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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
    7 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Core Team '24 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin Developer Theme 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
    88contributions
    high31
    medium57
    score150
    Last 90 days
    204contributions
    high104
    medium100
    score412
    Last 12 months
    895contributions
    high506
    medium389
    score1907

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 29 releases
    • 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
    • 3.9
    • 3.8

    Time commitment

    16 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 14 Sun · 22:44
    Meta med
    Created ticket #8305 on Meta Trac:
    Plugin screenshot lightbox has nested controls
    Jun 12 Fri · 22:18
    Meta med
    Closed ticket #8303 on Meta Trac:
    new version of plugin not available for update
    Jun 12 Fri · 16:33
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to List view is not following template setting, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This is the result of a common misunderstanding that I really need to put some…
    Jun 10 Wed · 17:57
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Link in {purchase} tag doesn’t work with non-pretty links, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    The logic would actually be "if this is a calendar event, use the My Calendar…
    Jun 10 Wed · 16:15
    Core med
    Closed ticket #40123 on Core Trac:
    Improve media uploading flow
    Jun 10 Wed · 00:40
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Media: Fix filter toolbar spinner alignment.
    Jun 10 Wed · 00:38
    Core med
    Reopened ticket #65275 on Core Trac:
    Media Library CSS Bug: Loading spinner misaligned in media modal ...
    Jun 10 Wed · 00:38
    Core med
    Closed ticket #23562 on Core Trac:
    Using Speech Recognition Software with the Add Media Panel
    Jun 10 Wed · 00:37
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65275 on Core Trac:
    Media Library CSS Bug: Loading spinner misaligned in media modal ...
    Jun 10 Wed · 00:37
    Core high
    Committed [62480] to WordPress SVN:
    Media: Fix filter toolbar spinner alignment.