These is the bi-weekly notes for the Accessibility Team meeting that happens on alternate Thursday in #accessibility. You can read the full transcript here or see the full meeting schedule.
- Looking for Table leads for WordCamp Europe 2026 Contributor Day
- During the last triage, Joe shared a Google Doc for capturing feedback and observations on how the new changes (slider, editor, and controls) are working.
- WordPress Accessibility Day 2026’s call for speakers is officially open!
- Updated schedule for the WordPress 7.0 Release party.
Working Group Updates
New and updated documentation: about alternative text for images, headings and links plus an introduction to WCAG.
Work in progress: documentation about how to test for accessibility, update of the info about the accessibility-ready tag in the themes handbook and figure out a section “Can I use”.
In bug scrubs, focus has been on assigning tickets for the 7.1 release, with 22 tickets currently milestoned. Due to the extended 7.0 release cycle, several new interfaces; mainly in Gutenberg; still need review. Since the 7.1 schedule isn’t finalized yet, no significant increase in tickets is expected for now.
Focus has been on reviewing new core features, particularly visual revisions, with many areas still needing attention. While work continues on client-side media and the tabs block, priority remains on features planned for the 7.0 release.
Key references include visual history updates and improvements to the Admin Font Library. There is a strong need for more review time to identify and raise issues, especially for features that haven’t yet been evaluated. Notably, real-time collaboration has not undergone accessibility testing yet. Contributors are encouraged to explore and help identify any gaps.
Progress on themes has been limited due to other priorities.
Thank you @joedolson and @rianrietveld for sharing the updates on working group.
NOTE: If you’d like to have a topic added to the agenda for our next meeting, please mention it in the comments on an upcoming agenda.