Krupa Nanda 7:54 am on November 4, 2025
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Accessibility Team Meeting Notes: October 30, 2025

On Thursday, October 30, 2025, 15:00 UTC, a team meeting started in #accessibility facilitated by @krupajnanda. You can read the full transcript or see the meeting agenda.

Updates from working groups

Documentation Updates

  • Publishing of new documentation on wpaccessibility.org has started.
  • Three new topics are now available:
    1. Frontend code: Accessible name
    2. Web forms: Input field and form label
    3. Web forms: Input field and description
  • Site maintenance: 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) of wpaccessibility.org will be fixed by Joe and audited soon.
  • Outreach: @rianrietveld presented the project at WordPress Meetups in Amsterdam and Utrecht. Next presentation scheduled for November 27 at WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Netherlands.

How others can help:

  • Read and share feedback on the new content at wpaccessibility.org.
  • Pages about web forms need examples of how plugins handle accessibility.
    • Contributors from WordPress form plugins are invited to share input via the contact page.
  • Extended update available at WP A11y Docs update October 2025.
  • Volunteers are needed to review new documentation and take ownership of unresolved issues.

GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ Updates

  • WordPress 6.9:
    • Most changes have been merged into coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..
    • Some remaining bug fixes will be backported.
    • Notable updates are still in progress for the Notes feature.
    • Joe will begin preparing the Accessibility Improvements List in the next couple of weeks for clearer tracking.

Themes Updates

  • @joedolson connected with @alh0319 to coordinate on finalizing the updated accessibility-ready guidelines.
  • Work is planned for late November, with the goal of having updates ready for broader review in December or January.
  • A special meeting with the Themes team will be scheduled once the guidelines are ready.

NOTE: If you’d like to have a topic added to the agenda for our next meeting, please mention it in the comments on an upcoming agenda.

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