Joe Dolson
@joedolson on WordPress.org and Slack
Bio
WordPress Origin Story
Contributions Sponsored
- Member Since: October 28th, 2008
- Location: Saint Paul, MN
- Website: joedolson.com
- GitHub: joedolson
- Job Title: Owner
- Employer: Accessible Web Design
Contribution History
Joe Dolson’s badges:- 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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Closed ticket #62335 on Core Trac:
CSS Error in Customizer in v6.7-RC2 -
Mentioned in [59294] on Core SVN:
Bundled Themes: Provide instructions for updating comment block in TT2. -
Mentioned in [59289] on Core SVN:
Bundled Themes: Provide instructions for updating comment block in TT2. -
Received props from @west7 in Slack:
Props to @joedolson for reviewing a script for a video lesson on creating an accessible… -
Created issue #66436 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
The "drag to resize" button for the metabox container is placed after... -
Posted a reply to Future dates not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm kind of assuming that there were supposed to be some images in some of… -
Posted a reply to problems with the templates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Legacy doesn't mean it isn't supported or functional; I'm just not developing new features for… -
Posted a reply to Featured Image not showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, Mastodon also doesn't support AVIF. (That's also mentioned in Joost's post.) -
Posted a reply to Google Map, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Looking at a location page, e.g. https://bellevillenow.ca/mc-locations/signal-brewing-company/, I'm currently able to see your Google Maps.… -
Posted a reply to Category addition failed (only on one subsite), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, deactivation doesn't remove tables. Tables are only removed if you delete the plugin and… -
Closed pull request #6238 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Accessibility Issue in Arranging the Menu Items -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Menus: A11y: Set the parent and order using select fields. -
Closed ticket #43305 on Core Trac:
Accessibility Issue in Arranging the Menu Items: I need a combobox for ... -
Committed [59265] to Core SVN:
Menus: A11y: Set the parent and order using select fields. Add ... -
Closed ticket #61428 on Core Trac:
Inconsistent image scaling error -
Committed [3172528] to Plugins SVN:
Remove 3.5.16, add 3.5.18, change stable. Clean up on trunk branch. ... -
Posted a reply to Featured Image not showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like you're using AVIF images, and at least as recently as July Twitter/X… -
Committed [3172512] to Plugins SVN:
Remove 2.0.3; add 2.0.5; change stable. ... -
Committed [3172509] to Plugins SVN:
Remove 4.2.3, add 4.2.5, change stable. ... -
Posted a reply to Locations not showing in ticket view, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is this an event in My Calendar, or an event in a post type, but… -
Posted a reply to Translating and displaying events using Polylang, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you're using the PHP templates, then it should be possible to do that using… -
Posted a reply to Category addition failed (only on one subsite), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry about the delay in response; it's been a hectic couple of weeks. Most often… -
Posted a reply to Timezone, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The date as rendered on the front end usually doesn't retain the timezone information, because… -
Posted a reply to Daylight Savings Time, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Events should always show with the value that is input when you create the event,… -
Posted a reply to Strange Issue with Future Date event, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can't see a way that having a small number of existing events would make… -
Wrote a comment on the post Next Steps for the Accessibility Team, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
Whoops. You're right. I'll fix that... -
Posted a reply to Future dates not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It is possible there could be a plugin conflict, although it would be pretty obscure.… -
Posted a reply to Strange Issue with Future Date event, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That does, indeed, sound extremely strange. On any of these events, is the checkbox that… -
Closed ticket #62203 on Core Trac:
Theme editor and other features... for 2025? -
Closed ticket #32768 on Core Trac:
Customizer Widgets and Themes search improvements -
Closed ticket #62093 on Core Trac:
Post format radio buttons labels not working with screen readers ... -
Mentioned in [59233] on Core SVN:
Bundled Themes: Update Twenty Twenty-Five for 6.7 Beta 3. -
Wrote a new post, Next Steps for the Accessibility Team, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
Following discussion with @nhrrob, one of our current team representatives, he has determined that he… -
Posted a reply to Breaking Elementor Editing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm aware of this issue, but haven't been able to reproduce it yet. The other… -
Posted a reply to Future dates not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, I don't think there's any reason that updating to Pro would fix that; I'm… -
Closed pull request #7549 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Match visual order to DOM order in Twenty Eleven single navigation and... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Bundled Theme: Twenty Eleven: Fix positioning to make links clickable... -
Closed ticket #62008 on Core Trac:
Twenty Eleven: Previous and Next links are not clickable in Mobile ... -
Committed [59226] to Core SVN:
Bundled Theme: Twenty Eleven: Fix positioning to make links clickable ... -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Revisions: Improve accessibility of revisions selection. -
Closed ticket #52303 on Core Trac:
Accessibility issues in revisions screen -
Committed [59225] to Core SVN:
Revisions: Improve accessibility of revisions selection. Add ... -
Created ticket #62215 on Core Trac:
Remove `role="presentation" from h4 section headings in customizer nav ... -
Created ticket #62214 on Core Trac:
Update Site Health to use `do_accordion_sections()` -
Closed pull request #7531 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
42003: Improve accessibility for accordions -
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Administration: A11y: Fix accordion accessibility. -
Closed ticket #42002 on Core Trac:
Improve the accordions accessibility -
Committed [59224] to Core SVN:
Administration: A11y: Fix accordion accessibility. Change accordions ... -
Wrote a comment on the post Accessibility Team Meetings Suspended, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
One person is not certain whether they can safely check the WP Engine box, and… -
Wrote a new post, Accessibility Team Meetings Suspended, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
As neither of the current Accessibility team representatives are able to log-in to WordPress.org, team…
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Accessible Video Library
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Contact Form 7: Accessible Defaults
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My Calendar - Accessible Event Manager
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My Tickets - Accessible Event Ticketing
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WP Accessibility
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Able Player, accessible HTML5 media player
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Plugins
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
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Child Theme Check
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Contact Form 7
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Exclude Pages
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GNU Terry Pratchett
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My Calendar - Accessible Event Manager
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My Tickets - Accessible Event Ticketing
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Query Monitor - The developer tools panel for WordPress
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Show Hidden Post Meta
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String locator
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Subscribe to Comments
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User Switching
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WordPress Beta Tester
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WP Accessibility
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WP Crontrol
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XPoster - Share to X and Mastodon
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Yoast SEO