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Elementor Accessibility: Angela Bowman & David Denedo

July 10 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Free
WordPress Accessibility Meetup: Elementor Accessibility with Angela Bowman and David Denedo on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
In this talk, Angela and David will dive into practical strategies for working with options in Elementor that allow you to make your site more WCAG compliant, including:
  • Assigning proper ARIA landmarks to header, content, and footer areas
  • Naming menus and other widgets in Elementor for correct ARIA
  • Using Site Settings to define accessible Global Colors and scalable typography
  • Adding aria labels to icons, buttons, and images that are linked
Angela and David will provide a few custom code snippets to improve accessibility of the following:
  • Respect reduce motion effects with CSS
  • Add aria-current=“page” to Mega Menu submenu items
  • Add pause button to self-hosted background videos
And lastly, this talk will explore accessibility challenges with Elementor template kits, complex Elementor widgets, and things to watch out for.
These meetups take place via Zoom and are live captioned. You must register to attend via Zoom.

About the Speakers

Angela Bowman
Web Designer, Meetup Organizer, and Podcast Co-Host
Angela works primarily with Elementor, building highly customized sites with dynamic content. She loves traveling, outdoor adventures, and raising backyard chickens.

David Denedo
Web Designer and Content Creator
David works primarily with Bricks and Elementor. He is passionate about accessibility, dynamic content, and solving mathematical problems. He also loves playing Scrabble and Chess.

Event Information

Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors:

Accessibility & Accommodations

This meetup will be held virtually over Zoom and live captioned, thanks to our sponsors. Slide links will be provided when applicable, and presenters are encouraged to make slides as accessible as possible with alternative text for images, etc.

We’re working to secure sponsors so that we can offer ASL interpretation.

All are welcome to attend. If you need specific accommodations to make this meetup work for you, please contact us and we will try our best to accommodate you.

Code of Conduct

Please note that this group is a welcoming space for all. As this event is part of the official WordPress Meetup program, all attendees must follow the WordPress Online Code of Conduct.

By RSVPing to this meetup, you agree to abide by these guidelines. If you have concerns that the Online Code of Conduct is not being followed, don’t hesitate to get in touch with an organizer.

Details

Date:
July 10
Time:
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Cost:
Free
Event Category:
Website:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5417478350707/WN_WzLxE7wTRj2a8wmnp4i0pA

Other

Accessibility Features
Live Captions