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The CSS class screen-reader-text
WordPress introduced the class .screen-reader-text in 2009 and extended the use in 2015. Joe Dolson wrote a good post about the extended use of the screen-reader-text class in WordPress 4.2. Use The screen-reader-text class is used: to hide text visually that is primarily needed for screen reader users. for skip links to ensure keyboard navigation visibility…
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Skip links
Navigation links, search forms, social media links, or other elements commonly appear on the page before the main content. When navigating using the keyboard, it can be frustrating to get to the main content of a page because of these elements if you need to tab through everything on each page. A skip link provides…
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Get Involved
Welcome and thank you for helping us market WordPress and its wonderful community! We’re so glad you have chosen to be part of the Global Marketing Team. There are so many ways to contribute in the team. At a contributor event, occasionally on particular tasks or more regularly. The Marketing team promotes WordPress to current…
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Good Practices & Resources
Please use the menu on the left hand side to read through this section of the handbook. Items on tools like GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid…
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Plugin/Theme Authors Guide
Interested in getting your project translated? This page will show you, as the theme or pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP…
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Handbook
The Marketing team focuses on making WordPress marketable in all sorts of contexts, from the 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/ side…
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Block Editor
The WordPress 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…
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Accessibility tickets, tasks, and reports
WordPress uses several systems for tracking issues. Issues in WordPress itself are tracked in core ticket tracking. Issues with the network of sites at 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…
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Get involved
Members of the Make WordPress 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 are volunteers…
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Accessibility standards and best practices
What are the best practices for an accessible WordPress website, theme or pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and…