This post is designed as a quick accessibility jump point on WordPress. Realizing that WordPress is an huge ecosystem and undoubtedly I have missed some things. Please feel free to post any additions in the comments.
WordPress.org Codex
WordPress article in the codex on accessibility.
WordPress.org Forum
All topics tagged with accessibility in the WordPress.org forum
All topics tagged with WCAG in the WordPress.org forum
All topics tagged with disability in the WordPress.org forum
WordPress.com Support
WordPress.com support page on accessibility
WordPress Trac
Trac is a web-based software project management and bug/issue tracking system. Trac is the place to follow along with the development of WordPress. You can track changes in the Timeline section of this site. There is also an RSS feed and a mailing list for those interested.
Working groups
The Make WordPress Accessibility is a working group for WordPress accessibility for and by the WordPress community.
Themes
Unfortunately to what extend some of these themes are accessible is not always clear. However, I believe the fact that they give accessibility design it’s due attention is a step in the right direction.
Themes on WordPress.org
Themes related to Accessibility
Themes related to WCAG
Themes on WordPress.com
At time of writing no themes could be found with the search terms: accessible, accessibility, or WCAG. If there is a theme on WordPress.com I’d be happy with any information on how and where to find it.
Accessibility Child theme for Twenty Ten
WordPress Child Theme for Twenty Ten: Accessible 1.0
(Request to merge the above child theme with Twenty Ten in the WordPress .org forum: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-merge-the-accessibility-child-theme-into-to-twenty-ten)
Template Gate
Theme Listings
There are some more accessible themes listed here on thinkingaccessible.com.
Plugins
Accessibility related
WCAG related
WAI-ARIA related
Blogs & Websites
Accessible Blogs
Thinking Accessible
Accessibility Tips for WordPress
Daily Tip: How to Enable Accessibility Mode for WordPress Widgets
Tips on How to Make WordPress Admin More Accessible to Screen Readers
The European AEGIS project has developed WAI-ARIA enabled plugins for WordPress that I so far haven’t found in this list.
The WAI-ARIA enabled plugins developed so far (jQuery, Fluid, MooTools) in the context of AEGIS have been uploaded to the official WordPress repository. A list of the 19 plugins can be found at: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/profile/theofanis1999
… and at at the AEGIS site at: http://www.aegis-project.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=33
Posted by Mats Lundälv | January 16, 2012, 10:56 pmThank you for your reply. A list of the WAI-ARIA enabled plugins has been added to the post.
Posted by WDC | January 18, 2012, 7:48 amI’ve been designing with WordPress for over 5 years now and use a screen reader, I’ve also created my own Theme that I use to design all of my sites but haven’t added it to the WordPress site because it is incomplete in that I have to adapt it to fit Client needs, you can see my Portfolio at http://www.badeyes.com/?page_id=51
I also wrote an article Tips on How to Make WordPress Admin More Accessible to Screen Readers http://www.badeyes.com/?p=293#more-293
cheers
Geof
Posted by Geof Collis | February 2, 2012, 8:11 pmHandy tips. Thank you for sharing these.
Posted by WDC | February 9, 2012, 10:05 am