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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
    6 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Core Team '24 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin 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
    68contributions
    high51
    medium17
    score170
    Last 90 days
    288contributions
    high182
    medium106
    score652
    Last 12 months
    1067contributions
    high667
    medium400
    score2401

    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
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8

    Time commitment

    16 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    November 2026
    Nov 10 Tue · 17:38
    Meta high
    Mentioned in [15528] on Meta SVN:
    Plugin Directory: Unwrap the screenshot fallback links when JS runs
    Nov 09 Mon · 17:25
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65122 on Core Trac:
    Accessibility issues in Visual History
    Nov 09 Mon · 16:14
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Twenty Twenty Four: A11y: Add `accessibility.txt`.
    Nov 09 Mon · 16:12
    Core high
    Committed [65352] to WordPress SVN:
    Twenty Twenty Four: A11y: Add `accessibility.txt`.
    Nov 09 Mon · 16:10
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Twenty Twenty Four: A11y: Add `aria-label` in default menu names.
    Nov 09 Mon · 16:08
    Core high
    Committed [65351] to WordPress SVN:
    Twenty Twenty Four: A11y: Add `aria-label` in default menu names.
    Nov 08 Sun · 20:57
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Jump To Box results in 404 error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I would still need a link to the site, if you can provide that!
    Nov 08 Sun · 20:17
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Editor: Add vertical margin between Save Draft and Preview.
    Nov 08 Sun · 20:15
    Core high
    Committed [65341] to WordPress SVN:
    Editor: Add vertical margin between Save Draft and Preview.
    Nov 08 Sun · 19:39
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Media: Support specific media types that map to video but…