue in WordPress.
The Accessibility Team works to make WordPress accessible to as many people as possible. This means making sure people are not just able to read web pages but also to create and maintain websites.
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The Make WordPress Accessible Team needs your time and talent. Writers, marketers, developers, copy editors, testers, auditors: anyone can help.
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Accessibility documentation
The documentation about accessibility itself and about the accessibility-ready requirements is currently published on the WP Accessibility Knowledge Base.
There you can find information about:
- Start with accessibility.
- The accessibility-ready program.
- Accessibility standards and best practice.
- Accessibility testing.
Note: The documentation in the WP Accessibility Knowledge Base is in development and will be moved to wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ when it’s finished.