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WordPress and the community around it are very committed to making websites as accessible as possible. Websites should be accessible to every visitor and anyone should be able to use WordPress to create their website or application. To keep accessibility top of mind, there’s a dedicated Accessibility Team that provides expertise and further improves WordPress in this regard. Let’s dive into what accessibility means in the world of WordPress and what you can do to contribute to a more accessible web.
One of the cool things about WordPress is that it’s an open source project. One that invites people from all over the world to work on it. Behind it is a very diverse community of people that works towards creating a platform that anyone can use. So naturally, accessibility is a big theme in WordPress.
Accessibility Coding Standards