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Rian Rietveld

Web accessibility specialist, retired.

@rianrietveld The Netherlands joined Jun 2009

rianrietveld.com github.com/rianrietveld slack: @Rian Rietveld
    Teams Accessibility
    Languages nl_NL
    Sponsored Human Made 2 hours/week confirmed

    Bio

    Retired web accessibility specialist.

    Contributing 60 hours per month on the accessibility documentation documentation for WordPress users on WP Accessibility Knowledge Base at wpaccessibility.org.

    Very grateful that Kinsta, Human Made and Aiwos sponsor me to work on the documentation about accessibility for WordPress.

    Badges

    CODE
    3 badges
    Core Contributor '15 Meta Contributor '18 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
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    WordPress.tv Contributor '16
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    B BuddyPress Contributor '19 Meetup Organizer '18 WordCamp Speaker '19
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Accessibility Contributor '19 Accessibility Team '14
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '16 Translation Editor '16

    Current Job

    Web accessibility specialist, retired.
    Present

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    5contributions
    high5
    medium0
    score15
    Last 90 days
    9contributions
    high9
    medium0
    score27
    Last 12 months
    26contributions
    high26
    medium0
    score78

    Specializations

    evenly split across 1 team · no team-attributable activity in the last 365 days

    Accessibility 100% of attributed activity

    Contributions

    Type
    May 2026
    May 20 Wed · 06:57
    Meta high
    Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Accessible.
    May 12 Tue · 08:38
    Meta high
    Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Themes.
    May 06 Wed · 07:33
    Meta high
    Made 6 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Themes.
    May 05 Tue · 07:16
    Meta high
    Made 7 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Themes.
    May 04 Mon · 10:03
    Meta high
    Made 6 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Themes.
    April 2026
    Apr 30 Thu · 08:59
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WP A11y Docs update April 2026, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
    New and updated documentation: alternative text for images, headings, links plus an introduction to WCAG.…
    March 2026
    Mar 30 Mon · 09:54
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WP A11y Docs update February 2026, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
    This update informs you about: new and updated documentation on wpaccessibility.org; work in progress. New…
    Mar 06 Fri · 08:35
    Meta high
    Made 3 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Accessible.
    Mar 02 Mon · 08:59
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, WP A11y Docs update Februari 2026, on the site Make WordPress Accessible:
    This update informs you about: new content; changes in the current team handbook; plans for…
    February 2026
    Feb 23 Mon · 17:25
    Meta high
    Made 3 updates to handbook pages on Make WordPress Accessible.

    Developer

    Contributor

    Nederlands (Dutch) Plugins Translation Editor - #nl_NL

    Nederlands (Dutch) Translation Contributor - #nl_NL

    WordPress.org, Accessible Video Library, Genesis Accessible, and WP Accessibility