Conversations

Accessibility doesn’t end once you’ve remediated issues or passed an audit. In this episode, we talk about what accessibility looks like in practice after the “fixes” are done. We dig into why accessibility must be an ongoing process, share the tools and workflows that make continuous monitoring easier, and explore how organizations can build accessibility into their everyday WordPress development and content practices.

In this episode, we talk about the misconception that accessibility primarily focuses on helping blind users, and share a wide variety of things website owners can do that may not necessarily benefit blind users, but that nonetheless greatly enhance overall accessibility.

In this episode, we talk about the case of a “sue and settle” Kansas City attorney who was found to own multiple inaccessible websites themselves, according to findings from an ABC investigative journalist’s report.

In this episode, we talk about WordPress Accessibility Day 2025 with special guest Ryan Bracey, who takes us through speaker selection, talks we’re looking forward to, tips for getting the most out of the conference, and much more. 

In this episode, special guest Alex Stine gives a first-hand look at how blind individuals use the web using both a good and bad example.

In this episode, we share our reasons behind making the WordPress Page Builder Accessibility Report, which was originally released in 2024, an annually updated report. We also tease some preliminary results from the 100+ hours of analysis that’s gone into the 2025 report, so far. There will be more than a few surprises, tune in to learn more.

In this episode, we try to figure out how much accessibility should be considered enough for a microbusiness. As it turns out, that isn’t a very easy question to answer.

In this episode, we contrast the old way of translating WordPress plugins with an emerging method that (at least in theory) makes translation faster and easier. But, is that how things actually turned out? Tune in and find out.

In this episode, we talk to long-time WordPresser Mike Demo about the accessibility project he worked on during the Cloud Fest 2025 Hackathon, and his experiences with accessibility both earlier in his career, and today.

In this episode, we talk about the looming June 28, 2025 deadline for the European Accessibility Act and what organizations doing business in the EU can do with just weeks left to meet WCAG 2.1 AA.

In this episode, Amber and Steve give a full recap of our first-ever Global Accessibility Awareness Day pledge drive, where dozens of people spent hundreds of hours advancing accessibility in their own organizations, and beyond.

In this episode, Steve and Chris interview Kevin Andrews about his experience working in the accessibility trenches for many years.

In this episode, we ask attorney Richard Hunt, who specializes in ADA and FHA litigation, all about digital accessibility lawsuits. This episode provides general information about legal topics and is not legal advice. Always consult your own attorney.

In this episode, we talk through the ins and outs of user testing, why we do it, how it is distinct from auditing, and much more.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into accessibility best practices for modals and popups, whether they are good or bad for user experience, and whether there are any solutions in WordPress that produce accessible modals by default.

In this episode, Amber and Steve, along with special guest (and Equalize Digital Senior Plugin Developer) William Patton, take a deep dive into how our team approached building an accessible WordPress plugin for multi-sites.