The WordPress front-end is pretty much where it's been for years: capable of being accessible, but it all rests on the developer who builds the site. Inaccessible themes or the lack of WordPress accessibility plugins can make or break your website. Although it has improved, avoiding accessibility regressions with any new interface component is an ongoing battle.
In short, the WordPress community recognizes
the need for accessibility and has admirable accessibility goals, but there is
still work to be done. Accessibility issues still exist in WordPress out of the
box. For example, it is difficult for persons with disabilities to author
material in WordPress, and it is difficult to ensure that content authors do
not generate inaccessible web pages.
Themes and plugins are two mechanisms in
WordPress that have a big impact on accessibility. Themes manage the appearance
of your website, while plugins such as WordPress accessibility plugins allow
you to extend its functionality. Both are in charge of the underlying
programming that makes up your website's front end.
That code could be accessible or have
difficulties with accessibility. It can exclude accessibility elements like
skip links and suitable ARIA roles. The color contrast in the theme can or
cannot be appropriate.
Choosing
an Accessible Theme
Start by choosing an existing theme. Unless
otherwise specified, you should presume that it is not very user-friendly.
Making accessible themes necessitates a lot of time and testing, and if someone
has gone to the trouble of doing so, they are likely to call attention to it.
In most cases, you get what you pay for these
days. Commercial themes often receive more effort, attention, and support than
free themes, making me seem unduly capitalist. If your website is important
enough, a paid theme may be preferable to a free one.
WordPress
Plugins and Accessibility
One compelling reason to adopt WordPress is
the plugins. Over 55,000 free plugins and thousands of premium plugins in the
WordPress repository. Each plugin adds capabilities to WordPress that it didn't
have before.
WordPress
Accessibility Plugins
There are approximately 100 plugins classified
with "accessibility" and at least a dozen additional premium
accessibility plugins in the WordPress repository. These plugins claim to
improve WordPress's accessibility, monitor accessibility, or fix accessibility
problems in popular plugins and themes.
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