Joe Dolson (@joedolson) – WordPress user profile

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.)

Contributions Sponsored

GoDaddy, Kinsta, and Jonathan Desrosiers sponsor Joe Dolson to contribute 14 hours per week to the following teams: Accessibility and Core.

Member Since: October 28th, 2008
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Website: joedolson.com
GitHub: joedolson
Job Title: Owner
Employer: Accessible Web Design
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Contribution History

Accessibility Contributor
Accessibility Team
bbPress Contributor
Core AI Contributor
Core Contributor
Core Team
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Theme Developer
Themes Team
Translation Contributor
WordCamp Speaker
WordPress.tv Contributor

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Closed ticket #65001 on Core Trac:
Hover on Upload files media Library tabs and drop to upload file ...
2 days ago
Committed [62204] to Core SVN:
Media: Update upload file overlay colors. Update the colors used for ...
2 days ago
Mentioned in [62202] on WordPress SVN:
Admin Reskin: Change color picker height to match new design system.
3 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Admin: Limit scope of admin notice link design.
3 days ago
Reopened ticket #64976 on Core Trac:
Admin Style: Plugin links change styles on updates on 7.0
3 days ago
Closed ticket #64976 on Core Trac:
Admin Style: Plugin links change styles on updates on 7.0
3 days ago
Committed [62200] to Core SVN:
Admin: Limit scope of admin notice link design. The design changes to ...
3 days ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Media: Update upload file overlay colors.
3 days ago
Reopened ticket #65001 on Core Trac:
Hover on Upload files media Library tabs and drop to upload file ...
3 days ago
Closed ticket #65001 on Core Trac:
Hover on Upload files media Library tabs and drop to upload file ...
3 days ago
Committed [62199] to Core SVN:
Media: Update upload file overlay colors. Update the colors used for ...
3 days ago
Posted a reply to configuring list templates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Template files would still need to be placed in the theme directory, so nothing should…
3 days ago
Posted a reply to probably a “button” bug?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Start by disabling the Bravis Addons plugin, to verify where it's coming from. If that's…
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Missing image everywhere, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad you got it figured out! You can wrap links around anything, but it might…
3 days ago
Posted a reply to Issue when switching month page with 2 calendars on same page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do both calendars have unique IDs? If you haven't provided an ID attribute, it'll be…
3 days ago
Posted a reply to No response on pro support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just super behind right now; no changes, just struggling to keep up.
3 days ago
Mentioned in [62191] on WordPress SVN:
Admin Reskin: Change color picker height to match new design system.
4 days ago
Submitted pull request #11415 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Revert JS API changes and handle views in CSS
5 days ago
Posted a reply to Error affecting edit posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've gotten the Danish translation updated; so this should be fine now.
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Calendar URL’s returning a 404?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Using the mc_id attribute on single events can result in inconsistent URLs; it's best omitted.…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to Missing image everywhere, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What does your shortcode look like? I don't see anything specifically wrong with that template;…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to How to change list view style, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The list view doesn't have a huge number of built-in style options; what are you…
1 week ago
Posted a reply to probably a “button” bug?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That button doesn't come from My Calendar. Based on some brief research, it seems like…
1 week ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Admin: Add CSS fallback values in button and media views.
1 week ago
Closed ticket #64840 on Core Trac:
Admin Color Scheme Not Applied in Media Modal Inside Elementor Editor
1 week ago
Committed [62154] to Core SVN:
Admin: Add CSS fallback values in button and media views. Since ...
1 week ago
Mentioned in [62145] on WordPress SVN:
Admin: Use admin color scheme variable for bar, highlight, and contextual help styles.
1 week ago
Closed ticket #64954 on Core Trac:
Low contrast issues in header banner and footer links on wordpress.org
1 week ago
Created issue #661 in the WordPress/wporg-main-2022 repository:
Color contrast issues with links on dark backgrounds
1 week ago
Committed [3491383] to Plugins SVN:
Remove 2.3.1, add 2.3.3, change stable. ...
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #64951 on Core Trac:
Regression: screen-reader-text dropped from MMMW toolbar labels
2 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Admin: Fix height of controls in `extra_tablenav`.
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #64796 on Core Trac:
Buttons output in `extra_tablenav` are too tall
2 weeks ago
Committed [62115] to Core SVN:
Admin: Fix height of controls in `extra_tablenav`. Add CSS & update ...
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [62113] on WordPress SVN:
Admin Reskin: Correct hover color for links on the login screen.
2 weeks ago
Received props from @amykamala in Slack:
Props to @joedolson, @westonruter (extra props!) for contributing :alot: to the impromptu pre-RC1 bug scrub…
2 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Admin: Remove border radius on focus state in admin sidebar.
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #64860 on Core Trac:
[Admin reskin] Inconsistent hover vs focus styles on submenu items
2 weeks ago
Committed [62108] to Core SVN:
Admin: Remove border radius on focus state in admin sidebar. Match ...
2 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Admin: A11y: Fix visibility of pressed button state.
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #64856 on Core Trac:
Admin Reskin: Hard to tell if secondary variation button is pressed
2 weeks ago
Committed [62106] to Core SVN:
Admin: A11y: Fix visibility of pressed button state. Increase the ...
2 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Media: Fix uploading media string.
2 weeks ago
Committed [62105] to Core SVN:
Media: Fix uploading media string. Replace the incorrect three stops ...
2 weeks ago
Pushed 1 commit to WordPress/WordPress:
Media: Fix visual issues in media library grid view.
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #64883 on Core Trac:
Visual issues with new Media Library grid view
2 weeks ago
Committed [62104] to Core SVN:
Media: Fix visual issues in media library grid view. Populate the ...
2 weeks ago
Closed ticket #64544 on Core Trac:
Core GB backport - individual block custom CSS
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [62097] on WordPress SVN:
Menus: Remove floats from custom links section in the Nav Menus screen.
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #11330 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Uploading text 64883
2 weeks ago