WP Accessibility Knowledge Base

Documentation about accessibility for WordPress users and creators. For the community, by the community.

This documentation aims to provide you with answers about WordPress and accessibility. How do you design and create an accessible website or plugin? How do you write accessible content? What do you need to know to comply with international legislation?

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Reading guide

Find the documentation for your work role, work field and expertise.

Getting Started

• Start with accessibility.
• Checklists for accessibility testing.
• WordPress plugins for accessibility testing.
• Accessibility legislation.
• Find accessible WordPress themes.

Content managers and writers

• Find training that fits your needs in Start with accessibility.
• Content and images in Standards and best practice.
• Content checks in Checklists for accessibility testing.
• WordPress plugins for accessibility testing in Test for accessibility.

Design & user experience specialists

• Find training that fits your needs in Start with accessibility.
• Design & user experience in Standards and best practice.
• Web forms in Standards and best practice.
• Design checks in Checklists for accessibility testing:

Website and plugin developers

• Find training that fits your needs in Start with accessibility.
• Frontend code in Standards and best practice.
• How to build accessible web forms in Standards and best practice.
• Frontend checks in Checklists for accessibility testing.

Theme developers

• Find training that fits your needs in Start with accessibility.
• Standards and best practice.
• The accessibility-ready program for WordPress.
• Set up testing for the WordPress themes accessibility-ready tag in Test for accessibility.

Quality assurance and auditing

• Documenting accessibility in Standards and best practice.
• Accessibility legislation in Standards and best practice.
• Test for accessibility.
• WordPress plugins for testing in Test for accessibility.
• Accessibility for your business in Start with accessibility.
• The accessibility-ready program for WordPress.
• Set up testing for the WordPress themes accessibility-ready program in Test for accessibility.

WordPress core contributors

• Find training that fits your needs in Start with accessibility.
• Standards and best practice.
• Test for accessibility.
• WordPress and accessibility.

Management

• Start with accessibility.
  • Find training that fits your needs.
  • Introduction to WCAG.
  • Accessibility for your business.
  • Theyre not my visitors.
  • Overlays and why not to use them.
• Accessibility legislation in Standards and best practice.
• Documenting Accessibility including how to write an accessibility statement.

Stakeholders and site owners

• Start with accessibility.
  • Find training that fits your needs.
  • Introduction to WCAG.
  • Accessibility for your business.
  • Theyre not my visitors.
  • Overlays and why not to use them.
• Accessibility legislation in Standards and best practice.
• Documenting Accessibility, including how to write an accessibility statement.

New and updated content

In August 2026:

The accessibility-ready program for WordPress:

• About the accessibility-ready program.

Standars and best practice:

• Readability in Content and images.

• First published: October 10, 2025
• Last updated: August 19, 2026
• Edit article: Improve it on GitHub

Quick links and main topics

Disclaimer: This documentation is intended to help the WordPress community understand and implement accessible practices. It is not a replacement for the official Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Please read the full disclaimer.

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