The “Guidelines for the WordPress accessibility-ready tag” are listed and explained with 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) Team’s documentation site. Next to the guidelines itself you can find information there about how to document accessibility and how to test themes for the accessibility-ready tag.
The accessibility-ready guidelines
The following items are required for approval to use the accessibility-ready tag:
- Skip to Content Link
- Meaningful landmark roles and names
- Keyboard navigation support
- Controls with accessible names, roles, and states
- Labelled form fields
- Headings with meaningful structure
- Underlined links in text
- No ambiguous link text
- Sufficient color contrast of text and UI controls
- Alternative text on images and graphics
- Accessible audio, video, and animations
- Support for reflow, resize, and text spacing changes
- No unexpected changes of context
- No links opening new windows or tabs without warning
- Content on hover or focus is accessible
- Accessibility statement
- Must not recommend or require inaccessible plugins
- Screen reader text supported
