Joe Dolson (@joedolson) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m a WordPress plug-in developer and a web accessibility consultant. I’m part of the Make WordPress Accessible team, the team dedicated to improving accessibility in the WordPress ecosystem.

I’m self-employed, but since fall 2022 I’ve had part-time sponsorship from GoDaddy to contribute to WordPress. In March 2025, I also welcomed sponsorship from Kinsta to expand my ability to contribute.

WordPress Origin Story

I’ve been self-employed building web sites & providing consulting services since 2004, and started using WordPress in 2006, converting my own blog from BlogSpot to WordPress. In 2008 I started building plugins, then started contributing to core regularly in 2012. I’m now a core committer, and have been in the credits for every version of WordPress since 3.8 (except for 4.5.)

Contributions Sponsored

GoDaddy, Kinsta, and Jonathan Desrosiers sponsor Joe Dolson to contribute 14 hours per week to the following teams: Accessibility and Core.

Member Since: October 28th, 2008
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Website: joedolson.com
GitHub: joedolson
Job Title: Owner
Employer: Accessible Web Design
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Contribution History

Accessibility Contributor
Accessibility Team
bbPress Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Themes Team
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor

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Wrote a new post, Changes to the .screen-reader-text class in WordPress 6.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The screen-reader-text CSS class is a small bit of CSS used in WordPress to hide…
16 hours ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Themes: A11y: Merge omitted changes to support `focus-visible`.
2 days ago
Closed ticket #62906 on Core Trac:
Allow :focus-visible pseudo-selector to be set in theme.json
2 days ago
Committed [60055] to Core SVN:
Themes: A11y: Merge omitted changes to support `focus-visible`. Merge ...
2 days ago
Submitted pull request #8548 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Additional PHP changes for 62906 from GB
2 days ago
Mentioned in [60054] on Core SVN:
Customizer: fix logo cropping.
2 days ago
Created ticket #7931 on Meta Trac:
Add New Committer & Add New Support Rep fields do not have labels
2 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Bundled Themes: A11y: Dismiss submenus with `esc` in Twenty Twenty.
3 days ago
Closed ticket #49950 on Core Trac:
Twenty Twenty: with horizontal menu, submenu should be dismissible
3 days ago
Committed [60040] to Core SVN:
Bundled Themes: A11y: Dismiss submenus with `esc` in Twenty Twenty. ...
3 days ago
Submitted pull request #8529 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
49950
3 days ago
Closed issue #55931 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Screen reader shortcut issue in the block editor
4 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Administration: A11y: Prevent empty author link in list tables.
4 days ago
Closed ticket #62913 on Core Trac:
Prevent empty author links in list tables
4 days ago
Committed [60032] to Core SVN:
Administration: A11y: Prevent empty author link in list tables. If ...
4 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
TinyMCE: A11y: Remove title attributes and improve placeholders.
4 days ago
Closed ticket #62861 on Core Trac:
Consider removing title attributes from Classic Editor scripts
4 days ago
Committed [60007] to Core SVN:
TinyMCE: A11y: Remove title attributes and improve placeholders. ...
4 days ago
Mentioned in [60000] on Core SVN:
Security: Update bundled Root Certificates.
4 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Editor: A11y: Skip link hidden in editor on medium-small screens.
4 days ago
Closed ticket #63084 on Core Trac:
Screen reader shortcut hidden in block editor on smaller screens
4 days ago
Committed [59992] to Core SVN:
Editor: A11y: Skip link hidden in editor on medium-small screens. ...
4 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Bundled Themes: Move skip link from `#page` to `body` in...
4 days ago
Closed ticket #62969 on Core Trac:
Twenty Fourteen: Skip link out of order
4 days ago
Committed [59991] to Core SVN:
Bundled Themes: Move skip link from `#page` to `body` in Twenty ...
4 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Customizer: A11y: Respect `prefers-reduced-motion`.
4 days ago
Closed ticket #62806 on Core Trac:
Customizer: Respect settings that minimize non-essential motion
4 days ago
Committed [59989] to Core SVN:
Customizer: A11y: Respect `prefers-reduced-motion`. Several ...
4 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
A11y: Add spoken notice when screen options are saved on...
5 days ago
Closed ticket #62550 on Core Trac:
Add screen reader announcements confirming saved changes in screen options
5 days ago
Committed [59988] to Core SVN:
A11y: Add spoken notice when screen options are saved on change. When ...
5 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Media: Add 'muted' attribute and normalize HTML attributes.
5 days ago
Closed ticket #61515 on Core Trac:
wp_audio_shortcode() outputs invalid HTML
5 days ago
Committed [59987] to Core SVN:
Media: Add 'muted' attribute and normalize HTML attributes. Add the ...
5 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Media: Dismiss button not functional on upload errors.
5 days ago
Closed ticket #60074 on Core Trac:
Add New Media File > The ''dismiss button ''not showing any response ...
5 days ago
Committed [59986] to Core SVN:
Media: Dismiss button not functional on upload errors. Change the ...
5 days ago
Created ticket #63114 on Core Trac:
No screen reader announcements for upload image errors
5 days ago
Mentioned in [59977] on Core SVN:
Menus: Fix JS Warning when removing menu items.
1 week ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Administration: Update out of date error message styling.
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #50402 on Core Trac:
Admin notices: error messages should not be all bold
2 weeks ago
Committed [59960] to Core SVN:
Administration: Update out of date error message styling. Change ...
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [59954] on Core SVN:
Media: Improve HTML5 compliance of `wp_video_shortcode()` boolean attributes.
2 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Menus: Fix JS Warning when removing menu items.
2 weeks ago
Reopened ticket #63059 on Core Trac:
JS Warning in navigation menus when removing an item
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #63059 on Core Trac:
JS Warning in navigation menus when removing an item
2 weeks ago
Committed [59950] to Core SVN:
Menus: Fix JS Warning when removing menu items. Move the ...
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #60916 on Core Trac:
Menu link validation
2 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Menus: Validate custom links and add accessible error messages.
2 weeks ago
Reopened ticket #60619 on Core Trac:
Add a DNS section to Site Health (and status checks for SPF and DMARC)
2 weeks ago