Virtual Contributor Day for Global Accessibility Awareness Day
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Join us in celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) by pledging your time to improve accessibility in WordPress. Whether you’re a developer, designer, content creator, or site owner, your skills can help make the internet more usable for millions of people with disabilities. Even one small fix—like adding alt text, fixing heading levels, or improving keyboard navigation—can make a big difference.
### What is GAAD?
The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access and inclusion for the more than one billion people worldwide with disabilities/impairments.
GAAD is a nonprofit event. The 15th annual event is taking place on Thursday, May 21st. Learn more about GAAD.
### Why WordPress
WordPress powers 42% of the web. Imagine the impact you can have by dedicating a few hours to accessibility. Whether you work on a plugin or theme, contribute to WordPress core, or make your own website more accessible, you’re helping create a more inclusive internet for everyone.
In 2025, 86 people pledged 382 hours. Help us beat last year’s contribution and make a bigger impact in 2026!
To learn more or get involved, go to https://equalizedigital.com/gaad2026 and make a pledge.
### Ways to Help
- Report accessibility issues for a popular WordPress plugin or theme. (More on this below.)
- Report accessibility issues in WordPress core.
- Test patches or submit a new patch for open accessibility tickets in core.
- Provide feedback or PRs for Gutenberg Accessibility issues.
- Make your own website more accessible.
- Solve accessibility issues in your WordPress product.
- Caption accessibility videos on WordPress tv
- Run a webinar to train your team on accessibility.
#### New this year! Live Theme Accessibility Testing Workshop
Want to participate by testing free WordPress themes for accessibility and providing feedback to their developers, but not sure how?
Join a live theme accessibility testing workshop on Zoom.
10:00 AM – Noon U.S. Central (3:00-5:00 PM UTC)
Get a walk-through of the WordPress theme accessibility-ready testing process and contribute to WordPress while you attend! This isn’t just a “sit and watch” webinar. Attendees will learn by doing as Amber walks you through the testing process for real themes, with Q&A throughout. You’ll leave the session with testing complete or in process and the ability to share immediate feedback with theme developers as your GAAD contribution.
You can register to attend this webinar when you make your pledge at https://equalizedigital.com/gaad2026
