WordPress developer and accessibility advocate Jessica Lyschik discusses how achieving the 'accessibility-ready' tag for WordPress themes is more approachable than most developers assume. She covers practical quick wins like using correct HTML semantic tags, adding alt text to images, and configuring skip-to-content links. Block themes are highlighted as significantly easier for accessibility since WordPress Core handles many requirements automatically. The conversation also touches on the 18 accessibility-ready requirements in the wordpress.org theme repository, the need for better documentation, and an interesting angle on how AI agents — like screen readers — depend on properly structured HTML to navigate and interact with websites. Jessica advocates for building accessibility in from the start rather than retrofitting it later.
