WordPress and Web Accessibility Ensuring your website is accessible for all is a priority

To support W&L's commitment to diversity and inclusion, ITS is committed to ensuring that web and online content is accessible to all. As such, we are in the process of making WordPress sites more web accessible for individuals with disabilities. As part of that process, we are asking for your assistance with educational course sites created in WordPress, in particular, course sites that are public-facing.

No action is necessary during the term in which your site is active, but after the end of the current term, we will change the visibility settings on created course sites from public to private. This will allow you and your enrolled students access to the site after the term, but will restrict access beyond your class.

If it is necessary for your site to remain public, please email help@wlu.edu to let us know. It will be your responsibility to ensure the site meets the web accessibility guidelines mandated by the University for public-facing websites (guidelines and site evaluation tools available at https://www.wlu.edu/disability-accommodations/web-accessibility).

We have worked to ensure that all WordPress themes are accessibility-ready and we will be happy to work with you to ensure your content meets these guidelines as well.