Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2025

No! You don’t need to be an expert or a developer. Anyone can contribute—whether by reporting issues, testing with a screen reader, or making simple improvements to their own site. Every effort helps move the web toward greater accessibility.

Here are some resources if you want to learn how to accessibility test:

• Manual Accessibility Testing: How You Can Check Website Accessibility
• How to Test Your Website for Accessibility Problems Webinar

Even making simple content or design fixes on your website can make a big difference. Many of the most common accessibility issues on websites can be easily fixed in the editor without requiring edits to code.

If you have questions during the day, post them in the WordPress Accessibility Facebook group or the accessibility channel in Make WordPress Slack. Members from our team and the community will be available throughout the day to answer questions and point you in the right direction.

That’s perfect. Even one hour spent fixing a heading structure, testing a form, or reporting an issue can make a difference. This day is about collective action—every contribution adds up.

If you’re a developer who wants to volunteer time fixing accessibility bugs, please check these links for open accessibility tickets in WordPress Core and Gutenberg:

• Core Accessibility Tickets
  • All open tickets
  • All open tickets, grouped by workflow and sorted by component, type, summary
  • Good first bugs
  • Tickets with patches to test
• Gutenberg Accessibility Issues
  • Issues with accessibility focus
  • Needs Accessibility Feedback label, representing UX changes seeking feedback on accessibility.

If you want to contribute to accessibility in a popular plugin or theme, look on GitHub to see if they have an open repo, then check for issues tagged with ‘accessibility’ or ‘a11y’. If they don’t have a public repo, try opening a support thread on WordPress.org and asking them how you can contribute.

You can submit issues on GitHub for plugins and Gutenberg, or on WordPress Trac for Core. Report accessibility issues in WordPress core here.

Many plugins have templates for reporting issues that make it easy to get started. Learn how to create a GitHub issue. You will need to create a free GitHub or WordPress.org account to report issues or create Trac tickets.

If you have questions during the day, post them in the WordPress Accessibility Facebook group or the accessibility channel in Make WordPress Slack. Members from our team and the community will be available throughout the day to answer questions or collaborate on volunteer efforts.

If you want to reach out to an individual participant, click the link on their tile (if they have provided one) or try looking for them in community Slack or Facebook groups.

We challenge WordPress plugin and theme companies, agencies, and hosting providers to go all in: have your entire team dedicate May 15th to accessibility.

Imagine the impact if your developers fix accessibility issues, your designers audit interfaces, your support staff document common barriers, and your leadership commits to more inclusive products. This is your chance to lead by example—set aside your usual work for one day and focus on building a better, more accessible web for everyone.

Rally your team, make the pledge, and show the community what’s possible when accessibility is a priority.

That’s totally okay! Making your own website, plugin, or theme more accessible is a valuable contribution. Every improvement, no matter how small or where it happens, helps make the web a more inclusive place.

Your efforts matter, and they’re absolutely welcome as part of this pledge, even if they are on your own for-profit products or website. What matters is that you choose to focus on accessibility rather than other open bugs, enhancements, or content.

Nope! We take people at their word—there’s no formal reporting or tracking. This is about collective goodwill and shared commitment, not proof of contribution.

That said, we’d love to hear what you worked on! If you’re comfortable, share your progress or reflections at the end of the day on May 15th to inspire others and celebrate the impact we’ve made together. Optionally tag us @EqualizeDigital on social or reply to the signup confirmation email to let us know what you did. We’ll share a round-up of posts and a summary of the contributions in our newsletter the following week.

This is a community-led initiative in celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day. It is not an official WordPress event.