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Rian Rietveld

Web accessibility specialist, retired

@rianrietveld The Netherlands joined Jun 2009

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

    Bio

    Web accessibility specialist, retired.

    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
    3 badges
    Accessibility Contributor '19 Accessibility Team '14 P Pathways Contributor '26
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '16 Translation Editor '16

    Current Job

    Web accessibility specialist, retired
    Feb 2025 – Present
    Documentation about accessibility for WordPress users and creators, sponsored by Human Made, Kinsta and Aiwos.

    Job History

    Web accessibility specialist
    Jun 2023 – Feb 2025
    Dutch governement · Part-time
    Technical documentation for the NL Design System.
    Web accessibility specialist and trainer
    May 2018 – Sep 2023
    Level Level and The A11Y Collective · Full-time
    Accessibility consultancy for Level Level projects and online training for The A11Y Collective.
    Senior accessibility consultant and web developer
    Sep 2016 – May 2018
    Human Made · Full-time
    WordPress back- & frontend development. Accessibility consultancy and training.
    Back- & frontend web development
    Jan 2000 – Sep 2016
    RRWD · Freelance
    Back- & frontend development, focussing on web accessibility.
    Using WordPress since 2009.
    Research Analyst / LIMS Software developer
    Sep 1986 – Dec 1999
    TNO · Full-time
    Developing laboratory software (LIMS) in FORTRAN77 on VAX-VMS.
    Analysis of pesticide residues in food products.
    Analyst
    Dec 1984 – Jul 1986
    UMC Utrecht · Full-time
    Drug quality assurance hospital pharmacy.

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    7contributions
    high5
    medium2
    score17
    Last 90 days
    26contributions
    high13
    medium13
    score52
    Last 12 months
    54contributions
    high40
    medium14
    score134

    Team focus

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

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 19 releases
    • 7.1
    • 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
    November 2026
    Nov 03 Tue · 05:49
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #23 into WordPress/accessibility-team-handbook:
    Docs: fix leftover typo and contributor-day wording
    Nov 03 Tue · 05:48
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #24 into WordPress/accessibility-team-handbook:
    Docs: point two handbook links at the right pages.
    October 2026
    Oct 30 Fri · 10:05
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WP A11y Docs update October 2026, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
    This update informs you about: the remaining documentation for wpaccessibility.org; Accessibility Team Handbook on GitHub;…
    Oct 20 Tue · 08:02
    GitHub med
    Closed issue #17 on the WordPress/accessibility-team-handbook repository:
    Redirects to be set before initial import.
    Oct 20 Tue · 08:01
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #22 into WordPress/accessibility-team-handbook:
    Add copy of the handbook redirects used on Make/Accessibility
    Oct 15 Thu · 09:30
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #21 into WordPress/accessibility-team-handbook:
    Cleanup after migration
    Oct 15 Thu · 09:30
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #21 to WordPress/accessibility-team-handbook:
    Cleanup after migration
    Oct 06 Tue · 06:22
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #20 into WordPress/accessibility-team-handbook:
    fix typos, curly quotes and Forks link
    September 2026
    Sep 30 Wed · 06:57
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WP A11y docs update September 2026, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
    With: new and updated documentation, migration of the Accessibility Team Handbook, our plans for October…
    Sep 29 Tue · 05:01
    GitHub high
    Merged pull request #19 into WordPress/accessibility-team-handbook:
    Docs: fix Accessibility Team references

    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