Image Aki Hamano 3:14 am on April 3, 2026
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Contribute to Accessibility at WordCamp Asia 2026 Contributor Day

WordCamp Asia 2026 is coming soon! This year’s WCAsia will take place in Mumbai, India, from April 9 to 11, 2026. The AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) Team works to make WordPress as accessible as possible for as many people as possible, and we are always looking for new contributors. We look forward to meeting many people who are interested in accessibility at Contributor Day.

Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ Schedule

Important Note: Remote support is available during the following hours:

What Should I Prepare to Contribute?

The most important thing is your desire to make WordPress accessible. Whether your interests are in code, testing, or documentation, we will guide you to the best way to contribute. If you would like to contribute with code, we recommend setting up a local development environment in advance.

If you are joining online, please join the #accessibility SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ channel and feel free to say hello to us.

Our Goals

One of the main goals of Contributor Day is to welcome contributors who are interested in accessibility and guide them on how to get involved. Below are some examples of specific goals:

  • Contribute to Documentation: Learn what documentation exists and how it is managed. Read the documentation and report areas that could be improved. Write new documentation.
  • Contribute to Code: Set up a development environment. Identify accessibility-related issues. Learn how to work on those issues.
  • Contribute to Testing: Test accessibility-related issues. Test WordPress and identify and report accessibility problems.

About Table Leads

Experienced members will support you. Please feel free to ask any questions—about what accessibility is, how you can contribute, what is required to contribute code, or anything else.

Helpful Resources

If you would like to learn about accessibility, we recommend reviewing the WP Accessibility Knowledge Base in advance. This document is a comprehensive accessibility guideline for WordPress and is continuously being improved. If you are interested in helping improve the documentation, please visit the GitHub repository.

Are you interested in contributing through testing or code? The Accessibility Handbook has a helpful page for finding accessibility-related tasks.

Another helpful resource is the Contributor Pathway for testing accessibility.

Props to @krupajnanda and @joedolson for peer review of this post.

#accessibility, #wcasia2026