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Joe Dolson

Owner at Accessible Web Design

@joedolson Saint Paul, MN joined Oct 2008

joedolson.com github.com/joedolson Slack: @joedolson
    Teams Accessibility Core

    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.)

    Badges

    CODE
    6 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Core Team '24 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin Developer Themes Team '14
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    WordPress.tv Contributor '16
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    bbPress Contributor '20 WordCamp Speaker '19
    PRACTICE
    3 badges
    Accessibility Contributor '19 Accessibility Team '14 Support Contributor '26
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '25

    Current Job

    Owner
    Present
    Accessible Web Design

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    115contributions
    high76
    medium39
    score267
    Last 90 days
    468contributions
    high333
    medium135
    score1134
    Last 12 months
    1204contributions
    high810
    medium394
    score2824

    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
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8

    Time commitment

    16 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 05 Mon · 03:14
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64092] on WordPress SVN:
    Privacy: Correctly escape page title in `get_the_privacy_policy_link()`.
    Oct 04 Sun · 21:42
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Media: Test for DOMDocument before checking embedded alt text.
    Oct 04 Sun · 21:41
    Core med
    Reopened ticket #66221 on Core Trac:
    Uploading image causes fatal error when dom library is not installed
    Oct 04 Sun · 21:40
    Core high
    Committed [64089] to WordPress SVN:
    Media: Test for DOMDocument before checking embedded alt text.
    Oct 04 Sun · 21:40
    Core med
    Closed ticket #66221 on Core Trac:
    Uploading image causes fatal error when dom library is not installed
    Oct 03 Sat · 01:11
    Core med
    Created issue #84044 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Issues with focus states in Windows High Contrast Mode
    Oct 03 Sat · 01:06
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #13944 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Windows High Contrast Mode focus styles
    Oct 02 Fri · 19:30
    Plugins high
    Committed [3725382] to Plugins SVN:
    <a class="ext-link" href="https://github.com/joedolson/wp-accessibility/releases/tag/v2.4.2">​https://github.com/joedolson/wp-accessibility/releases/tag/v2.4.2</a>
    Oct 01 Thu · 22:56
    Plugins high
    Committed [3723960] to Plugins SVN:
    <a class="ext-link" href="https://github.com/joedolson/my-calendar/releases/tag/v3.8.7">​https://github.com/joedolson/my-calendar/releases/tag/v3.8.7</a>
    Oct 01 Thu · 22:49
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Display Issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Looking more closely at your site, those styles aren't coming from your theme; they're coming…