142: Accessibility in WordPress 6.9, Evangeline’s Praline Liqueur
In this episode, we discuss the “surprise” WordPress 6.9 release coming out in 2025 and the accessibility fixes, new blocks, and new features it promises.
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In this episode, we discuss the “surprise” WordPress 6.9 release coming out in 2025 and the accessibility fixes, new blocks, and new features it promises.
This episode is a recording of an October 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Annelies Verhelst, Digital Accessibility Expert at Accessibility Desk, shared practical strategies and persuasive arguments to help professionals make a strong business case for accessibility, even when it felt like an uphill battle.
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.
This episode is a recording of a September 2022 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Nick Corbett, Accessibility Training & Research Coordinator at The Carroll Center for the Blind, talked about the Screen Reader User Tester Training (SRUTT) Program at the Carroll Center for the Blind.
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.
This episode is a recording of a September 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Picca Neri takes a deep dive into the world of ultra stylized, AI-generated captions. Are they helping, or hurting your content?
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.
This episode is a recording of an August 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, presents key findings from our 2025 Page Builder Accessibility 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.
This episode is a recording of an August 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Catherine Sherry and Kate O’Connor from Onward Accessibility discussed effective strategies for recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding individuals with disabilities.
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.
This episode is a recording of a July 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where David Denedo and Angela Bowman covered practical strategies to build accessibility friendly sites in Elementor, while also covering some key usability barriers to be aware of on the platform.
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.
This episode is a recording of a June 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where panelists Bri Norton, Ricky Onsman, and Amanda Mace discussed how an annual accessibility conference ended up growing into a national association with real political clout.
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.
This episode is a recording of a June 2025 WordPress Accessibility Meetup where Maria Maldonado, Accessibility Specialist at Equalize Digital, shared a beginner-friendly exploration of ARIA, when to use it, when not to use it, and general best practices for digital inclusion.