Title: agenda – Make WordPress Accessible --- # Tag Archives: agenda [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) [Krupa Nanda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) 11:57 am _on_ October 7, 2026 Tags: [accessibility ( 143 )](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), agenda    # 󠀁[Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: October 8, 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/10/07/accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-october-7-2026/)󠁿 This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly 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 meeting on [](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260924T1500) [Thursday, October 08, 2026 at 08:30 PM GMT+5:30](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20261008T1500) ## 📣 Announcements * [WP Accessibility Day 2026](https://wpaccessibility.day/2026) takes place online on October 7–8, 2026 (today), featuring 24 hours of free talks on digital accessibility and WordPress. Do not forget to attend it. * [WordPress 7.2 release party schedule](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/10/06/wordpress-7-2-release-party-schedule/) is announced * [7.1.3 is released as Security update](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/10/wordpress-7-1-3-maintenance-and-security-release/) * [Core Trac and Github spring cleaning](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/10/02/core-trac-and-github-team-spring-cleaning-southern-hemisphere-edition/) * [Presence API: What’s new](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/10/02/presence-api-whats-new/) * [What’s new in Gutenberg 24.1 9/30/26](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/09/30/whats-new-in-gutenberg-24-1-30-september/) ## Working groups * WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and the BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor * Accessibility-ready Program * Documentation about Web Accessibility ## Open floor If you want to have a topic added to the agenda, please mention it in the comments of this post. The Accessibility Team bug scrub is every Tuesday at 16:00 UTC, held in the [#accessibility](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02RP4X03) channel on the Make WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) ( [registration required](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)). [#accessibility](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/agenda/) [](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/09/23/accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-september-24-2026/?share=threads) [#accessibility](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/agenda/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Faccessibility%2F2026%2F10%2F07%2Faccessibility-team-meeting-agenda-october-7-2026%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) [Krupa Nanda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) 6:33 am _on_ September 23, 2026 Tags: [accessibility ( 143 )](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), agenda    # 󠀁[Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: September 24, 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/09/23/accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-september-24-2026/)󠁿 This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly 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 meeting on [](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260924T1500) [Thursday, September 24, 2026 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260924T1500) ## 📣 Announcements * [WPAD 2026 Event](https://wpaccessibility.day/2026/) is coming up! - [Register](https://wpaccessibility.day/2026/register/) to attend WPAD 2026 if you have not! - Checkout the [schedule](https://wpaccessibility.day/2026/announcing-our-2026-schedule/) and see what is coming up! * [Help Keep WP Accessibility Day Going](https://wpaccessibility.day/2026/help-keep-wp-accessibility-day-going/) 💪🏻 * [Introducing Ipsum, the new default theme](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/09/16/introducing-ipsum-the-new-default-theme/) * [Call for testing: DataForm editor inspector](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/09/17/call-for-testing-dataform-editor-inspector/) * [Moving to a server-aware approach for collaboration](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/09/18/moving-to-a-server-aware-approach-for-collaboration/) * [Roadmap to 7.2](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/09/18/roadmap-to-7-2/) is published. * [WordPress 7.1.2 was released](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/09/wordpress-7-1-2-release/) as security release. ## Proposed Agenda * Accessibility Ready deadline is coming up. 🎉 ## Working groups * WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and the BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor * Accessibility-ready Program * Documentation about Web Accessibility ## Open floor If you want to have a topic added to the agenda, please mention it in the comments of this post. The Accessibility Team bug scrub is every Tuesday at 16:00 UTC, held in the [#accessibility](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02RP4X03) channel on the Make WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) ( [registration required](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)). [#accessibility](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/agenda/) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Faccessibility%2F2026%2F09%2F23%2Faccessibility-team-meeting-agenda-september-24-2026%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) [Krupa Nanda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) 12:32 pm _on_ September 9, 2026 Tags: agenda, [meeting notes ( 136 )](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/meeting-notes/) # 󠀁[Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: September 10, 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/09/09/accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-september-10-2026/)󠁿 This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly 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 meeting on [](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260910T1500) [Thursday, September 10, 2026 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260910T1500) ## 📣 Announcements * [WPAD 2026 Event](https://wpaccessibility.day/2026/) is coming up! - [Register](https://wpaccessibility.day/2026/register/) to attend WPAD 2026 - Checkout the [schedule](https://wpaccessibility.day/2026/announcing-our-2026-schedule/) and see what is coming up! * [WordPress 7.1 Release Retrospective](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/09/07/wordpress-7-1-release-retrospective/) post is up and ready for the feedbacks. * [Call for testing: WordPress community groups on events.WordPress.org](https://make.wordpress.org/meta/2026/08/28/call-for-testing-wordpress-community-groups-on-events-wordpress-org/) ## Proposed Agenda * Guidelines for assertive vs. polite `wp.a11y.speak()` announcements. Discuss when each announcement type should be used and whether we can establish explicit guidelines. ## Working groups * WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and the BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor * Accessibility-ready Program * Documentation about Web Accessibility ## Open floor If you want to have a topic added to the agenda, please mention it in the comments of this post. The Accessibility Team bug scrub is every Tuesday at 16:00 UTC, held in the [#accessibility](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02RP4X03) channel on the Make WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) ( [registration required](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)). [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/agenda/), [#meeting-notes](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/meeting-notes/) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) [Krupa