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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.

• First published: October 10, 2025
• Last updated: February 12, 2026
• Edit article: Improve it on GitHub

Other pages in: Start with accessibility

• 7 Quick wins

  Quick wins to improve the accessibility of your website

• Introduction to WCAG

  What are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and how to use them.

• Accessibility, the business case

  The website you build is not for you, or even your client. Its for the users.

• Training

  An overview of online training, books, events, knowledges bases and peer support to learn accessibility.

• Overlays

  Do not use overlays. Here's why.

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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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