How Much Does Accessibility Affect My WordPress Site?
summary
The talk examines how much a WordPress theme affects a site's accessibility by explaining the official theme checks, the 11-year-old “accessibility-ready” tag and what that label actually guarantees. It addresses whether choosing an accessibility-ready theme ensures WCAG compliance, whether users with disabilities can independently build a site using such themes, and whether block-editor (Gutenberg) themes are accessible, clarifying limits and misconceptions about theme-driven accessibility.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:36What is WordPress and themes
- 8:33WordPress theme types
- 17:19Theme accessibility
- 21:38WordPress theme directory
- 26:33Accessible themes and Accessibility Ready
- 36:15Choosing and creating accessible themes
- 37:39Q&A
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