Nanda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) 8:38 am _on_ August 26, 2026 Tags: [accessibility ( 143 )](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), agenda    # 󠀁[Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: August 27, 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/08/26/accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-august-27-2026/)󠁿 This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly 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 meeting on [](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260827T1500) [Thursday, August 27, 2026 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260827T1500) ## 📣 Announcements * [Help shape the Accessibility Lab plugin](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/08/21/help-shape-the-accessibility-lab-plugin/) * [WordPress 7.1 “Mary Lou”](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/mary-lou/) was released on August 19th as scheduled! * [A call for volunteers](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/08/12/wordpress-7-2-call-for-volunteers/) was published for WP 7.2. ## Working groups * WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and the BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor * Accessibility-ready Program * Documentation about Web Accessibility ## Open floor If you want to have a topic added to the agenda, please mention it in the comments of this post. The Accessibility Team bug scrub is every Tuesday at 16:00 UTC, held in the [#accessibility](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02RP4X03) channel on the Make WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) ( [registration required](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)). [#accessibility](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/agenda/) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) [Krupa Nanda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) 6:36 am _on_ August 12, 2026 Tags: [accessibility ( 143 )](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), agenda    # 󠀁[Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: August 13, 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/08/12/accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-august-13-2026/)󠁿 This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly 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 meeting on [](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260813T1500) [Thursday, August 13, 2026 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260813T1500) ## 📣 Announcements * 7.1 RC3 is scheduled to be released on Wed Aug 12th (today) * [7.1 RC1](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/wordpress-7-1-release-candidate-1/) was released Wed August 5th. * [WordPress 7.1 Field Guide](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/08/05/wordpress-7-1-field-guide/) is published. * [7.1 Release Candidate phase](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/08/05/wordpress-7-1-release-candidate-phase/) * [7.0.3 Security release](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/wordpress-7-0-3-release/) is released as part of WordPress 7.1 RC2 * [What’s new in Gutenberg 23.7](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/08/06/whats-new-in-gutenberg-23-7-05-august/) is also published. * [WCUS 2026](https://us.wordcamp.org/2026/) is next week and WordPress 7.1 is planned to release live at WCUS on August 19th. The release time is yet to be announced. ## Proposed Discussion [@annezazu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/annezazu/) has proposed the discuss around the [accessibility lab](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RP4X03/p1786115259802999) ## Working groups * WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and the BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor * Accessibility-ready Program * Documentation about Web Accessibility ## Open floor If you want to have a topic added to the agenda, please mention it in the comments of this post. The Accessibility Team bug scrub is every Tuesday at 16:00 UTC, held in the [#accessibility](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02RP4X03) channel on the Make WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) ( [registration required](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)). [#accessibility](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/agenda/) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) [Krupa Nanda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) 6:44 am _on_ July 29, 2026 Tags: [accessibility ( 143 )](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), agenda    # 󠀁[Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: July 30, 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/07/29/accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-july-30-2026/)󠁿 This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly 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 meeting on [](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260730T1500) [Thursday, July 30, 2026 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260730T1500) ## Announcements 📣 * [WordPress 7.0.2 Release](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wordpress-7-0-2-release/) is now available. * [WordPress 7.1 Beta 3 is out](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wordpress-7-1-beta-3/) is ready for download and testing! * [WordPress 7.1 Beta1 4 Release](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/07/03/wordpress-7-1-release-party-schedule/) is scheduled for today – 29th July ## Proposed Discussion Andrea Fercia wants to discuss (or at least get an update on) the recent change to enable [Media Library infinite scrolling](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/07/23/media-library-infinite-scrolling-is-now-enabled-by-default-with-a-per-user-opt-out/) ## Updates from the working group * WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and the BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor * Accessibility-ready Program * Documentation about Web Accessibility ## Open floor If you want to have a topic added to the agenda, please mention it in the comments of this post. The Accessibility Team bug scrub is every Tuesday at 16:00 UTC, held in the [#accessibility](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02RP4X03) channel on the Make WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) ( [registration required](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)). [#accessibility](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/agenda/) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) [Krupa Nanda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) 5:27 am _on_ July 15, 2026 Tags: [accessibility ( 143 )](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), agenda    # 󠀁[Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: July 16, 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/07/15/accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-july-16-2026/)󠁿 This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly 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 meeting on [](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260716T1500) [Thursday, July 16, 2026 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260716T1500) ## Announcements 📣 * [WordPress 7.1 Beta1 Release](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/07/03/wordpress-7-1-release-party-schedule/)( scheduled for today – 15th July)  The release party starts at 15:00 UTC. * [Guide to WCUS 2026](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wcus-2026-guide/) * [WordPress 7.0.1 Maintenance Release](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wordpress-7-0-1-maintenance-release/) ## Proposed Discussion Review the working groups listed on the Get Involved page (some contacts/groups may be outdated, with MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. Working Group listed twice), and discuss consolidating them into 3 groups – General, Documentation, and a new Accessibility-ready Program group to make