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This Week at WordPress.org (January 24, 2022)

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Courtney Robertson
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Each week we are highlighting the news from WordPress.org that you don't want to miss. If you or your company create products or services that use WordPress, we've got the news you need to know. Be sure to share thisā€¦

Chris Johnson has designed a tool…

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Dan Knauss

Chris Johnson has designed a tool to identify ways to improve the flow of your site, which he calls "Logical Content Flow." This describes "the natural hierarchal flow when headings are applied to HTML content correctly as per the Webā€¦

The results of WebAIMā€™s 3rd Survey…

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Dan Knauss

The results of WebAIMā€™s 3rd Survey of Web Accessibility Practitioners are available with some interesting highlights including: 57% of respondents were male, 40% of respondents were female (5 times higher than the broader design/development field), and 3% non-binary, genderqueer, orā€¦

Executive Code When President Joe Biden…

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Dan Knauss

Executive Code When President Joe Biden took office this week, the official White House website was completely replaced ā€” and it's still using WordPress. Of course, this sparked a public conversation (and also some private ones) about the theme andā€¦

Lainey Feingold makes the case that…

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Dan Knauss

Lainey Feingold makes the case that the proposed Online Accessibility Act legislation working through the US Congress is bad for digital inclusion. Right now disabled people can now file lawsuits about websites and apps that aren't accessible to them, butā€¦

Decisions have consequences

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David Bisset
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Sarah Gooding has reported at WPTavern that the W3C and the agency it selected to redesign its website, Studio 24, dropped WordPress from consideration in a selection process that has ended with Craft CMS as the winner. First off, kudosā€¦

This looks like a very handy…

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Dan Knauss

This looks like a very handy developer's guide to designing and building fully accessible websites.Ā šŸ“— Created by Zugang fĆ¼r Alle (Access for all), the guide is based strictly on the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1).

The 2019 Web Almanac is a…

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Dan Knauss
WordPress News
The 2019 Web Almanac is a massive collection of data (20+ TB) from almost six million sites. šŸ“Š Categories include CSS, JavaScript, accessibility, CMS, and page weight. There are lots of statistics to keep you busy for a while. Bookmarkā€¦

The initial planning session for the…

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Dan Knauss

The initial planning session for the proposed WP Global Accessibility Day will happen on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. šŸ“†

Here’s an extensive summary of the…

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Dan Knauss

Here's an extensive summary of the recent Accessibility Scotland 2019 event from Claire Brotherton. The talks at this conference covered a wide range of topics from accessibility and ethics to AI and the challenge of maintaining privacy. Have you everā€¦

WordPress 5.2.4 was released to address…

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Dan Knauss
Security
WordPress 5.2.4 was released to address at least six security issues. šŸ”’ The first release candidate for WordPress 5.3 is available now, as well. šŸ Remember, this release includes and fully supports PHP 7.4! More information about 5.3 continues toā€¦

May 16th was Global Accessibility Awareness…

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Dan Knauss

May 16th was Global Accessibility Awareness Day, with many public events taking place. You can find more accessibility events, sites, and information via the official Twitter account, @gbla11yday.

WPCampus released the results of the…

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Dan Knauss

WPCampus released the results of the much-awaited Gutenberg accessibility audit. Tenon LLC conducted the tests and produced the report at the cost of $31,200. On top of donations raised by WPCampus, Automattic covered about two-thirds of that total. The testingā€¦
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