WordPress Accessibility Day 2022 has wrapped its last session, and we’re honored by the great response we received from the community – our sponsors, speakers, volunteers, and attendees. This year we were excited to have 1604 registrants from 52 countries and to be able to donate $2,000 to Knowbility, a nonprofit focused on website accessibility. The presentations may have ended, […]
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Cloudways is a Platinum sponsor of WordPress Accessibility Day 2022 and a long-time proponent of usability on the web. Their platform is all about simplicity and freedom for online businesses. About Cloudways Cloudways offers managed and flexible multi-cloud hosting for WordPress and WooCommerce websites. Their managed WordPress hosting is a breath of fresh air compared […]
Gravity Forms is a Platinum Sponsor of WordPress Accessibility Day 2022. Last week, co-lead organizer, Amber Hinds, sat down with Morgan Kay, Software Engineer at Rocketgenius, Inc. (the company behind Gravity Forms), and Rian Rietveld, Web Accessibility Specialist at Level Level, to discuss Gravity Forms’ approach to making their plugin and its front-end output more […]
WP Engine is a Platinum sponsor of WordPress Accessibility Day 2022 and an enthusiastic supporter of the WordPress community and accessibility. In addition to sponsoring WordPress Accessibility Day, WP Engine is also a live caption sponsor of the WordPress Accessibility Meetup. About WP Engine WP Engine is a WordPress technology company that provides relied-upon and […]
Accessible Web is an industry leader in web accessibility created by a forward-thinking team determined to change how people approach web accessibility. Their mission is to empower agencies and web teams with tools, services, and education so they can tackle web accessibility in an efficient, confident, and profitable way. Accessible Web doesn’t support overlays or […]
We offer our sincere thanks to 20i for becoming a Gold Level Sponsor for this year’s WordPress Accessibility Day! Just what is 20i, you might ask… 20i is a best-in-class WordPress Hosting company that offers high-performance and easily managed hosting for WordPress professionals. Why Partner with 20i for Hosting Website acceleration, free CDN, 24×7 support, […]
Big thanks to NerdPress for becoming a silver-level sponsor for WP Accessibility day! As a leading WordPress support and maintenance provider, NerdPress knows just how important website accessibility is, and the challenges to meeting accessibility standards on WordPress. They are also firm believers in diversity, equity, and inclusion and believe that uniqueness is an asset. […]
Yoast is one of our generous sponsors this year. WordPress Accessibility Day Organizer Amber recently had the opportunity to sit down with Marieke van de Rakt, Head of Strategy, Taco Verdonschot, Head of Relations, and Willemien Hallebeek, Manager of Content at Yoast to hear more about their company’s approach to accessibility and discuss some of […]
Seeing that WordPress is the largest and most popular CMS in the industry today, it only made sense for The A11y Collective to help support WordPress Accessibility Day. Like many of us in the WordPress Community, they realize that by making a large impact in WordPress, you can make a huge impact on the web […]
WP Accessibility Day 2022 is honored to announce Nicolas Steenhout as our keynote speaker. Nic has decades of involvement working on accessibility in the world of open source software. With his breadth of experience as an accessibility advocate and developer, he’s able to offer an in-depth perspective on the nature and responsibilities of open source […]