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 AI Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Themes Team
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor

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Closed issue #71788 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Prevent `esc` from executing the change event in archive widget dropdowns
16 hours ago
Closed issue #73244 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Accessibility: with JAWS screen reader, arrow keys to move between blocks often...
16 hours ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Media: Hide image name overlay on gallery thumbnail row.
16 hours ago
Closed ticket #64820 on Core Trac:
Media: Gallery thumbnail previews show unnecessary elements
16 hours ago
Committed [61862] to Core SVN:
Media: Hide image name overlay on gallery thumbnail row. Set the ...
16 hours ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Toolbar: A11y: Fix color contrast for zero comments.
17 hours ago
Closed ticket #64811 on Core Trac:
Zero comment notification in admin toolbar has insufficient color contrast
17 hours ago
Committed [61861] to Core SVN:
Toolbar: A11y: Fix color contrast for zero comments. Remove the 50% ...
17 hours ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Customizer: Set more colors to inherit from admin theme.
17 hours ago
Closed ticket #64731 on Core Trac:
Admin reskin: Update colors in customizer
17 hours ago
Committed [61860] to Core SVN:
Customizer: Set more colors to inherit from admin theme. Remove color ...
17 hours ago
Closed ticket #64807 on Core Trac:
[Admin Reskin] Active filter tab color on “Add Themes” and “Add ...
17 hours ago
Committed [61858] to Core SVN:
Admin: Fix active filter tab link color. Change the border color on ...
17 hours ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Admin: Use compact styles in Events dashboard widget.
2 days ago
Closed ticket #64777 on Core Trac:
Events widget: use compact input and button
2 days ago
Committed [61852] to Core SVN:
Admin: Use compact styles in Events dashboard widget. Change the ...
2 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Quick/Bulk Edit: Update focus color on inline edit panel.
2 days ago
Closed ticket #64757 on Core Trac:
Bulk Edit inline wrapper focus border still uses hardcoded old admin color
2 days ago
Committed [61851] to Core SVN:
Quick/Bulk Edit: Update focus color on inline edit panel. Use admin ...
2 days ago
Closed ticket #55535 on Core Trac:
Pre-populate Image Alt Text field with IPTC Photo Metadata Standard ...
2 days ago
Closed ticket #64815 on Core Trac:
Categories and Tags: .tablenav (item count/pagination) does not update ...
2 days ago
Mentioned in [61841] on WordPress SVN:
Media: Import images Alt text IPTC metadata.
2 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Administration: Set customizer theme feature filter to compact.
3 days ago
Closed ticket #64755 on Core Trac:
Admin reskin: Customizer theme filter button is oversized
3 days ago
Committed [61835] to Core SVN:
Administration: Set customizer theme feature filter to compact. Use ...
3 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Administration: Update `event-none` border in dashboard widget.
3 days ago
Closed ticket #64756 on Core Trac:
WordPress Events widget border still uses hardcoded old color scheme
3 days ago
Committed [61834] to Core SVN:
Administration: Update `event-none` border in dashboard widget. ...
3 days ago
Committed [3475023] to Plugins SVN:
Add 3.7.6, remove 3.7.4, change stable. ...
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Category labels have disappeared, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I figured it out; it's specific to categories that don't have icons assigned. Issuing an…
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Category labels have disappeared, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I have a report on this from @cwolff, but can't currently reproduce it myself. Your…
3 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Themes: Remove background on active theme actions.
3 days ago
Closed ticket #64720 on Core Trac:
Empty gray theme-actions div on Appearance > Themes for classic themes ...
3 days ago
Committed [61831] to Core SVN:
Themes: Remove background on active theme actions. The background ...
3 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Quick/Bulk Edit: Use compact sizing on inputs after admin reskin.
3 days ago
Closed ticket #64685 on Core Trac:
Bulk Edit dropdown height increased compared to previous version
3 days ago
Committed [61827] to Core SVN:
Quick/Bulk Edit: Use compact sizing on inputs after admin reskin. ...
3 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Permalinks: Improve display for permalinks slug inputs.
3 days ago
Closed ticket #58722 on Core Trac:
Fix RTL display in Optional grouping on Permalinks Settings page
3 days ago
Committed [61826] to Core SVN:
Permalinks: Improve display for permalinks slug inputs. Set the ...
3 days ago
Closed pull request #8273 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add error message under input field.
4 days ago
Closed pull request #8272 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Twenty Twenty: Adds aria-controls and aria-expanded attributes to primary menu
4 days ago
Closed pull request #10237 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Enhance: Improved Menu Items Search
4 days ago
Closed pull request #10978 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Fix #64659: Bulk Actions: Differentiate notice when no bulk action is selected.
4 days ago
Posted a reply to Navigation buttons replace calendar with “null”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like something is blocking access to the target URL to fetch the page.…
4 days ago
Committed [3474075] to Plugins SVN:
Add 3.7.5, remove 3.7.3, change stable. ...
4 days ago
Submitted pull request #11135 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Get embedded alt text from images
4 days ago
Submitted pull request #11132 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Set theme feature filter toggle to compact
4 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Posts, Post Types: Restore post type icons in At a...
4 days ago
Closed ticket #43084 on Core Trac:
dashboard confuses published posts count with all posts
4 days ago