Writing about WordPress, sites that outlast the people who built them, accessibility, and building tools for organizing. Mostly the things we learn while doing the work.
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A quote covers the part of the work that ends. Renewals, updates, backups, accessibility drift, and staff time are the part that does not, and the questions worth asking about them before you sign.
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A skip link can pass an automated check and still strand the keyboard user it exists to help. Why the gap happens, how to fix it, and why a green scan is necessary but not enough.
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Why a site built to connect with the tools you already use, your CRM, your payment processor, whatever comes next, costs less to grow than one built to just display pages.
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You already have WordPress in the field. Here's how to get it talking to the tools you actually use, without ripping up the site or starting over.
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A checklist audit works if a site never changes. Most sites change constantly, and every change can break something a scanner already passed.
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Building tools for unions and advocacy groups means member data your union actually controls, forms that hold up when a campaign spikes traffic, and infrastructure that doesn't go dark when the budget does.
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