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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
    38contributions
    high30
    medium8
    score98
    Last 90 days
    53contributions
    high38
    medium15
    score129
    Last 12 months
    73contributions
    high54
    medium19
    score181

    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
    July 2026
    Jul 16 Thu · 14:53
    Core med
    Created ticket #65645 on Core Trac:
    Focus indication: Make sure it is always at least 2 CSS pixels
    Jul 16 Thu · 09:12
    Core high
    Committed [62764] to WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Fix initial focus on the Add User page.
    Jul 16 Thu · 09:12
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65630 on Core Trac:
    Add user page should not set initial focus on the password field.
    Jul 14 Tue · 21:43
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62745] on WordPress SVN:
    Customize: Add visible text on responsive view switches.
    Jul 14 Tue · 18:50
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62741] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Add function for tooltips and toggle tips.
    Jul 14 Tue · 14:34
    Core med
    Created ticket #65630 on Core Trac:
    Add user page should not set initial focus on the password field.
    Jul 14 Tue · 14:10
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65464 on Core Trac:
    Language switcher: always use visible label and icon
    Jul 14 Tue · 14:10
    Core high
    Committed [62735] to WordPress SVN:
    Login and Registration: Make the language switcher label always visible.
    Jul 14 Tue · 09:53
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #12519 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Make the Customizer devices preview labels visible.
    Jul 13 Mon · 14:59
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65454 on Core Trac:
    Improve accessibility of the setup-config.php page (and install.php)

    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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