Shivaji Mitra (@anblik) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Web Accessibility Consultant based in Kolkata, India. Since 2003 I have audited and remediated websites and mobile apps to WCAG 2.2 AA, Section 508 and ADA. DHS Trusted Tester on Accessibility. My team includes IAAP-certified colleagues (CPACC, WAS). Founder of M/S. Anblik and Ananyoo — building accessible WordPress themes and plugins, tested with JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack before every release.

Interests

Web Accessibility. I would like to deliver more WCAG compliant plugins to WordPress., WCAG 2.2 AA and Section 508 conformance, Screen-reader testing, JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack, Accessible-by-default WordPress themes and plugins

WordPress Origin Story

It all started when I was auditing government websites in India in the early 2000s. The same accessibility gaps came up on project after project. WordPress was already the common choice for the sites I was reviewing, but very few themes shipped as accessible-ready. I decided to build one myself, so consultants and site owners could start from a conformant foundation instead of retrofitting every time. That is how Ariade began.

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Current Job

Project Management, Website Accessibility

Feb 2003 – Present

Anblik

As founder of Anblik, I lead web and mobile accessibility projects end to end — from audit through remediation to validated conformance. I help teams across education, government, e-commerce, healthcare and non-profits meet WCAG 2.2 AA and Section 508, auditing with JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack,the Color Contrast Analyzer, Deque AXE, Google Lighthouse and WAVE, then guiding fixes through to certification. Anblik offers both consulting and site auditing as well as full in-house remediation — including accessibility validation and VPAT/conformance documentation — for clients with or without an existing development vendor.

Job History

Accessibility Consultant

Dec 2023 – Present

MIR Digital Solutions

Senior Accessibility Consultant delivering accessibility across client platforms. Key responsibilities:

- Audit wireframes, visual designs and live pages against WCAG 2.2 AA and Section 508, and scope remediation effort and timelines.
- Document findings with recommended solutions, conformance statements and VPATs.
- Perform QA and post-fix validation, and lead expert calls to walk clients through reported issues.
- Provide technical guidance to developers and verify remediation across platforms including React, Node, Angular, CodeIgniter, CakePHP, Laravel, WordPress and BigCommerce.

Key Accomplishments

Wikipedia contributor on web accessibility and digital-accessibility policy — with edits to the Web accessibility article and to India-focused topics including the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (Guidelines for Indian Government Websites), Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC), and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Recent impact

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

Last 30 days

39contributions

high37

medium2

score113

Last 90 days

47contributions

high45

medium2

score137

Last 12 months

47contributions

high45

medium2

score137

Team focus

Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

Contributions

Type

July 2026

Jul 17 Fri · 17:06

Forums med

Posted a reply to animation, autoplay not working; not fully accessible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you so much for this review, and for taking the time to write it…

Jul 17 Fri · 15:46

Forums med

Posted a reply to animation, autoplay not working; not fully accessible, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for these kind words, and for taking the time to write such a…

Jul 17 Fri · 15:25

Themes med

Created ticket #282312 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Ariade – 1.0.0

Jul 17 Fri · 06:10

Plugins high

Committed [3611042] to Plugins SVN:
Add screenshots

Jul 17 Fri · 05:40

Plugins high

Committed [3611029] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.4.6

Jul 17 Fri · 05:36

Plugins high

Committed [3611025] to Plugins SVN:
Update trunk to 1.4.6 - enqueue embed.css in the block editor