The document discusses the state of accessibility in WordPress as presented at WordCamp Europe 2016, highlighting areas of improvement and ongoing efforts. It reports that only 5% of videos on WordPress.tv have subtitles and outlines the importance of adhering to WCAG 2.0 guidelines for new or updated code. Furthermore, it provides tips for improving code and encourages collaboration within the community to enhance accessibility.

1. Wappu #a11y

2. WordPress
State of the Accessibility
WordCamp Europe 2016

3. Text & links
rianrietveld.com/wceu16

4. So, how accessible is
WordPress?

5. Well, it depends…

6. A lot is pretty good!

7. Frontend

8. Basic content management

9. TO DO

10. TO DO: Legacy code

11. TO DO: Consistency

12. Consistency: Search posts

13. Consistency: Search themes

14. Consistency: Search plugins

15. TO DO: Accessibility-ready reviews

16. Eva Westerhoff @evawesterhoff

17. Goodmorning WordCamp Europe
I hope you have lots of fun in Vienna
Eva Westerhoff @evawesterhoff

18. Subtitles in WordPress.tv
On May 18th there were 4648 videos
on WordPress.tv, of which 246 have subtitles.
That’s 5%

19. This is a work in progress

20. Rebuild from scratch?

21. Media!

23. JavaScript is not the enemy

24. Milestones
2015 - 2016

26. “All new or updated code
released into WordPress core and bundled
themes
must conform with the
WCAG 2.0 guidelines at level AA.”

27. EU logo

28. • Accessibility handbook
• Code patterns on GitHub
• JS method wp.a11y.speak()
• Accessibility forum
• Test team
Help is on the way:

29. Meet the test team!

30. 3 tips to improve your code
• Use one H1 per page
• Check for colour contrast
• Keyboard test

31. Where are we now?

32. Contributor days & Meetups

33. While you are learning
JavaScript deeply,
learn accessibility deeply too!

34. Text & links
rianrietveld.com/wceu16
@rianrietveld

35. Image credits
Children at school by Lucélia Ribeiro,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lupuca/
Emoijs from http://emojione.com
Old Garage and mess by Moyan Brenn
https://www.flickr.com/photos/aigle_dore/
Lonely departure (Explored) by Cyril
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cilou101/
Test team: images provided by the testers themselves