WP A11y Docs update December 2025 and January 2026

This update informs you about:

• new documentation;
• user feedback on the content structure;
• WCAGWCAG WCAG is an acronym for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. These guidelines are helping make sure the internet is accessible to all people no matter how they would need to access the internet (screen-reader, keyboard only, etc) https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/.-EM audit on the website;
• plans for February.

New documentation

Amber Hinds and Joe Dolson wrote and published documentation for the new accessibility-ready tag guidelines for WordPress themes:

• Theme accessibility guidelines.
• Testing WordPress themes for accessibility.
• Documenting accessibility.

The documentation about web forms is almost ready, new is Provide help,
with:

• Allow copy/paste.
• Autocomplete.
• Avoid input patterns.
• Review, modify, undo.
• Provide valid values.

User testing

From user testing by Dutch frontent developers, we got ideas for a better organisation of the content structure. We are working on less items in the main menu and better in-page navigation to related content. That way content is better findable and can be found in multiple ways, not only by the search option or the main menu.

WCAG-EM audit

The website wpaccessibility.org got an official WCAG-EM audit, the site passes the audit for WCAG 2.2 AA compliance. We created an accessibility statement for the website.

Work for February ’26

• Finish the reorganisation content
• Add a reading guide
• Finish all documentation about forms, next is “Focus management in forms”.
• Start with the documentation for the section Content and images
• Rian will give a presentation about the WP A11yAccessibility 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) Docs project at WPLDN in London on February 26.

All feedback on the documentation is very much welcome.

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