WordPress Accessibility Course
Learn how to make your WordPress website more accessible with WP Accessibility.
The WP Accessibility course is your guide to making WordPress sites more accessible and compliant with WCAG and ADA standards. Perfect for beginners, this course provides practical steps within the WordPress dashboard to improve accessibility without prior experience.
In this course, you will learn:
- How to choose and set up accessible themes and plugins.
- The importance of alt text, headings, and color contrast.
- Best practices for accessible forms and links.
- Techniques to manage accessibility in the WordPress Media Library.
- How to use the WP Accessibility Plugin for added support.
- Insights on WCAG and ADA compliance in a WordPress context.
WP accessibility is beginner friendly and works as a stand alone course or the perfect complement to the WCAG Course and ADA Compliance Course.
The difference between the three on-demand training programs is WP accessibility focuses on accessibility within the WordPress dashboard.
The WCAG Course explains the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines in plain English.
The ADA Compliance Course instructs you on exactly how to find and fix the accessibility issues that are most likely to lead to a lawsuit.
The WP Accessibility course is a great place to get started so sign up start now and start learning how to improve the accessibility on your WordPress website.
Highlights:
- Comprehensive Introduction to WordPress Accessibility: Learn how to enhance accessibility directly within the WordPress dashboard.
- WCAG and ADA Compliance: Gain a foundational understanding of WCAG guidelines and ADA requirements specific to WordPress websites.
- Essential Accessibility Topics: Cover crucial areas like theme and plugin accessibility, alt text, headings, color contrast, and contact form accessibility.
- Tools and Plugins: Discover WP Accessibility plugins and tools to improve accessibility and learn best practices.
- Beginner-Friendly: No prior accessibility experience is required, making it a great starting point for website owners and developers alike.
- Quick and Effective: The course takes just 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete, providing value-packed training at a great pace.
Kris Rivenburgh is an attorney who literally wrote the book on ADA compliance for digital assets: The ADA Book. Kris has been recognized by major publications such as The Economist, Yahoo Small Business, and Los Angeles Daily News.
With seven years of experience in ADA compliance and website accessibility, Kris brings immense knowledge and expertise to the WCAG Course.
Kris has advised hundreds of clients, from small businesses to global corporations. He also has four guides on ADA compliance and web accessibility published in Bloomberg Law.
Below are frequently asked questions about the WordPress Accessibility Course.
WP Accessibility is a course designed for WordPress website owners, content creators, and developers who want to ensure their sites are accessible to all users, especially those with disabilities. It’s beginner-friendly and requires no prior knowledge of accessibility.
WP Accessibility focuses specifically on making a WordPress site accessible through the dashboard. The WCAG Course explains the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines in simple terms, while the ADA Compliance Course provides strategies for identifying and resolving accessibility issues that could lead to legal risks.
This course takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete.
This course includes practical examples and tools to help you assess and improve accessibility. You’ll learn how to use tools like WP Accessibility Plugin and understand key guidelines to ensure compliance.
Yes, we’ll introduce you to accessibility testing tools and plugins like the WP Accessibility Plugin, which are designed to help you evaluate and improve your website’s accessibility.