WordPress now has a separate support forum for your accessibility-related questions.
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WordPress Accessibility (a11y) Forum
You will find a11y being used as an acronym for accessibility since there are 11 alphabets between `a` and `y` of the word `accessibility`. The purpose of the forum is to answer both end user & developer questions related to WordPress & accessibility.
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WordPress Accessibility (a11y) Resources
I have collected a few WordPress Accessibility (a11y) related resources which you might want to read.
- Accessibility Handbook
- Accessibility at Codex
- Accessibility’s Make channel for WP Developers
- Morten wrote an interesting piece about The accessibility-ready Tag Should Be Required for All WordPress Themes
- WPBeginner wrote about How to Improve Accessibility on Your WordPress Site
- Carrie Dils wrote an interesting series about An Intro to Accessible WordPress Themes
- A few Useful Accessibility Tools at Make WP
- WordPress goes WCAG: All new or updated code released into WordPress core and bundled themes must conform with the WCAG 2.0 guidelines at level AA.
- Sarah Gooding from WPTavern wrote about WordPress Themes Suck at Accessibility: It’s Time to Fix It