Category: Accessibility Series

Making your WordPress theme accessible, one blog post at a time.

Leave a Comment on The Screen Reader Text Class: 5 Real Life Applications

The Screen Reader Text Class: 5 Real Life Applications

Accessibility Series WordPress
One of my first exposures to accessibility in WordPress is the screen reader text class. When I was learning by tinkering around existing themes - it became a familiar sight. Now, the screen reader text class is an effortless addition to my daily development, and it makes a huge difference.…
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How to use the Button Element to improve Accessibility

Accessibility Series WordPress
I’m still here on my ongoing mission of coding accessibly. There is one HTML element that has become a huge stepping stone for me once I learned how to properly use it. That stepping stone was the button element. What? The button element? Why the heck do we need that?…
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Accessible Links by the Handbook

Accessibility Series Tutorials WordPress
WordPress has this handy theme review handbook. On my quest to learning about accessibility, the requirements in this handbook seemed the next logical step. Since accessible links have been an overwhelming topic for me, learning requirements first give me a head start in addition to learning about making links accessible via context. The…
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