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Andrea Fercia

Accessibility specialist at Self employed

@afercia Rome, Italy joined Jan 2012

linkedin.com/in/andreafercia github.com/afercia Slack: @afercia
    Teams Accessibility Core
    Languages it_IT

    Bio

    Accessibility Specialist, WordPress Core Committer, Senior Frontend engineer.

    As a Core Committer since 2015 and a member of the WordPress Accessibility Team, I contributed to advancing accessibility standards within WordPress, delivering accessibility improvements for millions of users globally.

    With over 10 years at Yoast BV, I specialised in modern WordPress development as a senior frontend developer and digital accessibility specialist.

    Open-source contributor, speaker, mentor, and accessibility advocate. Over the course of more than 20 years of digital accessibility practice, I learned a couple things about people’s needs, browsers, and assistive technology. Interested in scaling accessibility within product teams and fostering accessibility culture in large organisations.

    Interests

    Tech, Arts in general, history, good movies and all kind of music.

    Badges

    CODE
    6 badges
    C Core AI Contributor '26 Core Contributor '15 Core Team '16 Design Contributor '19 Meta Contributor '16 Plugin Developer
    CONTENT
    2 badges
    Documentation Contributor '17 WordPress.tv Contributor '16
    COMMUNITY
    3 badges
    bbPress Contributor '20 WordCamp Organizer '16 WordCamp Speaker '23
    PRACTICE
    2 badges
    Accessibility Contributor '19 Accessibility Team '15
    POLYGLOTS
    2 badges
    Translation Contributor '15 Translation Editor '17

    Current Job

    Accessibility specialist
    May 2026 – Present
    Self employed

    Job History

    Accessibility specialist, Senior frontend engineer
    Mar 2016 – May 2026
    Yoast

    Recent impact

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

    Last 30 days
    100contributions
    high77
    medium23
    score254
    Last 90 days
    149contributions
    high113
    medium36
    score375
    Last 12 months
    172contributions
    high130
    medium42
    score432

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 32 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.9
    • 6.8
    • 6.7
    • 6.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.4
    • 6.3
    • 6.2
    • 6.1
    • 6.0
    • 5.9
    • 5.8
    • 5.7
    • 5.6
    • 5.5
    • 5.4
    • 5.3
    • 5.2
    • 5.1
    • 5.0
    • 4.9
    • 4.8
    • 4.7
    • 4.6
    • 4.5
    • 4.4
    • 4.3
    • 4.2
    • 4.1
    • 4.0
    • 3.9

    Time commitment

    10 hours per week
    • On my own time 10 hrs/wk

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 16 Sun · 16:10
    Core high
    Mentioned in [63306] on WordPress SVN:
    Toolbar: Revert focus and hover style changes.
    Aug 16 Sun · 12:19
    Core med
    Created issue #81704 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Rename the 'Crop' button in the related blocks toolbar
    Aug 16 Sun · 07:52
    Core med
    Submitted pull request #81701 to WordPress/gutenberg:
    Make Back button grid column flexible.
    Aug 15 Sat · 00:28
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Accessibility Improvements in WordPress 7.1, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Thank you @joedolson for your dedication and lead on this release.
    Aug 14 Fri · 20:45
    Core med
    Created issue #81660 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
    Make the Storybook show an additional render of all components with the…
    Aug 14 Fri · 19:42
    Core med
    Created ticket #65883 on Core Trac:
    Tabs block: the Tab List block toolbar is too long when the 'Show ...
    Aug 14 Fri · 19:33
    Core med
    Created ticket #65882 on Core Trac:
    Editor: the new 'Back' button is partially obscured with 'Show button ...
    Aug 14 Fri · 16:06
    Core med
    Created ticket #65881 on Core Trac:
    Toolbar: Increase the height to 48 pixxels for both desktop and mobile
    Aug 14 Fri · 15:07
    Core med
    Created ticket #65879 on Core Trac:
    Infinite scrolling: Explore ways to improve refinding content
    Aug 14 Fri · 14:35
    Core med
    Created ticket #65878 on Core Trac:
    Make the focus style consistent in Core and the Editor

    Contributor

    1 plugin

    Plugins

    18 favorites

    Themes

    1 favorite

    Translations

    1 locale
    it_IT Italiano (Italian) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

    Translation editor for 10 projects.

    Redirectioner ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO Clicky by Yoast Yoast Duplicate Post Gutenberg Print, PDF & Email by PrintFriendly Query Monitor Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Comment Experience by Progress Planner Yoast Test Helper

    Contributed translations to 23 projects.

    WordCamp.org Gutenberg LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management for Agencies Query Monitor Stream – Activity Log & Audit Trail Responsive Table Layout Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI Gaga Lite WordPress 4.2.x WordPress 4.3.x WordPress 4.4.x WordPress 4.5.x WordPress 4.6.x WordPress 4.7.x WordPress 4.8.x WordPress 4.9.x WordPress 5.0.x WordPress 5.1.x WordPress 5.2.x WordPress 5.3.x WordPress 5.9.x WordPress 7.1.x - Development

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