Updates to WordPress theme accessibility guidelines

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)-ready guidelines for WordPress themes were updated today. There are no explicit changes to the requirements, but the order of the guidelines has been changed so that it corresponds more effectively to how it makes sense to run tests on the guidelines.

Additionally, I’ve added some information on how to run tests for each guideline into the guidelines, so that theme developers are more easily able to find information on how to self-test when they’re creating an accessibility-ready theme.

Review the guidelines.

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