things more effective. ([ref](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RP4X03/p1783409761839599?thread_ts=1783409457.424209&cid=C02RP4X03)) ## Updates from the working group * Documentation * General * 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/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/) * Themes ## Open floor If you want to have a topic added to the agenda, please mention it in the comments of this post. The Accessibility Team bug scrub is every Tuesday at 16:00 UTC, held in the [#accessibility](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02RP4X03) channel on the Make WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) ( [registration required](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)). [#accessibility](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/agenda/) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) [Krupa Nanda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) 9:29 am _on_ July 1, 2026 Tags: [accessibility ( 143 )](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), agenda    # 󠀁[Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: July 02, 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/07/01/accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-july-02-2026/)󠁿 This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly 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 meeting on [](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260604T1500) [Thursday, July 02, 2026 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260702T1500) ## Announcements 📣 * [WordPress 7.1 Roadmap is published](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/06/19/roadmap-to-7-1/) * [WordPress Contributor Dashboard: New Views, Custom Ladder, and More](https://make.wordpress.org/project/2026/06/22/wordpress-contributor-dashboard-new-views-custom-ladder-and-more/) * [WP A11y Docs update June 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/06/30/wp-a11y-docs-update-june-2026/) * Call for Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of [https://make.wordpress.org/](https://make.wordpress.org/) There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. [https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/](https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/) Table Leads Nomination for 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](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). US 2026 ## Proposed Discussion Team perspective on the use of pure white text on dark backgrounds (and vice versa), including 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/](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/). 3 and APCA research. _(Proposed by [Afercia](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RP4X03/p1782828594843629?thread_ts=1782793720.243339&cid=C02RP4X03).)_ ## Updates from the working group * Documentation * General * 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/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/) * Themes ## Open floor If you want to have a topic added to the agenda, please mention it in the comments of this post. The Accessibility Team bug scrub is every Tuesday at 16:00 UTC, held in the [#accessibility](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02RP4X03) channel on the Make WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) ( [registration required](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)). [#accessibility](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/agenda/) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) [Krupa Nanda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) 1:19 pm _on_ June 17, 2026 Tags: [accessibility ( 143 )](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), agenda    # 󠀁[Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: June 18, 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/06/17/accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-june-18-2026/)󠁿 This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly 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 meeting on [](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260604T1500) [Thursday, June 18, 2026 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260618T1500) * [Core Committers WCEU recap](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/06/15/core-committers-meeting-wordcamp-europe-2026/) * [What’s new for developers June 2026](https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/06/whats-new-for-developers-june-2026/) * [What’s new in Gutenberg 23.4? (June 17, 2026)](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/06/17/whats-new-in-gutenberg-23-3-03-jun-2/) * **Contributor activity tracking:** Discuss accessibility considerations around how different types of contributions are recognized and represented in the new 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/](https://wordpress.org/) contributor activity tracking. [[Ref]](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RP4X03/p1778167302027159) ## Updates from the working group * Documentation * General * 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/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/) * Themes ## Open floor If you want to have a topic added to the agenda, please mention it in the comments of this post. The Accessibility Team bug scrub is every Tuesday at 16:00 UTC, held in the [#accessibility](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02RP4X03) channel on the Make WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) ( [registration required](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)). [#accessibility](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/accessibility/), [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/agenda/) [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) [Krupa Nanda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krupajnanda/) 8:49 am _on_ June 3, 2026 Tags: agenda, [meeting notes ( 136 )](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/meeting-notes/) # 󠀁[Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: June 04, 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/06/03/accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-june-04-2026/)󠁿 This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly 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 meeting on [Thursday, June 04, 2026 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260604T1500) * [We are officially in WCEU week now! ](https://europe.wordcamp.org/2026/community/contributor-day/). [Join the A11Y table on contributor day at WordCamp Europe](https://europe.wordcamp.org/2026/community/contributor-day/) * [WP A11y Docs update May 2026](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/2026/06/01/wp-a11y-docs-update-may-2026/) * [Call for volunteers](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/05/21/wordpress-7-1-call-for-volunteers/) for 7.1 is to be closed at the end of this week * [Speaking at WP Accessibility Day](https://wpaccessibility.day/2026/speaking-at-wp-accessibility-day/) * [Hotfix for publish button placement](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2026/05/28/hotfix-available-for-65286/) ## Updates from the working group * Documentation * General * 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/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/) * Themes ## Open floor If you want to have a topic added to the agenda, please mention it in the comments of this post. The Accessibility Team bug scrub is every Tuesday at 16:00 UTC, held in the [#accessibility](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02RP4X03) channel on the Make WordPress SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) ( [registration required](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)). [#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/agenda/), [#meeting-notes](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/meeting-notes/) # Post navigation [← Older posts](https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/tag/agenda/page/2/?output_format=md)