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Andrea Fercia

Accessibility specialist at Self employed

@afercia Rome, Italy joined Jan 2012

linkedin.com/in/andreafercia github.com/afercia Slack: @afercia
    Teams Accessibility Core
    Languages it_IT

    Bio

    Accessibility Specialist, WordPress Core Committer, Senior Frontend engineer.

    As a Core Committer since 2015 and a member of the WordPress Accessibility Team, I contributed to advancing accessibility standards within WordPress, delivering accessibility improvements for millions of users globally.

    With over 10 years at Yoast BV, I specialised in modern WordPress development as a senior frontend developer and digital accessibility specialist.

    Open-source contributor, speaker, mentor, and accessibility advocate. Over the course of more than 20 years of digital accessibility practice, I learned a couple things about people’s needs, browsers, and assistive technology. Interested in scaling accessibility within product teams and fostering accessibility culture in large organisations.

    Interests

    Tech, Arts in general, history, good movies and all kind of music.

    Badges

    CODE
    6 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Core Team '16 Design Contributor '19 Meta Contributor '16 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Documentation Contributor '17 WordPress.tv Contributor '16
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    bbPress Contributor '20 WordCamp Organizer '16 WordCamp Speaker '23
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Accessibility Contributor '19 Accessibility Team '15
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '15

    Current Job

    Accessibility specialist
    May 2026 – Present
    Self employed

    Job History

    Accessibility specialist, Senior frontend engineer
    Mar 2016 – May 2026
    Yoast

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    191contributions
    high142
    medium49
    score475
    Last 90 days
    555contributions
    high358
    medium197
    score1271
    Last 12 months
    624contributions
    high408
    medium216
    score1440

    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
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9

    Time commitment

    20 hours per week
    • On my own time 20 hrs/wk

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 20 Tue · 14:48
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64603] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Add a reusable `.delete-link` CSS class.
    Oct 19 Mon · 21:25
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64583] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Replace Dashicons in admin bar and sidebar with wp-icons.
    Oct 15 Thu · 04:12
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64352] on WordPress SVN:
    Themes: Restore Add Theme to appearance sub-menu.
    Oct 13 Tue · 19:54
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64337] on WordPress SVN:
    Security: Introduce the Secrets API.
    Oct 13 Tue · 15:47
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Administration: Remove any reference to the non-standard ::-moz-focus-inner pseudo-element from…
    Oct 13 Tue · 15:45
    Core high
    Committed [64333] to WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Remove any reference to the non-standard ::-moz-focus-inner pseudo-element from Core files.
    Oct 13 Tue · 15:45
    Core med
    Closed ticket #41580 on Core Trac:
    Review the usage of the `::-moz-focus-inner` CSS fix for the buttons ...
    Oct 13 Tue · 15:18
    Core med
    Created ticket #66302 on Core Trac:
    Make all admin notices render after the main H1 heading
    Oct 13 Tue · 14:14
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #14247 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
    Improve network admin email change usability consistency.
    Oct 13 Tue · 14:13
    Core med
    Created ticket #66300 on Core Trac:
    Improve usability and consistency of the network admin email change ...

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Plugins

    18 favorites

    Themes

    1 favorite

    Translations

    1 locale
    it_IT Italiano (Italian) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 23 projects.

    WordCamp.org Gutenberg LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management for Agencies Query Monitor Stream – Activity Log & Audit Trail Responsive Table Layout Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Gaga Lite WordPress 4.2.x WordPress 4.3.x WordPress 4.4.x WordPress 4.5.x WordPress 4.6.x WordPress 4.7.x WordPress 4.8.x WordPress 4.9.x WordPress 5.0.x WordPress 5.1.x WordPress 5.2.x WordPress 5.3.x WordPress 5.9.x WordPress 7.1.x - Development

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