Theme accessibility guidelines

Theme developers may request an optional accessibility review as part of the theme review process or later for an existing theme. Submitted themes (or theme updates) that pass a manual review are approved to use the accessibility-ready tag and show up in the theme directory as accessibility-ready.

This section outlines the requirements for the accessibility-ready tag with testing instructions for each requirement.

For additional information about the accessibility ready testing process, see:

• Theme developer handbook: Accessibility
• Accessibility-ready testing process

Pages in this section

• Skip to Content Link
• Meaningful landmark roles and names
• Keyboard navigation support
• Controls with accessible names, roles, and states
• Labelled form fields
• Headings with meaningful structure
• Underlined links in text
• No ambiguous link text
• Sufficient color contrast of text and UI controls
• Alternative text on images and graphics
• Accessible audio, video, and animations
• Support for reflow, resize, and text spacing changes
• No unexpected changes of context
• No links opening new windows or tabs without warning
• Content on hover or focus is accessible
• Accessibility statement
• Must not recommend or require inaccessible plugins
• Screen reader text supported