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Joe Dolson

Owner at Accessible Web Design

@joedolson Saint Paul, MN joined Oct 2008

joedolson.com github.com/joedolson Slack: @joedolson
    Teams Accessibility Core

    Bio

    I’m a WordPress plug-in developer and a web accessibility consultant. I’m part of the Make WordPress Accessible team, the team dedicated to improving accessibility in the WordPress ecosystem.

    I’m self-employed, but since fall 2022 I’ve had part-time sponsorship from GoDaddy to contribute to WordPress. In March 2025, I also welcomed sponsorship from Kinsta to expand my ability to contribute.

    WordPress Origin Story

    I’ve been self-employed building web sites & providing consulting services since 2004, and started using WordPress in 2006, converting my own blog from BlogSpot to WordPress. In 2008 I started building plugins, then started contributing to core regularly in 2012. I’m now a core committer, and have been in the credits for every version of WordPress since 3.8 (except for 4.5.)

    Badges

    CODE
    6 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Core Team '24 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin Developer Themes Team '14
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    WordPress.tv Contributor '16
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    bbPress Contributor '20 WordCamp Speaker '19
    PRACTICE
    3 badges
    Accessibility Contributor '19 Accessibility Team '14 Support Contributor '26
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '25

    Current Job

    Owner
    Present
    Accessible Web Design

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    96contributions
    high70
    medium26
    score236
    Last 90 days
    412contributions
    high299
    medium113
    score1010
    Last 12 months
    1217contributions
    high824
    medium393
    score2865

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 33 releases
    • 7.1
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9
    • 3.8

    Time commitment

    16 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    October 2026
    Oct 23 Fri · 23:11
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to “Simple Content Summary” not saving in 2.4.4, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This is already fixed for the next release; thanks for reporting!
    Oct 23 Fri · 22:24
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64691] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Refine the admin menu view transitions.
    Oct 22 Thu · 20:58
    Meta high
    Mentioned in [15413] on Meta SVN:
    Trac: Add alt text for attachment links
    Oct 22 Thu · 16:45
    GitHub med
    Submitted pull request #170 to WordPress/ipsum:
    Update CONTRIBUTING.md with theme development info
    Oct 21 Wed · 20:48
    Meta high
    Mentioned in [15403] on Meta SVN:
    Plugin Directory: Let the long plugin action buttons wrap on small screens
    Oct 21 Wed · 17:27
    Core med
    Reopened ticket #66195 on Core Trac:
    Twenty Twenty Three: add aria-label to default primary menu
    Oct 20 Tue · 18:02
    Plugins high
    Committed [3757246] to Plugins SVN:
    <a class="ext-link" href="https://github.com/joedolson/my-calendar/releases/tag/v3.8.10">​https://github.com/joedolson/my-calendar/releases/tag/v3.8.10</a>
    Oct 20 Tue · 14:48
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64603] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Add a reusable `.delete-link` CSS class.
    Oct 20 Tue · 10:03
    Core high
    Mentioned in [64593] on WordPress SVN:
    Administration: Add a ”On This Day” section to the Activity widget
    Oct 19 Mon · 16:10
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Multi-day events repeat the same title ID in each day of the month grid, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    This fix was released in the latest release - sorry for the delay!