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Andrea Fercia

Accessibility specialist at Self employed

@afercia Rome, Italy joined Jan 2012

linkedin.com/in/andreafercia github.com/afercia Slack: @afercia
    Teams Accessibility Core
    Languages it_IT

    Bio

    Accessibility Specialist, WordPress Core Committer, Senior Frontend engineer.

    As a Core Committer since 2015 and a member of the WordPress Accessibility Team, I contributed to advancing accessibility standards within WordPress, delivering accessibility improvements for millions of users globally.

    With over 10 years at Yoast BV, I specialised in modern WordPress development as a senior frontend developer and digital accessibility specialist.

    Open-source contributor, speaker, mentor, and accessibility advocate. Over the course of more than 20 years of digital accessibility practice, I learned a couple things about people’s needs, browsers, and assistive technology. Interested in scaling accessibility within product teams and fostering accessibility culture in large organisations.

    Interests

    Tech, Arts in general, history, good movies and all kind of music.

    Badges

    CODE
    6 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Core Team '16 Design Contributor '19 Meta Contributor '16 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Documentation Contributor '17 WordPress.tv Contributor '16
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    bbPress Contributor '20 WordCamp Organizer '16 WordCamp Speaker '23
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Accessibility Contributor '19 Accessibility Team '15
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '17

    Current Job

    Accessibility specialist
    May 2026 – Present
    Self employed

    Job History

    Accessibility specialist, Senior frontend engineer
    Mar 2016 – May 2026
    Yoast

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

    Last 30 days
    21contributions
    high11
    medium10
    score43
    Last 90 days
    28contributions
    high15
    medium13
    score58
    Last 12 months
    49contributions
    high32
    medium17
    score113

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 32 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9

    Time commitment

    10 hours per week
    • On my own time 10 hrs/wk

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 30 Tue · 18:55
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62597] on WordPress SVN:
    Login and Registration: Restore underline on links.
    Jun 27 Sat · 12:37
    Core med
    Created ticket #65548 on Core Trac:
    Audit usage of edit_post()
    Jun 25 Thu · 10:05
    Core med
    Created issue #79530 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Replace al the 'local' aria-live regions with @wordpress/a11y speak
    Jun 25 Thu · 09:50
    Core med
    Created issue #79526 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Quick Draft dashboard widget should allow to save drafts with empty Title…
    Jun 25 Thu · 07:23
    Core med
    Created ticket #65539 on Core Trac:
    Quick Draft: Improve the 'highlight' styling of newly added drafts
    Jun 19 Fri · 11:02
    Core med
    Closed ticket #64576 on Core Trac:
    Add support for invoker command attributes
    Jun 19 Fri · 11:02
    Core high
    Committed [62531] to WordPress SVN:
    KSES: Add command and commandfor to the list of allowed attributes for buttons.
    Jun 19 Fri · 09:30
    Core med
    Created ticket #65491 on Core Trac:
    Add support for the autofocus attribute within dialog elements
    Jun 19 Fri · 06:41
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62530] on WordPress SVN:
    KSES: Allow SVG presentation attributes in safe_style_css.
    Jun 18 Thu · 12:58
    Core med
    Created issue #79321 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Welcome dashboard widget: Add heading to identify what the cards are about

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Plugins

    18 favorites

    Themes

    1 favorite

    Translations

    1 locale
    it_IT Italiano (Italian) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 10 projects.

    Redirectioner ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO Clicky by Yoast Yoast Duplicate Post Gutenberg Print, PDF & Email by PrintFriendly Query Monitor Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Comment Experience by Progress Planner Yoast Test Helper

    Contributed translations to 23 projects.

    WordCamp.org Gutenberg LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management for Agencies Query Monitor Stream Responsive Table Layout Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Gaga Lite WordPress 4.2.x WordPress 4.3.x WordPress 4.4.x WordPress 4.5.x WordPress 4.6.x WordPress 4.7.x WordPress 4.8.x WordPress 4.9.x WordPress 5.0.x WordPress 5.1.x WordPress 5.2.x WordPress 5.3.x WordPress 5.9.x WordPress 7.0.x - Development

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