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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
    252contributions
    high162
    medium90
    score576
    Last 90 days
    511contributions
    high321
    medium190
    score1153
    Last 12 months
    555contributions
    high348
    medium207
    score1251

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 33 releases
    • 7.1
    • 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
    October 2026
    Oct 02 Fri · 13:04
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13927 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Emails change admin notices
    Oct 01 Thu · 20:09
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13910 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Try to retrieve an unescaped post title for use in list table…
    Oct 01 Thu · 10:55
    Core med
    Created ticket #66227 on Core Trac:
    Make the Core E2E tests preserve the development environment state
    Oct 01 Thu · 08:19
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65898 on Core Trac:
    Lint the admin CSS files
    Oct 01 Thu · 08:07
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Build/Test Tools: Make sure to preserve the contents of the…
    Oct 01 Thu · 08:05
    Core high
    Committed [64028] to WordPress SVN:
    Build/Test Tools: Make sure to preserve the contents of the uploads directory.
    Oct 01 Thu · 08:05
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65621 on Core Trac:
    Tests: Make sure to preserve the contents of the uploads directory
    Oct 01 Thu · 06:59
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #83932 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Add visibility visible to the speak containers.
    Oct 01 Thu · 06:56
    Core med
    Created issue #83931 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    A11y: make sure the speak containers don't inherit visibility hidden
    September 2026
    Sep 30 Wed · 06:41
    Core med
    Created ticket #66216 on Core Trac:
    Ensure valid HTML when using the myblogs_options filter

    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 – Activity Log & Audit Trail 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 7.1.x - Development

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