Curated resource guide
WordPress Accessibility Resources
Build and maintain WordPress experiences that work across keyboards, screen readers, devices, and diverse user needs. This guide applies WCAG to themes, blocks, plugins, forms, navigation, media, admin interfaces, semantic HTML, focus, ARIA, contrast, automated checks, manual audits, and regression testing.
Scope
What this guide covers
- WCAG principles applied to WordPress
- semantic HTML
- keyboard navigation
- focus management
- forms and validation
- labels
- contrast
- headings
- landmarks
- links and buttons
- menus
- modals
- tables
- images and alt text
- media captions
- Gutenberg/block accessibility
- theme accessibility
- plugin admin accessibility
- ARIA use
- JavaScript interactions
- screen-reader testing
- automated testing tools
- manual audits
- accessibility-ready theme guidance
- editor content constraints
- and regression testing
Selected references
Curated resources
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- 01Recommended starting point
WordPress Accessibility Coding Standards
The WordPress requirements for semantics, keyboard access, labeling, contrast, motion, and accessible interfaces.
developer.wordpress.org - 02
Accessibility in Classic Themes
WordPress guidance for accessible theme markup, navigation, forms, headings, media, and keyboard use. It is a practical reference for making accessibility part of theme construction rather than a late audit.
developer.wordpress.org - 03
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2
The normative success criteria and conformance requirements behind modern web accessibility reviews.
w3.org - 04
ARIA Authoring Practices Guide
Use tested keyboard and accessibility patterns when native HTML alone cannot express a complex widget.
w3.org - 05
Evaluating Web Accessibility
Plan checks that combine tools, human review, assistive technology, and clearly documented findings.
w3.org - 06
axe-core
Add a mature automated accessibility engine to browser tests while recognizing that automation finds only part of the problem.
github.com - 07
Make WordPress Accessible Handbook
WordPress-specific practices, testing notes, team processes, and contribution guidance maintained by the accessibility team.
make.wordpress.org - 08
Testing for Web Accessibility
WordPress-specific guidance for combining automated checks with keyboard, screen-reader, and manual accessibility testing.
make.wordpress.org - 09
Block Editor Accessibility
Apply editor-specific semantics, focus handling, announcements, and component guidance to Gutenberg interfaces.
developer.wordpress.org - 10
WCAG Evaluation Methodology
Scope, sample, audit, and report accessibility conformance through a repeatable evaluation method.
w3.org - 11
W3C ACT Rules
Review testable accessibility rules and understand what automated outcomes do and do not establish.
w3.org - 12