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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
    2 badges
    Accessibility Contributor '19 Accessibility Team '14
    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
    72contributions
    high21
    medium51
    score114
    Last 90 days
    204contributions
    high110
    medium94
    score424
    Last 12 months
    875contributions
    high495
    medium380
    score1865

    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 07 Sun · 22:28
    Core med
    Closed ticket #52921 on Core Trac:
    If page content blank and any page shows 404 error
    Jun 07 Sun · 22:25
    Core med
    Closed ticket #58508 on Core Trac:
    Gutenberg and CSS
    Jun 07 Sun · 22:18
    Core med
    Closed ticket #50637 on Core Trac:
    Forgot password reset link become text after sending email.
    Jun 07 Sun · 22:01
    Core med
    Closed ticket #46969 on Core Trac:
    During customize theme - preview body/icons get cuts on left side
    Jun 07 Sun · 21:43
    Meta high
    Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Themes.
    Jun 07 Sun · 13:39
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 7.1 Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    I'd like to help as a tech lead, as long I'm not doing it alone!
    Jun 05 Fri · 22:08
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Media: Fix input position shift during admin search.
    Jun 05 Fri · 22:07
    Core med
    Reopened ticket #65153 on Core Trac:
    Identify selected buttons (.active in button groups) in Windows High ...
    Jun 05 Fri · 22:07
    Core med
    Reopened ticket #65296 on Core Trac:
    Library section under Media, search bar shifts position after ...
    Jun 05 Fri · 22:06
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65296 on Core Trac:
    Library section under Media, search bar shifts position after ...