{"id":17524,"date":"2026-07-01T09:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/?p=17524"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:29:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:29:02","slug":"accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-july-02-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/2026\/07\/01\/accessibility-team-meeting-agenda-july-02-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: July 02, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly\u00a0<span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Accessibility<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Accessibility<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 \u201cdirect access\u201d (i.e. unassisted) and \u201cindirect access\u201d meaning compatibility with a person\u2019s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Accessibility)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0Team meeting on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?iso=20260604T1500\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?iso=20260702T1500\"><abbr class=\"date\" title=\"2026-07-02T15:00:00+00:00\">Thursday, July 02, 2026 15:00 UTC<\/abbr><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Announcements \ud83d\udce3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/06\/19\/roadmap-to-7-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress 7.1 Roadmap is published<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/project\/2026\/06\/22\/wordpress-contributor-dashboard-new-views-custom-ladder-and-more\/\">WordPress Contributor Dashboard: New Views, Custom Ladder, and More<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/2026\/06\/30\/wp-a11y-docs-update-june-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP A11y Docs update June 2026<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Call for <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Contributor Day<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Contributor Day<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/\">https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/<\/a> There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. <a href=\"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\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> Table Leads Nomination for <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>WordCamp<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>WordCamp<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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\u2019ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. <a href=\"https:\/\/central.wordcamp.org\/about\/\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> US 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Proposed Discussion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Team perspective on the use of pure white text on dark backgrounds (and vice versa), including <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>WCAG<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>WCAG<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG21\/\">https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG21\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> 3 and APCA research.\u00a0<em>(Proposed by <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C02RP4X03\/p1782828594843629?thread_ts=1782793720.243339&amp;cid=C02RP4X03\">Afercia<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Updates from the working group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Documentation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>General<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Gutenberg<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Gutenberg<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 \u2018blocks\u2019 to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc.\r<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/gutenberg\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/gutenberg\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Themes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open floor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to have a topic added to the agenda, please mention it in the comments of this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Accessibility Team bug scrub is every Tuesday at 16:00 UTC, held in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/messages\/C02RP4X03\">#accessibility<\/a>\u00a0channel\u00a0on the Make WordPress\u00a0<span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Slack<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Slack<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform <a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/\">https:\/\/slack.com\/<\/a>. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\">https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registration required<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"o2-appended-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/tag\/accessibility\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>accessibility<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/tag\/agenda\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>agenda<\/a><\/p><nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly\u00a0AccessibilityAccessibility 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 \u201cdirect access\u201d (i.e. unassisted) and \u201cindirect access\u201d meaning compatibility with a person\u2019s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). 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