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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
    7 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Core Team '24 Meta Contributor '15 Plugin Developer Theme 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
    87contributions
    high31
    medium56
    score149
    Last 90 days
    214contributions
    high112
    medium102
    score438
    Last 12 months
    892contributions
    high504
    medium388
    score1900

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 29 releases
    • 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
    • 3.9
    • 3.8

    Time commitment

    16 hours per week

    Contributions

    Type
    June 2026
    Jun 10 Wed · 00:40
    Core high
    Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
    Media: Fix filter toolbar spinner alignment.
    Jun 10 Wed · 00:38
    Core med
    Reopened ticket #65275 on Core Trac:
    Media Library CSS Bug: Loading spinner misaligned in media modal ...
    Jun 10 Wed · 00:38
    Core med
    Closed ticket #23562 on Core Trac:
    Using Speech Recognition Software with the Add Media Panel
    Jun 10 Wed · 00:37
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65275 on Core Trac:
    Media Library CSS Bug: Loading spinner misaligned in media modal ...
    Jun 10 Wed · 00:37
    Core high
    Committed [62480] to WordPress SVN:
    Media: Fix filter toolbar spinner alignment.
    Jun 09 Tue · 23:40
    Core med
    Closed ticket #65437 on Core Trac:
    WordPress 7.0 Un-clickable links no longer allowed
    Jun 09 Tue · 22:22
    Meta med
    Created ticket #8291 on Meta Trac:
    Accessibility: Contributor types only differentiated by color
    Jun 09 Tue · 22:07
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Incorrect previous and next dates and links on event display, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I don't have a definite date, but probably this Sunday. It's possible I'll manage it…
    Jun 09 Tue · 19:55
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to [NSFW] Calendar not displaying correctly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    I am interested in knowing what's preventing the styles from rendering, but knowing that you're…
    Jun 09 Tue · 19:53
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Event Description not showing for non-Administrators, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    There's a very good chance that the missing quote is causing the problem. Without seeing…