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Rian Rietveld

Web accessibility specialist, retired at Self employed

@rianrietveld The Netherlands joined Jun 2009

rianrietveld.com github.com/rianrietveld Slack: @Rian Rietveld
    Teams Accessibility
    Languages nl_NL

    Bio

    Retired web accessibility specialist.

    Contributing 60 hours per month on the documentation about web accessibility for WordPress users on WP Accessibility Knowledge Base at wpaccessibility.org.

    Very grateful that Kinsta, Human Made and Aiwos sponsor me to work on the documentation about accessibility for WordPress.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Meta Contributor '18 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    WordPress.tv Contributor '16
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    B BuddyPress Contributor '19 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Speaker '19
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Accessibility Contributor '19 Accessibility Team '14
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '16 Translation Editor '16

    Current Job

    Web accessibility specialist, retired
    Feb 2025 – Present
    Self employed
    Write documentaion about accessibility for WordPress users and creators.

    Job History

    Web accessibility specialist
    Jun 2023 – Feb 2025
    Dutch governement
    Wrote technical documentation for the NL Design System.

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    8contributions
    high7
    medium1
    score22
    Last 90 days
    15contributions
    high14
    medium1
    score43
    Last 12 months
    31contributions
    high30
    medium1
    score91

    Team focus

    Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 18 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.5
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1

    Time commitment

    15 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    July 2026
    Jul 17 Fri · 11:39
    Meta high
    Made 5 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Accessible.
    Jul 14 Tue · 21:43
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62745] on WordPress SVN:
    Customize: Add visible text on responsive view switches.
    Jul 07 Tue · 07:37
    Meta high
    Made 4 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Accessible.
    June 2026
    Jun 30 Tue · 07:29
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WP A11y Docs update June 2026, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
    With: the feedback we received on the accessibility-ready requirements and the knowledge base during Contributor…
    Jun 25 Thu · 01:12
    GitHub high
    Pull request #249 merged into WordPress/contributor-handbook:
    Update links in accessibility review guidelines
    Jun 24 Wed · 06:00
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #249 to WordPress/contributor-handbook:
    Update links in accessibility review guidelines
    Jun 24 Wed · 05:43
    Meta high
    Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Accessible.
    Jun 19 Fri · 19:58
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, A11y at WordCamp Europe ’26 in Krakow, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
    Accessibility work and discussions at WordCamp Europe in Krakow.
    Jun 01 Mon · 07:47
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WP A11y Docs update May 2026, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
    With: the updated accessibility-ready requirements for themes, work in progress on the documentation and our…
    May 2026
    May 20 Wed · 06:57
    Meta high
    Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Accessible.

    Developer

    1 plugin

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Translations

    1 locale
    nl_NL Nederlands (Dutch) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 2 projects.

    Genesis Accessible WP Accessibility

    Contributed translations to 4 projects.

    WordPress.org Accessible Video Library Genesis Accessible WP Accessibility

    View all on translate.wordpress.org